New Game: 2068

[Bjorn]

A new game is open. Join it at Game #2068

[korexus]

Who remembers how to do this then?

[Bjorn]

Yeah, it has been a couple of decades. I am not going to overthink this, just enter some orders and see how they play-out.

[Bjorn]

Pretty cool! I suspected you might be in area #5, but hope to find you with fewer armies. The final battle came down to one remaining army on both sides. Will get my turn 2 posted in a couple of days.

[korexus]

The agony of going first on turn one! I had three theories about what you might do, and couldn't pick one, so went with a plan that wasn't too bad against any option, but was of course worse than if I'd known what you'd do... It worked out ok.

There were some tweaks to the game rules a (long now) while back. One of the big ones was a chance for armies to recover if you win a battle. The reasoning behind this was that in a multi-player game, it was a bad idea to be the first attacker, as you'd run out of resources. It probably also shifts the balance of first turn conflict, but as you say, it was very close.

You can check the full rules at https://www.kaomaris.com/manuals/standard/or go to https://www.kaomaris.com/manuals/differences/ for a summary of just the changes from the classic game. Now it looks like I have to go first again, so I should get planning!

[Bjorn]

Neutrals are getting tougher!

[Bjorn]

Yes, the business of wounded armies and their recovery is new to me. It is an important change. I would prefer that wounded armies remain in the province where the battle occurred, but that might be difficult to program. Since there is no 'time frame' for a turn, we can assume these attacks are done over a long period of time, giving the wounded plenty of time to recover.

[korexus]

Interesting idea. - By "remain in the province", I assume you mean for the whole turn? (They do remain in the province in as much as they're there when the fight finishes, but currently they can be used on the next attack too.)

It wouldn't be too hard to have them in limbo until some later phase, but we'd have to think through the implications on things like level mixing if other troops are created, moved through, or trained in the same province. Perhaps recovering at the end of the attacking phase, rather than the turn?

It would still be a bit of a pain for logistics, knowing that you'd have an unknown number of recovered armies along the attack path. On the other hand, players quite often want to scatter an army or two backwards to prevent sniping.