MP Game - Anyone interested in a *really* slow game? *full and running**

[Cainehill]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
The underlying issue that there is not enough water for both water nations remains unaddressed in both the original and "Dry" Versions of Karan.

True - but general consensus is that Karan simply doesn't have enough room for both water nations. Then again - it probably doesn't have enough room for all 15 land nations either.

In a situation with all 17 nations, either Version has something of an advantage for the water nations - one of them is probably going to be one of the nations surviving well into the mid-to-late game, and one will die. That's a 50% chance, better than most of the nations will have.

Of course, Vegas has odds on whether it will be Atlantis or R'lyeh still standing, and those odds aren't 50/50.

[Cainehill]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
The underlying issue that there is not enough water for both water nations remains unaddressed in both the original and "Dry" Versions of Karan.

Also note that in a game with 17 nations, the water nations have more nominal provinces per nation than the land nations. 20 water provinces for 2 water nations - 10 each.

142 land provinces, for 15 land nations - 9.46666... each.

And this is ignoring that both Atlantis and R'lyen can easily take land provinces, while most land setups have difficulty going into the water.

Originally posted by Cainehill:
Also note that in a game with 17 nations, the water nations have more nominal provinces per nation than the land nations. 20 water provinces for 2 water nations - 10 each.

Not if we're playing Dry Karan, surely? Then they'll lose access to - six? - water provinces. Or worse, one of them will get dumped in an isolated landlocked lake, and end up scrabbling for a share of the land provinces instead.

[Karacan]

Hmm, I don't see Atlantis "easily" taking land provinces. R'lyeh, maybe. I am not an expert R'lyeh player, but even since Dom 1, Atlantis has always been my favourite nation.

Anyway, I hope for a bloody battle. Maybe the underwater players ally to scourge the lands of those evil beasties. *hint, hint, nudge nudge* Who was playing Atlantis again?

[Chazar]

The HOF is still set to 10!? I thought wanted the big one, considering that there are even more than 10 pretenders around...

[The_Tauren13]

and dont we need to finish voting on the map? it seems to me 2 were still tied.

[archaeolept]

well, i think cainehill must have gotten me drunk Last night or something, since i vaguely remember agreeing to exchange the mighty and fearsome spiderfolk for some ragtag bunch of unwashed forest-hippies



so i'll try to figure out a pretender today and upload before tomorrow.

edit: i actually prefer the normal Karan, at least in the present situation. lake access is nice, but not especially troubling in my mind.

[ July 27, 2004, 17:47: Message edited by: archaeolept ]