[SPOILERS] Lurkers Thread: NO PLAYERS ALLOWED

[uberfish]

Yeah the resources might be at the edges, but I predict that would just cause people to focus on securing their own island rather than interacting with others as there's little to gain from invading someone else early when you already have 1 of every resource, and would have to pay high distance maintenance pre-Forbidden Palace.

If you had to leave your starting square to get Gold, Dyes etc for example, the game becomes more dynamic as there's an element of competition in the early game and it creates opportunities for trade.

[Cyneheard]

Yeah the resources might be at the edges, but I predict that would just cause people to focus on securing their own island rather than interacting with others as there's little to gain from invading someone else early when you already have 1 of every resource, and would have to pay high distance maintenance pre-Forbidden Palace.

If you had to leave your starting square to get Gold, Dyes etc for example, the game becomes more dynamic as there's an element of competition in the early game and it creates opportunities for trade.

PBEM10 Spoilers:

This was a strong aspect of PBEM10's map design, the green islands being so strong relative to our "home" space. The iron placement and lack of copper? Not so much, but that's a different issue.

[Ruff_Hi]

are you suggesting 5 or 6 gold / silver / other happy spread over the map, or the full 7 but off the 'square'?

[fluffyflyingpig]

Yeah, from my vantage pont there seems very little incentive to expand outside your starting square initally. Neutral islands or some actual expansion land outside of the square would give motivation to expand.

[Ruff_Hi]

• move piggies away from capital
  

Done. I put them over with the wine.

• check distance maintenance
  

Two cities for the same civ on the 'starting tile' generates an expense cost of -8. That didn't seem too high.

[Ruff_Hi]

Ok, how about this ...

I remove the following and put them in clusters on the blue dots - so all of the ivory (say) would be on the blue dots and all of the silk would be on another duplicate blue dot. That way, 1 player could pick up all of the ivory and have to trade for the other resources.

• silk
  
• ivory
  
• incense
  
• dye
  
• spices
  
• sugar
  
• wine
  

Question - should I add a cow so that a city there is viable?

[Krill]

Look, a plains cow doesn't really add city viability, maybe a dry wheat, or a plains sheep would, but a measly +1 fpt is worthless...

[Ruff_Hi]

Look, a plains cow doesn't really add city viability, maybe a dry wheat, or a plains sheep would, but a measly +1 fpt is worthless...

so, apart from the stupid cow, the happy resource location sounds good? ... or better?

[Krill]

happy res are fine.

[uberfish]

Give each resource two sets of three? All six on one spot is too much of an easy monopoly for whomever holds it.