Not sure I'm getting mechanics right

Arralen · #1 October 26th, 2006, 08:41 PM

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PhilD said:
Actually, the Dom3 manual describes the turn sequence as:

6. Magic battles

11. Assassinations

14. Movement battles

15. Castle storming

24. Dominion

so it looks like this changed with Dom3.

Actually it looks like it is exactly the same order as in Dom2 - at least if you only look at the titles:

8. Prayers - Prophets are declared and gods awaken.

24. Dominions - All dominion spread (for whatever reason) is conducted now

Corwin · #2 October 26th, 2006, 08:53 PM

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Arralen said:

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PhilD said:
Actually, the Dom3 manual describes the turn sequence as:

6. Magic battles

11. Assassinations

14. Movement battles

15. Castle storming

24. Dominion

so it looks like this changed with Dom3.

Actually it looks like it is exactly the same order as in Dom2 - at least if you only look at the titles:

8. Prayers - Prophets are declared and gods awaken.

24. Dominions - All dominion spread (for whatever reason) is conducted now

Agreed, it seems to be likely scenario to me. If this is the case than 24's description may be slightly misleading, since it leads reader to believe that dominion preaching also falls into that category.

Arralen · #3 October 26th, 2006, 08:59 PM

It is explicitly state (at another point, though), that dominion increases from preaching do not spread to neighbouring, but only affect the provinces the preachers are in ...

Corwin · #4 October 26th, 2006, 09:08 PM

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Arralen said:
It is explicitly state (at another point, though), that dominion increases from preaching do not spread to neighbouring, but only affect the provinces the preachers are in ...

I know. However some new players may be confused by this.
IMHO it might be better to distinguish more clearly in these descriptions between dominion *increase* from temples and dominion *spread* from the temples, if they indeed happen in different phases. That's why I said it may be slightly misleading.

PhilD · #5 October 27th, 2006, 01:01 PM

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Arralen said:
Actually it looks like it is exactly the same order as in Dom2 - at least if you only look at the titles:

8. Prayers - Prophets are declared and gods awaken.

24. Dominions - All dominion spread (for whatever reason) is conducted now

Yeah, I had a close look at the manual when I wrote my post. The description for "prayers" only mentions pretender recalling/awakening and prophets, not "preaching". I don't think "preaching" matches "prayers". "Dominion spread", OTOH, does match "preaching", whose only game effect is, precisely, dominion change.