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PE-WJ-Diplo [Acanthopis]: The End is Near
Date:Sun, 23 Apr 2006 11:05:07 +0000

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We'll be sorry to see you go, Professor. Though you've been tasty of
late. I'm sure I'll soon be tasty to others.

I just wanted to support Professor's comment about the rule of who can
"start the clock". It has never made any sense to me that anyone
except the players can choose when to do so. If the moderator has to
do it, then it means that he has to watch every game and do the
calculations when time gets close, or run the risk of having the rule
enforced unevenly. Also, as others have said, if the clock starts when
you first reach the threshold, then nobody will be strong enough to
hold it for five turns, I'm thinking. I have used the current rule to
my advantage, of course, because I believe that in a game the rules
are what they are, regardless of what you think about them (imagine
honorably refusing to ever take someone "en passant" in chess because
you think it seems dumb). Still, I would very much like to see it
change. Are there any players who would not?

It would make so much sense for an alliance to be required to make an
official announcement saying "We're ready to win now". Obviously,
other people could point out that the victory conditions have been
reached as a way of trying to stop the alliance from getting any
bigger, but only the alliance's statement would start the end of the
game coming.

My two cents.

-- Acanthopis


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PE-WJ-Diplo [apeloverage]: rule idea
Date:Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:07:07 +0000

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Hi everyone,
This is an idea for an extra rule I've had - please give feedback.

Revolutions:

Any player can choose to try and incite a revolution in an area they
don't control (whether nuetral or controlled by another player).

The area must be one you can see on your map.

If you try and incite a revolution, you can't do any exploring or
moving of troops on the same turn. You can try and increase production
and/or create an internal link, and your production works as normal.

Revolutions are resolved before movement of troops, but after
production.

For each attempt to incite a revolution, the system generates two
random numbers between 0 & 50 (eg). It compares these numbers to the
number of troops in the area.

If both numbers are over the number of troops: the revolution is
successful. The number of troops in the area is a random number
between 0 and x, where x is the number there now. The production is
similarly changed. These changes take effect after all attempted
revolutions are resolved.

If one number is over: the area doesn't change hands, but any
exploration or troop movements out of the area, or attempts to create
internal links involving this area, do not take effect. Troop
movements into the area still work.

If neither number is over: the attempted revolution has no effect.

If more than one player successfully attempts a revolution in the same
area, that area becomes nuetral, and the number of troops and
production are changed only once.

Thanks,
James
(apeloverage)


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PE-WJ-Diplo [Arizona]: Revolution!
Date:Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:51:23 +0000

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James (apeloverage) - why you call this feature revolution?
It's a pure sabotage.
If you know Perl or Python - then offer your help to Bob and who
knows, may be one day we will have this interesting feature and may be
some others. 

A.