Right now, before any of us knows what starting positions we will be in, seems like a good time to gossip about the starting positions.
I wonder if Team Purple is at a disadvantage since they are further from each other.
Code:
team # provinces separating them (shortest path)
red 2
blue 2
green 3
purple 4
yellow 4
Oh! Yellow is also separated four provinces, although they are smaller ones, so the yellow players are slightly closer to one another.
Anyway, when I laid it out I tried to keep partners near each other, but even more I tried to keep everyone equally distant from their enemies. Of course I couldn't make it perfect, but it came out like this:
Code:
team member # provinces separating enemies (shortest path)
red1 2, 3
red2 2, 3
blue1 2, 2
blue2 2, 3
green1 2, 3
green2 2, 3
purple1 2, 3
purple2 2, 3
yellow1 2, 3
yellow2 3, 4
Of course, there are other issues like the water, the different kinds of terrain, etc. I didn't worry too much about stuff since I had very little freedom after trying to get everyone equidistant from their enemies, and having only partial success at that.
Well, I hope you guys enjoy it!