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Post by X-Nemeth on Aug 24, 2016 9:13:24 GMT
I feel we could benefit form a more ordered conduct of war moves, hence the poll.
I personally like that you have to plan ahead and "queue" actions, but I also feel like 6 turns is a bit far ahead to predict everything. I suggest we conduct 3 war moves with a small 2 day break before the next 3 where it is possible to revise strategy from a "wage war action" or readied court action point of view. The court. Planning 3 moves ahead should be possible. For instance, as done turn 5, Sir Estian might decide retaking Aliened is not worth it, and then rethink the strategy, while Nemeth could then move troops to Camelot to attack with him in WM6, even tho that strategy was not pre-planned in the DO.
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Post by Caerleon (Tristan) on Aug 30, 2016 1:53:54 GMT
IMO war moves are the thing that slow games down the most (and hence cause points of failure). What worked well this war move is that command was devolved to one player (primarily) who directed action and that I and Linde where both able to be active at about the same time allowing for rapid back and forth communication.
In the interest of having things move along quickly I'd be in favour of people giving Linde a strategic template that they get to rejig halfway through the turn, so that rather than putting:
You instead write:
And then let Linde do the required maths/actions (without interruption) in the background and then pause at a strategic crossroad to present the players with a choice.
I know that it takes a little bit of control away from the players, but it means that rather than war moves stopping play for a week they get resolved by the GM.
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Post by X-Nemeth on Aug 30, 2016 8:19:49 GMT
IMO war moves are the thing that slow games down the most (and hence cause points of failure). What worked well this war move is that command was devolved to one player (primarily) who directed action and that I and Linde where both able to be active at about the same time allowing for rapid back and forth communication. In the interest of having things move along quickly I'd be in favour of people giving Linde a strategic template that they get to rejig halfway through the turn, so that rather than putting: You instead write: And then let Linde do the required maths/actions (without interruption) in the background and then pause at a strategic crossroad to present the players with a choice. I know that it takes a little bit of control away from the players, but it means that rather than war moves stopping play for a week they get resolved by the GM. In theory I would agree, but it doesnt work in practice since most war moves were conducted right after one another, while I for instance did not have time to do anything. For instance, I got control of my army for WM4, but before I could order it to walk through Mercia around and join up in Camelot WM4 was posted - and WM5 was posted while I wrote down orders. Not to mention I had planned 6 war moves which were completely [Redacted]ed up with 3 lost WM's due to actions taken by others. Linde (x-GM) dont see the example as a complaint, it is not. I really like planning ahead and taking the strategic choice, and there is one every WM. I know Linde is pretty good at it, but I like making my own choices My proposal is that we would have 24/48 hours after WM3 is posted to make small corrections/take those strategic decisions - Like Mercia rushing marines, Sir Estian taking a break from attacking into Aliened to wait for reinforcements, Bayard/Mercia to direct those reinforcements to Camelot. I would imagine it could be something like this: Describe WM1/WM2/WM3/WM4/WM5/WM6 in DO. Either with precise descriptions, or overall strategy. Conduct WM1-3. Breaks if really major decisions are needed. Roughly 24h/48h break so that everyone that wishes to catch up on the first 3 WM have a chance, and also have a chance to make a small post named "T6: Updated War Moves" in their domain forum with changes. Either with precise descriptions, or overall strategy. Conduct WM4-6. Breaks if really major decisions are needed.
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