MP: MilkShake - Vanilla; Multi-Age; Catan Rules; Mulligan(1) - Closed

[AreaOfEffect]

Well, that's part of the game. If someone chooses to place themselves two provinces away from you and then chooses a bless nation, then their hand has been revealed. You still have the chance to choose a nation and/or pretender fit to counter them.

Pretender designs will be the ultimate last chance to balance yourself against the given environment. I find it to be fair and much more balanced then random place settings. Luck will have little to do with the victor of this game.

[chrispedersen]

I wasn't complaining = )... Variant for next game?

Make a list of nations:

Ea-Niefle
Ea-Mictlan
LA-Ermor
Ea-Vanheim
EA-Caelum
etc


let the players sign up for the nations.. and then let them pick the starting setup in reverse order... So Caelum would pick position first, then vanheim etc.

Also interestingly, you could start with different nations having advantages for example. Perhaps bogarus would start with three territories...

Bandarlog would start with two, on an island in the middle of the board....