Is it a strategy?

honestjohn · Post by **honestjohn** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:56 pm

A player returns to the game after missing two turns and deploys
a total of 42 armies.
Shown under 'armies received' is
- for territories on cards in a set 4 armies (automatically deployed)

- for control of a country 3 armies
- for a set of cards 12 armies
- for 21 territories 7 armies
- for missing turns (I guess) 20
total 42 armies for deployment.
Can this really mean that the extra 20 armies deployed are a result of the armies multiplied for the missing turns? :?:

The game # on this is 124590.

HotShot53 · Post by **HotShot53** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:09 pm

the 3 armies for the country plus the 7 armies for the number of territories = 10 armies per missed turn, or 20 total. Since he didn't get the armies during the turns he missed, he gets them all now.

cowshrptrn · Post by **cowshrptrn** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:21 pm

Personally, i think its pretty stupid, he coudl ahve gotten cards during thsoe lost turns, plus, if someone kills one of his continents he'd get a lot fewer guys. Its missed turns times the amount of guys you would get THIS turn

JTKALLTHEWAY · Post by **JTKALLTHEWAY** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:29 am

yeah so bad strategy on your part for letting him keep 21

tals · Post by **tals** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:52 am

It is a strategy because effectively it means a player can save a large number of reserve armies for deployment anywhere on there locations in the map. I'm hopeful they will give a defer turn option at some point so this strategy at least doesn't delay the game. The downside is no card but I think its not that small a downside as long as the regions are kept.

Tals

p.s its not a strategy I would adopt because I view it as poor gamesmanship due to it holding the game up