MP Betelgeuse - Blood for the Blood Gods!! - Blood Nations CBM Single Age

rdonj · #1 February 2nd, 2009, 11:05 AM

Yeah, if you can hold all the victory points for 24 turns without ever losing them, you're probably fighting nothing but scattered barbarians anyway...

Incabulos · #2 February 2nd, 2009, 12:08 PM

ooh I didn't pay attention the small details I saw blood and my mind blanked. if you can hold them 5 turns you can hold them 12.

Like folks have said 3 turns is the standard. I think with those victory conditions the people waiting for the eventual winner's timer to countdown would end up going AI and would find it hard getting subs.

Although that has given me an idea for a game/map..

Starshine_Monarch · #3 February 2nd, 2009, 04:00 PM

Ah okay. I've actually never done a VP game before, so I wasn't exactly sure what was the standard. 6 capitals for 3 turns sounds fine to me, if that's what everyone wants.

JimMorrison · #4 February 2nd, 2009, 07:05 PM

There's at least 21 by my count. As I just learned, 6 VPs for 21 nations is not nearly enough. Just make it a flat %, and round up is usually the best policy. It's really annoying to have a game end, when you never even had a chance to interact with the victor.

Alpine Joe · #5 February 2nd, 2009, 07:23 PM

Why income 125 %? Wouldn't that discourage bloodhunting?

Starshine_Monarch · #6 February 2nd, 2009, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Alpine Joe

Why income 125 %? Wouldn't that discourage bloodhunting?

My reasoning for that is that if you're blood hunting in a few choice provinces, you won't be missing out on as much gold as you would be under 100%. With a bigger income, Blood hunting will have more of an opportunity cost, and yes, you will still have to choose what is more important to you: Gold or Slaves. However, if you are Blood Hunting, the additional income from the provinces you aren't hunting in should make up for the cost more than if you were hunting under 100%

@ JimMorrison

I must have miscounted somewhere then. I was thinking of 1/3 of the capitals and got 6 for 18 nations. If it's really 21 nations, then that would be 7 VP. Perhaps that's a bit low as well? How's 8 or 9 sound for 21 players?

Incabulos · #7 February 3rd, 2009, 01:06 PM

Actually I thought LA Ulm was taken which is why I didn't pick it(that is actually in crimson skies that they are taken). I want to try them out. So would be happy to play them and open up EA Mictlan to someone else.

Starshine_Monarch · #8 February 3rd, 2009, 04:08 PM

Will do Inca. If anyone else wants to change, please let me know while we still have slots open.

Also, we should probably discuss the Map we want. I've been trying to work the Llamaserver map browser and it's not working. When I select a different map, the preview and description won't change.

Incabulos · #9 February 3rd, 2009, 04:10 PM

It's been broken a while now (for me at least)... I think Llama knows, but I am not sure. A few people have posted about the same issue.

Alpine Joe · #10 February 3rd, 2009, 04:28 PM

Alright i'll join as MA Vanheim