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Power's Edge Announce: Rules Changes Effective Now
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:20:12 +0000

Announcement from the Moderator to All Leaders:

Effective immediately - The rules have been updated as announced back
on October 20:

Changes to the "New Era Options" (victory conditions):

(1) A Leader only needs to own 1/3 of the regions owned by major
(interconnected) nations in order to satisfy the "Individual
Hegemony"
condition for a New Era (provided the other conditions are
satisfied).
The previous rule used a threshold of 1/2.  ( A separate message is
being sent to Leaders in Sudden Conflict, where this rule has an 
immediate impact. )

(2) In either the Individual Hegemony or Dominant Alliance options,
the "public announcement" of a given Leader or Alliance's dominance
may come from any player or the moderator, so long as it is factual,
accurate, etc.

These changes have been made in the online Leaders' Guide.
(A third potential change, creating a New Era option for an undeclared
oligarchy, 
is still being thought through and has not been added.)

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