AardvarkArmy wrote:anaupr wrote:asudevil wrote:Minor powers control will not be anonymous
Why not? Now that it has been mentioned, it kind of makes sense, but im fine either way.
I raised the idea, so let me put it to rest. Blind bids in 1933 were a lot of fun, but in fairness, it was a smaller game. This would require a lot of extra work from the GM's: specifically, 18 individual private messages every year informing players what they own, plus tighter proof-reading since there would be no public scrutiny to catch mistakes.
I kinda regret having mentioned it at all, and have to respect the limits to the GM's workload in a game with 195 centers to account for. I can definitely live with the compromise of keeping the margin of bidding victories unknown...
The secret will come out soon enough, like in a day or two, so I might as well say it now. I have created a website specifically for this game where each of the players will login and submit their IP bids as well as receive their player report detailing the minor powers they control and the IP count for the controlling power as well as their own individual IP count for each minor power.
There will be no mass PM of the IP results nor an in-thread post, although asudevil might put one together for the general public following the game.
It would be easy enough to modify the website so that the controlling power was not known but ASU decided for this game that he didn't want to do that. A case could be made for too much paranoia and with 18 majors and 24 minors, it could simply be overwhelming not knowing anything about who controls the minor powers. It could be awesome; or it could be total chaos. I think not revealing the low bids for the minor powers is a fine middle ground that provides intrigue and strategy without leaving the players completely in the fog. Speaking of fog, how about Fog of War on this map. Forget I said that.
The other aspect of not knowing who controls the minor powers is the victory condition currently set at 90 centers which includes all the major power centers plus all of the minor power centers currently controlled by him. If the players didn't know who controlled the minor powers, then you would never know if somebody was getting close to victory. Maybe that's a good thing; maybe not. Just depends on the type of game you want to play.
And, I think asudevil's original count of 195 centers might have been a typo because we are both only counting 185 on the current map.
