MP game - "Pantheons" Started

[Pickles]

Quoting Panther re L7 indeps.

"Pickles, please elaborate on this. Am I missing something? You will be compelled to get them all in any event just to maintain communications with your team "

I have had trouble expressing this & it is pregame analysis - something I am prone to but know may well be off the mark (though I took about a decade to figure that out)

Anyway if the independents are weak you will be able to knock them over quickly for little cost in resources & will probably clear them out before meeting your enemies.

If they are stronger you will have to commit more forces to them which is force not available for attacking/defending. Thus you are more likely to only clear a couple of weaker provinces before you have to divert forces to "defence". They will then remain as a strategic option for you later - whether to risk using forces there for future revenues or to keep forces for use against the real opponents.

Hmm not sure if it actually makes any sense - you will probably stop creeping & start fighting as soon as you meet real opposition. Whether this is after you have cleared 3-4 L7 indeps or 7-8 L3 indeps it will be around turn 10. I am not trying to convert anyone I like L7 indeps, it is what I am used to, but I am perfectly happy with L3.

"And what does the Y mean in the voting above?"

Yes to score graphs - noone has said no so they are pretty well in.

Pickles

[The Panther]

Lol, I edited my above post while you were typing this, pickles. I saw in your earlier post that the Y was for graphs and edited my other post to vote yes.

And I had another random thought. (I wonder sometimes how my brain works..)

So far, if you average the indy province levels of people who have voted, you get 5 (which is square in the middle!) Since I think we are all fishing on this because we have exactly ZERO experience with this type of game, then maybe a compromise to five gets us out of this little box.

Assuming we get started soon, then in a month from now, the players in this game can decide if indies were too high or too low. Of course, that has ample opportunity to be yet another endless argument too!