Option to change spoils to escalating mid game

by **Yynatago** on Sun May 03, 2015 8:12 pm

Concise description:
Give the option to change a game spoils to escalating mid-game either by:

By agreement by all users mid-game,
By the game creator, specifying it changes to escalating after x rounds

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
Many no-spoils and flat-rate games risk going on months at a time, often reaching a deadlock where it is unwise to break the deadlock because of its suicidal nature to do so. By having the option to switching a more aggressive spoils, we maintain the spirit of less aggressive spoils for early, mid and even late game, yet offer a quicker end game that doesn't depend on out-waiting the opponent.

Further suggestions:

For game creators, add an extra box under Rounds, to have "Switch to escalating on round 100"
For mid game consensus, disable feature for the first 20 rounds
For mid game consensus, when the first player ticks the box, automate a chat message with instructions and/or link to encourage other players to do the same.
For mid game consensus, switch to escalating after one complete round after everyone has ticked the box.

Regards,
Yynatago

by **Metsfanmax** on Mon May 04, 2015 4:12 pm

This is going to be a hard sell because we implemented Round Limits to avoid these situations.

by **clangfield** on Mon May 04, 2015 4:14 pm

Yynatago wrote:Concise description:
Give the option to change a game spoils to escalating mid-game either by:
By agreement by all users mid-game,
By the game creator, specifying it changes to escalating after x rounds
How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
Many no-spoils and flat-rate games risk going on months at a time, often reaching a deadlock where it is unwise to break the deadlock because of its suicidal nature to do so. By having the option to switching a more aggressive spoils, we maintain the spirit of less aggressive spoils for early, mid and even late game, yet offer a quicker end game that doesn't depend on out-waiting the opponent.

Further suggestions:
For game creators, add an extra box under Rounds, to have "Switch to escalating on round 100"
For mid game consensus, disable feature for the first 20 rounds
For mid game consensus, when the first player ticks the box, automate a chat message with instructions and/or link to encourage other players to do the same.
For mid game consensus, switch to escalating after one complete round after everyone has ticked the box.
Regards,
Yynatago

I'd support this as well as an option to impose a round limit mid-game. Again, by agreement, if all tick a box marked 'finish game in 10 more rounds' then it could bring the game to a close.
Although round limit prevents the problem, it doesn't cure it if a game develops into an unexpected stalemate.

by **Evil Semp** on Mon May 04, 2015 6:59 pm

How many troops would the first set be worth. If the original settings are flat rate and I have a 10 and you start with 4 troops for escalating why would I check the box. I might not want to trade my 10 set if I only have 3 cards.