Decided against allowing any breaking away by individual team members. The only ones who might remotely decide to do would be the more experienced players and since our team size and associated themes are fixed, winning solo would be hard for even the best players to do.
Zegc, been looking at the map. There's really no place else I can add more underground sea cavern provinces (without image editing and adding more provinces to the map) that would not obstruct the land game or the AI and be evenly and equally distributed at the same time. The corners are ideal because of this that's why they are used. The only other possible place would be 4 provinces placed on the N,S,E,W edges of the map near the center. Even in this case, the AI and land players would need maneuver around them to some degree. If I can add em reasonably, don't worry, the merc will be given what they need to ensure they can take most of the indy center comfortably.
Slots are still available on the following teams:
Children of Crom
Supplicants of Set
The Sanguinarium
The Usurpers
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