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My apologies if you took that as me attacking you; that wasn't at all my intent. We're simply trying to present the best argument possible for our respective viewpoints, and I don't think that using the example of two games is strong enough to merit credibility.

I don't disagree. I'd much prefer having no dominants in the first turn and that's it.

After my second game, I believe this new rule was made to just counter Mayhem.  Otherwise, it does nothing.  Cliff's and my game was extremely close and could have gone either way with or without this rule.  Had either of us had a 2nd turn Mayhem, then we would have been fine.  However, we both got our Mayhems at the end of the game where they appeared to be just as crucial.  Since we were both expecting them late, we were able to counter each other's Mayhems. 

After 2 games, this rule seems to be pretty inconsequential.

First turn limits didn't really have too much of an effect on my game. It only slowed the game down a turn, as my would have been first turn mayhem was almost as effective in the second round.