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Webs of Power Announce: New Year, New Universes!
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:38:53 +0000

Announcement from the Moderator to All Leaders:

It is a time of changes here at Headquarters!

Tournament 2007 finishes up this turn (Wednesday).  Tournament 2008
will have its first move on Saturday!  Tournament 2008 will be an
immediate-diplomacy full-contact universe; signups are now open! 
Other details to follow...

Meanwhile, starting on Wednesday is another new Universe:  The Wrath
of Kalvis!  

Featuring announcement-only diplomacy, this honors a fallen great
nation from the Wilderness Justice universe.  (There is some chance
that announcement-only diplomacy will have bugs, since we haven't
tried that use of the software yet - bear with us if it does.)

Webs of Power:  The Wrath of Kalvis - Special Rules:

It came to pass on Turn 274 of Wilderness Justice that Kalvis wreaked
his wrath upon the world.  Kalvis had been forced out of the Secret
Alliance at the hands of the Mongoose League and an alliance unjustly
known as The Incompetents.  Returning to the world, he stood apart and
grew stronger as the Secret Alliance ground their enemies downward. 
Surprising nearly everyone, who had thought he would remain neutral,
he suddenly rejoined the Secret Alliance of Acanthopis and Hermis, who
appeared close to victory already, and ensured the dominance of the
SA.  A long period of peace ensued, but centuries later, new Leaders
emerged...

1) Single-Alliance Victory, 100 turn limit: This Universe will only be
restarted through an Alliance Victory (no New-Era voting). See the
Leader's Guide for the Alliance Victory rules.  However, if there is
no victorious alliance by Turn 100, the largest alliance (by regions)
will be given due honors by default.

2) Maximum Alliance Size: Alliances must be declared publicly and must
be at most 2 nations in size.

3) Permanent Alliances: Once a Nation becomes a member of an Alliance,
that membership must be made public, and it is permanent. Nations who
restart must remain part of their previous alliance. (Leaders who die,
wait a few turns, and start over with a new identity are allowed to
have their new identity.)  Nations may not withdraw from an alliance
unless the Alliance has only one member.

4) Moderator Super-Privilege:  These rules will be enforced as
interpreted by the Moderator, and may be modified by the Moderator at
any time at the Moderator's discretion.  


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