Conquer Club

Dondersteen wrote:I played this where the reos were set to chained and you wind up with lots of orphaned troops strung out behind you. It's unlikely to be won in "a couple turns" unless you have reos set to unltd. Also, I held the gold spike but the game didn't end because I hadn't conquered Brigham Young. I can see where you have to hold all stations along the line, but since the resources are on spur lines, they should be optional for victory. Particularly given that taking them is not really that advantageous unless reos are set to unltd: with all those stacks strung out behind you and only one reo per turn, they become quite useless. (Unless your oppo has made it to your side of the board - a) which should rarely happen and b) is highly unlikely to be a recoverable position, unless you roll all 6s.)

I like the concept of the map - and it reminds me of the Corb Lund song Maybe put a note on it somewhere that you recommend playing with reos = unltd and/or make resources optional to hold, MHO.

With a bit of dice luck (which does seem to be a determining factor over strategy) a guy can play lots of these and rank up very quickly...

Nice work

Dondersteen wrote:1. This isn't entirely clear from the wording of the instructions.

Dondersteen wrote:I currently met victory conditions for a turn or two in Game 14149437 and it hasn't ended yet. I don't currently own most of the green terrs, nor the red one, but have held all four spikes for 2 turns.

Dondersteen wrote:I've had the whole rail line since turn 13 or so, left a stack of 29 on Green River on turn 19, now it's turn 20, and bombarded the other guy's red a couple of times in between. Something's definitely not right.

Vlasov wrote:At the end of my last turn I owned all four "spikes" and my entire rail line (in fact, I had every UP territory in the East/bottom half of the map). I thought that would be the victory condition. What gives?

I don't know how to take a screenshot. However, it is game #14136973... still in progress as of this posting.

Vlasov wrote:Once again, at the end of another turn, I have all four spikes and my entire rail line from Omaha to Promontory Summit UP -- game #14136973.

Vlasov wrote:That means it would be impossible to win unless you can heavily reinforce your own bridge so that your opponent can't "sabotage/bombard" it on his next turn from his "starting point" (Sacramento or Omaha) -- or unless you're using the Nukes or Zombies option, and can take out opponent's starting point by sheer luck.

On most other maps victory is achieved immediately once the conditions are met, unless they specifically include holding X territories(s) for one or more full turns. If that applies to Promontory Summit, it should be spelled out clearly.

Once again, at the end of another turn, I have all four spikes and my entire rail line from Omaha to Promontory Summit UP -- game #14136973.

Vlasov wrote:I stand corrected, Gilligan. I was confused because I usually play simple games where I only (occasionally!) win after eliminating all opponents. I didn't realize that victory (win) checking occurs at the start of a player's turn.

The game cited above is still in progress, and it has the Zombie option. I think we're in for a long haul...

Also I agree with Freaky1's comment above -- bombardment of the Bridges adds a high strategy element.

Donelladan wrote:I have played the map 2 times, but I find it so simple, that I completely fail to find any strategy to it.
Does someone has a different idea about the map?
So far the only strategic "thing" i can see is, don't fort out from your starting position after a few rounds in order to be able to bombard opponent to prevent him from winning. But except that ... just rolling dice and observe who has the best one so far.

Also, I am afraid the game can be completely blocked for some setting. Let say adjacent game without round limit.... How a game like that would ever end? I won't even try it !