Re: Land Rand (pbem)
I must say that based on Land and other RAND games that format really does not work at all, except very limited situations. No diplo makes it pretty much impossible to take down leaders or organise anything, thus starting positions and nations you get are huge factor. And when there is difference in skill level there is almost no skill factor - there are few good players that can just easily annihilate all remaining players. And it's up to nation they get + skill of neighbours to determine who will get bigger and stronger.
I think that for RAND to work you need:
- small map with
- very balanced nation selection [that was a huge problem in last RAND]
- and players of same skill level
- that do not get subbed out by weaker players [here we should proably introduce rule to not talk about that game to anyone outside, so it does not kill the pool of potential good subs]
I like LAND and RAND games, but the more I play them, the more I think that normal games are better and more fair.
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