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[notquitethere]

a1s

I don't suppose I can willingly transfer a hex to another player?

Nope.

Kaian
I like your attempts at diplomacy 

Just waiting on IronyOwl now.

[Lidku]

I don't suppose I can willingly transfer a hex to another player?

Would have been a smart choice though, since Monkeys can raid fortified areas

[a1s]

Spoiler:  Formal Xiud-HXC treaty (warning: heavy) (click to show/hide)

Xiud collective - East Hexian Company
Formal Treaty of non agression.

Preface

     The object of this treaty is to define the terms of coexistence between the Xiud Collective and the East Hexian Company. By ratificating this treaty, the Xiud Collective and the East Hexian Company engage themselve to respect the terms of this formal treaty, with no limitation or exception.


Article First
     -Guarantee of independence
          1§ The signatories engage themselves to never, under any circumstances and regardless of any other treaty they could sign otherwise, destroy or attempt to destroy the other signatories as independent political entities. This includes indirect action, including but not limited to the support of a third party in order to endanger or destroy the other signatories as an independent political entity.


Article Second
     -Definition of borders
          1§ The areas officially owned by the signatories at the time this treaty is ratificated are considered the full and irrevocable property of their current owner.
          2§ The Xiud Collective is, by the ratification of this treaty, granted the lands west of the body of water colloquially known as "the Great River", as well as most of the mountain range located immediately north of said body of water. This includes the areas officially known as: (see 2§1¤). Areas granted to the Xiud Collective by this article are considered its full and irrevocable property.
              2§1¤ Hexagons 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 35, 36, 37, 48, 49, 62, 63 and 77.
          3§ The Xiud Collective renounce through this treaty to all claims to areas not defined as it full and irrevocable property by the paragraphs 1§ and 2§ of the Article Second of the present treaty. The repartition of these areas between the East Hexian Company and non-signatory parties are not the object of this treaty.
          4§ Exception made to the 3§, the body of water colloquially known as "the Great River", and formed of the areas officially defined as (see 4§1¤), is to stay neutral. The common exploitation of these areas by the signatories are not for this treaty to rule, however, both signatories should at all time have free access to it.
               4§1¤ Hexagons 38, 50, 51, 52, 64, 66 and 78.


Article Third
     -Respect of borders
          1§ Signatories engage themselves to never attemps to gain control of an area defined by the Article Second as not belonging to them (refer to 2A2§1¤ in particular). Areas defined as belonging to a specific signatory are to stay under said signatory direct control as a political entity.
               1§1¤ Additionally, signatories engage themselves to never attemps to provoke or ease the loss of control of an area belonging to another signatory, by said signatory, to a third party.
          2§ The transit of people and merchandises through the borders of signatories is not for this treaty to regulate. However, people and merchandises present in an area are to obey to the laws of the signatory to whom the present treaty grants ownership of said area.
          3§ Transit of military personnel obeying to a signatory's orders through an area owned by another signatory is conditional to the area owner's approval.



Signatures:

The terms are mostly agreeable however East Hexian Company desires 3 things:
1. Explicit recognition of all territory East of the mountains and the Great River (with the exception of hexes 20 and 30) as East Hexian. Especially as it pertains to Article Three, Paragraph One.
2. Recognition of the lake part of the Great river (hexes 52 and 66) as East Hexian.
3. Extension of the demilitarized zone into the mountains (hexes 26,36, and 37) and a creation of a Trollish Free State in the Northern Mountains (hexes 17 and 27) from the survivors of of the recent Antman-Troll war.
I eagerly await our counteroffer.

[kaian-a-coel]

1. The Xiud Collective saw itself unfit to rule over EHC-Vorgon matters, hence the lack of precision in the initial offer. Demand granted.
2. Demand granted.
3. As eager as the Xiud Military Command was to build powerful fortresses in hexes 17 and 27 and secure our borders, the Collective agrees to the creation of a Trollish Free State in this area. Said state will be offered a place in the treaty, which will be amended to this effect.
hexes 26, 36 and 37 will be under Xiud control, but will remain demilitarized and unfortified, as well as open to foreign observers. Troll population will be allowed to grow toward those areas in terms that will be defined with the new Trollish government.

Are those terms acceptable?

[a1s]

1. The Xiud Collective saw itself unfit to rule over EHC-Vorgon matters, hence the lack of precision in the initial offer. Demand granted.
2. Demand granted.
3. As eager as the Xiud Military Command was to build powerful fortresses in hexes 17 and 27 and secure our borders, the Collective agrees to the creation of a Trollish Free State in this area. Said state will be offered a place in the treaty, which will be amended to this effect.
hexes 26, 36 and 37 will be under Xiud control, but will remain demilitarized and unfortified, as well as open to foreign observers. Troll population will be allowed to grow toward those areas in terms that will be defined with the new Trollish government.

Are those terms acceptable?

They are.

[kaian-a-coel]

Then it is settled.

Spoiler:  Formal Xiud-HXC treaty (amended) (click to show/hide)

Xiud collective - East Hexian Company
Formal Treaty of non agression.

Preface

     The object of this treaty is to define the terms of coexistence between the Xiud Collective and the East Hexian Company. By ratificating this treaty, the Xiud Collective and the East Hexian Company engage themselve to respect the terms of this formal treaty, with no limitation or exception.


Article First
     -Guarantee of independence
          1§ The signatories engage themselves to never, under any circumstances and regardless of any other treaty they could sign otherwise, destroy or attempt to destroy the other signatories as independent political entities. This includes indirect action, including but not limited to the support of a third party in order to endanger or destroy the other signatories as an independent political entity.


Article Second
     -Definition of borders
          1§ The areas officially owned by the signatories at the time this treaty is ratificated are considered the full and irrevocable property of their current owner.
          2§ The Xiud Collective is, by the ratification of this treaty, granted the lands west of the body of water colloquially known as "the Great River", as well as most of the mountain range located immediately north of said body of water. This includes the areas officially known as: (see 2§1¤). Areas granted to the Xiud Collective by this article are considered its full and irrevocable property.
              2§1¤ Hexagons 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, 36, 37, 48, 49, 62, 63 and 77.
          3§ The Xiud Collective renounce through this treaty to all claims to areas not defined as it full and irrevocable property by the paragraphs 1§ and 2§ of the Article Second of the present treaty. Areas of the island not otherwise attributed to other nations or stated as neutral ground are considered to be the full and irrevocable property of the East Hexian Company.
          4§ The body of water colloquially known as "the Great River", and formed of the areas officially defined as (see 4§1¤), is to stay neutral. The common exploitation of these areas by the signatories are not for this treaty to rule, however, both signatories should at all time have free access to it.
               4§1¤ Hexagons 38, 50, 51, 64 and 78.
               4§2¤ Hexagons 52 and 66 are recognized as East Hexian.
          5§ Hexagons 17 and 27 are hereby granted to the Trollish Free State as an independant, fully cosignatory nation of the treaty, beneficiating notably from the protection of the First Article.


Article Third
     -Respect of borders
          1§ Signatories engage themselves to never attemps to gain control of an area defined by the Article Second as not belonging to them (refer to 2A2§1¤ in particular). Areas defined as belonging to a specific signatory are to stay under said signatory direct control as a political entity.
               1§1¤ Additionally, signatories engage themselves to never attemps to provoke or ease the loss of control of an area belonging to another signatory, by said signatory, to a third party.
          2§ The transit of people and merchandises through the borders of signatories is not for this treaty to regulate. However, people and merchandises present in an area are to obey to the laws of the signatory to whom the present treaty grants ownership of said area.
          3§ Transit of military personnel obeying to a signatory's orders through an area owned by another signatory is conditional to the area owner's approval.
          4§ Areas 26, 36 and 37, under Xiud Collective control, are to stay unfortified and demilitarized.



Signatures:
For the Xiud Collective, queen Xassianat

Add your signatures guys!
It's been only a few days and I've already grown fond of this little world.

[IronyOwl]

If kaian's just going to give up, is there a point to continuing the (mechanical) game anymore?

[a1s]

If kaian's just going to give up, is there a point to continuing the (mechanical) game anymore?

Nope.

Then it is settled.

Spoiler:  Formal Xiud-HXC treaty (amended) (click to show/hide)

Xiud collective - East Hexian Company
Formal Treaty of non agression.

Preface

     The object of this treaty is to define the terms of coexistence between the Xiud Collective and the East Hexian Company. By ratificating this treaty, the Xiud Collective and the East Hexian Company engage themselve to respect the terms of this formal treaty, with no limitation or exception.


Article First
     -Guarantee of independence
          1§ The signatories engage themselves to never, under any circumstances and regardless of any other treaty they could sign otherwise, destroy or attempt to destroy the other signatories as independent political entities. This includes indirect action, including but not limited to the support of a third party in order to endanger or destroy the other signatories as an independent political entity.


Article Second
     -Definition of borders
          1§ The areas officially owned by the signatories at the time this treaty is ratificated are considered the full and irrevocable property of their current owner.
          2§ The Xiud Collective is, by the ratification of this treaty, granted the lands west of the body of water colloquially known as "the Great River", as well as most of the mountain range located immediately north of said body of water. This includes the areas officially known as: (see 2§1¤). Areas granted to the Xiud Collective by this article are considered its full and irrevocable property.
              2§1¤ Hexagons 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, 36, 37, 48, 49, 62, 63 and 77.
          3§ The Xiud Collective renounce through this treaty to all claims to areas not defined as it full and irrevocable property by the paragraphs 1§ and 2§ of the Article Second of the present treaty. Areas of the island not otherwise attributed to other nations or stated as neutral ground are considered to be the full and irrevocable property of the East Hexian Company.
          4§ The body of water colloquially known as "the Great River", and formed of the areas officially defined as (see 4§1¤), is to stay neutral. The common exploitation of these areas by the signatories are not for this treaty to rule, however, both signatories should at all time have free access to it.
               4§1¤ Hexagons 38, 50, 51, 64 and 78.
               4§2¤ Hexagons 52 and 66 are recognized as East Hexian.
          5§ Hexagons 17 and 27 are hereby granted to the Trollish Free State as an independant, fully cosignatory nation of the treaty, beneficiating notably from the protection of the First Article.


Article Third
     -Respect of borders
          1§ Signatories engage themselves to never attemps to gain control of an area defined by the Article Second as not belonging to them (refer to 2A2§1¤ in particular). Areas defined as belonging to a specific signatory are to stay under said signatory direct control as a political entity.
               1§1¤ Additionally, signatories engage themselves to never attemps to provoke or ease the loss of control of an area belonging to another signatory, by said signatory, to a third party.
          2§ The transit of people and merchandises through the borders of signatories is not for this treaty to regulate. However, people and merchandises present in an area are to obey to the laws of the signatory to whom the present treaty grants ownership of said area.
          3§ Transit of military personnel obeying to a signatory's orders through an area owned by another signatory is conditional to the area owner's approval.
          4§ Areas 26, 36 and 37, under Xiud Collective control, are to stay unfortified and demilitarized.



Signatures:
For the Xiud Collective, queen Xassianat

For the East Hexian Company, CEO Sir Frenq La Formalhaut, GCSE

side note: SMF 2.0.7 doesn't seem to fully support BBcode, which is a pity.

[notquitethere]

If kaian's just going to give up, is there a point to continuing the (mechanical) game anymore?

If you're all united, I can end the game now, giving a final description and state of the map?

[IronyOwl]

If kaian's just going to give up, is there a point to continuing the (mechanical) game anymore?

If you're all united, I can end the game now, giving a final description and state of the map?

Sounds good to me. I guess I could throw together a treaty submission real quickly.

Spoiler: Treaty of the Golden Hammer (click to show/hide)

The High Council of Naracinth, in wisdom, virtue, and benevolence, recognizing the impracticality of continued conflict in Hexland, hereby do justly and generously propose the following actions and proclamations in pursuit of maximum prosperity for all inhabitants of Hexland.

Firstly, the current lands of the Sovereign and Just Kingdom of Naracinth are to be annexed by the East Hexian Company and henceforth be under their full purview. All past, present, and future inhabitants of Naracinth's political and physical boundaries are to become full and free citizens of East Hexia without prejudice or restriction.

Secondly, all Naracinth social, political, and economic structures are to remain in place where feasible, notwithstanding their adjustment to the new logistical realities of their new relationship with the rest of the empire. The personal properties and possessions of all Naracinth citizens and inhabitants is to remain uninfringed.

Thirdly, in recognition of the East Hexian Company's new and vital province, it is to provide for proper political and material recognition, representation, and advisement in the empire's command structure, including but not limited to Naracinth appointments to appropriate advisory and administrative positions in relation to the proper management of the empire's recently acquired assets.

[a1s]

We will accept your terms distant brethen. As long as you don't let the others attack our borders.

I consider that condition fulfilled, so that must mean we're all in agreement.

[notquitethere]

YEAR FIVE - WINTER

The expansive East Hexian Company expected resistance, protracted raids and bloodshed before their hegemony could be ultimately established. What they got was diplomacy. To the west, The Xuid Collective formalised their borders, even allowing a fortified mountainous region for a Troll Free State. The Vorgons maintained their small jungle enclave, subsuming their merciless rage into mercenary work. The Empire of Naracinth was peaceable annexed, the swines becoming full citizens, their shared  Builder ideology smoothing the way. By the time the Age came to an end in the fifth winter, the East Hexian Company ruled over the entirety of East Hexland, awaiting the end of the Age and the late arrival of Arachina...

Spoiler: Winter Year 5 (click to show/hide)

End Game - a1s wins!

[Lidku]

Hey guys, can we continue this game as a multiplayer RP. Kinda like the Elder Scrolls where a Dark Force from another Realm attacks us and we have to band together to combat a common threat?

Thanks also for making the Vorgons mercanaries, also congratulations Al!

[notquitethere]

Hey guys, can we continue this game as a multiplayer RP. Kinda like the Elder Scrolls where a Dark Force from another Realm attacks us and we have to band together to combat a common threat?

Thanks also for making the Vorgons mercanaries, also congratulations Al!

You're more than welcome to that if you want to: there is, after all, an army of vengeful undead walking across the ocean floor towards you all.


So this is what I've got so far. I'm going to create a new thread when I'm happy with it. Any comments or suggestions still welcome.

Heretics of Hexland 2: This Time It's Hexier
A game of colonisation for 4-6 players

[Intro blurb goes here: Hexland, conquered and carved up after the death of the Leviathan, blah]

Sign-ups open for a turn-based colonisation game in a fantasy world. Each player controls a rival expedition from a civilisation of their making. Each expedition is made up of one species that is beholden to a heresy. These civilisations vie for control of Hexland. If you want an idea of what this looks like, check out the last game (though some changes have since been made to the rules).

Spoiler: Civ Creation Sheet (click to show/hide)

Civilisation Name: [this can be whatever you like]
Colour: [Choose your preferred colour for your civilisation's borders]
Heresy: [pick from the list below. This gives you a special action.]
Species : [pick form the list below. This changes the way one rule works for you. You can pick the same heresy or species as someone else, but not both so have a look at what other people have picked.]
Population: 1 [This is 1 unless something else says otherwise.]
Population Range: 1-1 [Unless stated otherwise, you have population minimum of 1 + the number of cities you control, and a population maximum (cap) of the number of territories + cities you hold, so 1-1 at the beginning.]

Spoiler: Heresies (click to show/hide)

Shaker
They like to sit and tremble in awe at the world.
Favoured Terrain: Mountains
Victory Bonus: +1 point for any mountain tile you own
Tremble - Convert a mountain tile that you own or neighbour into a plain, any fortification or city is lost on the tile.
Season: All
Cost: 2 actions
Raise - Convert a non-mountain tile (not a lake or ocean) you own into a mountain.
Season: All
Cost: 2 actions.

Builder
The Builders seek to urbanise the world, turning all in a citadel pointed towards eternity.
Favoured Terrain: None
Victory Bonus: +1 point for any city tile you own.
Tower - Build a city on a tile (of any kind) you own. This action can only be performed once per turn. A tile cannot be Razed and Towered in the same turn.
Season: All
Cost: 1 action
Deforest - Convert a forest tile you own into plains.
Season: All
Cost: 1 action

Aquatic
They worship the dead Leviathan, and foresee the waters reclaiming all land.
Favoured Terrain: Lakes
Victory Bonus: +1 point for any owned lake tile
Channel: Create a river line on a border that joins an existing river line. If a tile is completely surrounded by river lines, it turns into a lake. Example: Channel the river to the southwest of 21 to the southeast of 21. (The only direction in Hexland are NE, E, SE, SW, W and NW.)
Season: All
Cost: 1 action
Deluge - Turn a non-mountain tile that you own or neighbour into lake tile.
Season: All
Cost: 2 action

Merciless
They believe the final Age will be when all the world is a wasteland.
Favoured Terrain: Desert
Victory Bonus: +1 point for any owned desert tile
Scorch Earth - Convert a non-mountain tile you own into desert.
Season: All
Cost: 1 action
Brutal Raid - Raid and Raze a neighbouring tile at the same time (i.e., the tile turns to desert and is no longer owned by anyone, you gain +2 actions for razing and +2 actions if that tile had a field on it). You cannot conquer a tile on the same turn as you brutally raid it.
Season: All
Cost: 2 actions

Bountiful
They believe that the world is already a paradise and they intend to keep it that way.
Favoured Terrain: Forest
Victory Bonus: +1 point for any owned forest tile
Forage - Gain a +1 population from a forest tile. Cannot be used more than once on the same tile in the same season.
Season: Summer only.
Cost: 1 action
Fecund - Convert a plains tile you own or neighbour into a forest tile.
Season: All
Cost: 1 action

Heterodox
The tolerant Heterodox embrace diversity and cultural interchange, believing that the truth is a prism that splits enlightenment into many beams.
Favoured Terrain: None
Victory Bonus: +2 points for every civilisation alive at the end of the game.
Co-opt - For this turn only, gain the species power of any other species currently in play.
Season: All (can only be used once per season)
Cost: 1 action
Mimic - For this turn only, gain the favoured terrain of one other civilisation currently in play.
Season: Summer, Winter (once only)
Cost: 1 action

Vile
These ne'er-do-wells have dedicated their life to destruction and suffering.
Favoured Terrain: None
Victory Bonus: +1 point for every time a civilisation is wiped out.
Sacrifice - Reduce your population by one (down to your minimum population: if you have three cities and five population, you can only sacrifice once). Gain two additional actions for this turn only.
Season: All
Cost: 1 action
Enslave - Conquer a hex and gain +1 population at the end of your turn instead of losing population (when you conquer, your pop cap always increases anyway).
Season: Fall and Autumn
Cost: 2 actions + defence of the terrain

Apostate
These are the heretic's heretics, splinter movements that have strange beliefs and little coherence.
Favoured Terrain: None
Victory Bonus: None
Apocryphal Dogma - When you choose Apostate, pick two actions belonging to any other heresies (say, Brutal Raid and Deluge). These are your actions and they have the same restrictions as normal.

Spoiler: Species (click to show/hide)

Human: Start with population of 2, a population cap of 2 and a minimum population of 1.
Spiders: Can Improve all year round.
Monkeys: Can Raid fortified tiles.
Antmen: Antmen fortifications give +2 defence to the tile.
Djinn:  Can Grow on desert tiles      
The Doge's Men: Owned river/lake tiles are +1 defense.
Merfolk: Rivers and lakes do not offer a penalty to conquering or expanding
Parakeetkin: Can grow fields in forests.
Trolls:  Mountain tiles are +1 defence when occupied, but -1 defence when conquering and expanding.
Swine:   Harvesting a tile reaps double the population increase.
Letterbeasts: Can expand in Fall.
Impossibulls: If you are wiped out, you may re-embark on any unclaimed tile (usual population limits apply).
Poults: Can build cities on fields and grow fields on cities without destroying either.
Ghosts:  Ignores fortifications and city defence when conquering and fortifications aren't destroyed on conquering.

The game takes place over five years, after which the New Age will begin, as all heresies agree. Each year is made up of four seasons (spring, summer, fall, and winter), and each turn takes exactly one season. (So each player gets 20 turns in the game). On your turn you may take a number of actions equal to your population number. Increasing your population mid-turn doesn't give you additional actions for that turn. You have a maximum population equal to the number of tiles you control + the number of cities you own. You have a minimum population equal to 1 + the number of cities you own (your population can't be forced beneath this number).

Spoiler: Actions Explained (click to show/hide)

Types of Actions
All actions cost 1 action unless otherwise stated.
Grow: Convert a plain tile you own into a field tile. (You cannot grow in the same tile as a city.)
Harvest: Convert a field tile you own into a plains tile. Gain +1 population.
Expand:  Take over a neighbouring uncontested territory. This costs +1 extra action per defence of terrain (including rivers crossed).
Conquer: Take over a neighbouring contested territory. This costs +1 extra action per defence of terrain. Both the conquered region and the conquerers lose 1 population, to a minimum of 1. All fields and fortifications in the conquered hex are destroyed.
Dismantle: Remove from a tile you own one of: a fortification, a city; or turn a field into a plain without harvesting.
Raze: Turn an owned plain or field into a desert, this tile ceases to be in your ownership at the end of your turn. Gain +2 actions for this turn only.
Raid: Turn a field tile you neighbour into a plains tile. Gain +2 actions for this turn only. A fortified tile cannot be raided. You cannot raid then conquer the same tile in the same turn.
Improve: Change a tile or river line or create a terrain feature, as follows:
Drain: Remove a single river line. If a lake tile has no river tiles next to it, it turns into a plain.
Deforest: Turn a forest tile into a plains tile.
Build City: Build a city on plain or favoured terrain.
Fortify: Increase the defence of the tile by +1 (a tile can only ever be fortified once, and conquered terrain loses its fortifications)
Irrigate: Turn a desert tile that is next to a river line into a plain.

Actions for Each Season
Spring   -   Grow, Expand, Raze, Raid, Dismantle
Summer   -   Expand, Improve, Raze, Raid, Improve, Dismantle
Fall   -   Harvest, Conquer, Raze, Raid, Dismantle
Winter   -   Conquer, Raze, Raid, Improve, Dismantle

Spoiler: Playing and winning (click to show/hide)

The winner is the player who's civilisation has the most victory points at the end of the game, or whoever's left alive. Victory points are calculated as the number of territories owned, plus any bonus points given by the player's heresy.

In any given round, players take it in turns to act. The turn order is intially decided in order of population number (lowest first), with ties broken by species+heresy order (human shakers first, apostate ghosts last; in case of tie, the lower species wins). A player has a number of actions equal to their starting population (if they increase their population during a turn, it doesn't give them more population to use that turn).

Spoiler: The Map and Key (click to show/hide)

When selecting a tile to act on, just give its number (e.g. Expand to 12, raze 43, build city on 28).

Terrain types
Desert
Colour: Beige
Defence: 0

Plain
Colour: Light green
Defence: 0

Field
Colour: Yellow
Defence: 0

Forest
Colour: Dark Green
Defence: 1

Lake
Colour: Light Blue
Defence: 1

Mountain
Colour: Grey
Defence: 2

Terrain Features

City
Shape: Three towers in the colour of the civ
Defence: +1
(Cities add +1 to the base population of a civ. E.g. a civ with three cities can never fall below population 4, no matter how many times they're raided or no matter the number of conquests they are a part of.)

Rivers
Colour: Light Blue
Defence: +1 when conquering civilisation has to cross the river to enter the hex
(Rivers are in between borders)

Fortification
Colour: Same colour as the controlling Civ.
Shape: Two vertical lines across the Hex
Defence: +1

Spoiler: Sign ups (click to show/hide)

Sign Ups
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Replacements
- [Could be you!]

Turns will be processed at the end of each season. If a player does not submit an action within 36 hours of the last turn, their go may be taken by the mod. If a player is skipped twice in a row, they may be put up for replacement. When (as in the early game) your turn couldn't be constrained by the actions of players earlier in the turn cycle, feel free to submit your actions for the season out of turn. As a strict turn order is maintained, feel free to edit your season's action if someone earlier in the turn order posts their action after you. Actions are always submitted publicly, but players are allowed to communicate privately if they wish as well as in-thread. Any queries, feel free to ask.

[Dariush]

Civilisation Name: The Sand Empire;
Colour: Orange;
Heresy: Merciless;
Species: Djinn;

Questions:
1) Conquer states 'All fields and fortifications in the conquered hex are destroyed'. Shouldn't this be more along the lines of 'A field (singular) and fortification (singular) in the conquered hex are destroyed, if either is present'?
2) When Djinn harvest on a desert field, does it turn into a desert or a plain?
3) Does removing a river affect the rivers it connects to in any way? Or can rivers just sit in the middle of the continent, not discharging anywhere?
4) Please make the rivers bluer and thicker. They are really hard to see at present.
5) How can there be lakes bordering the ocean? o_0 (I do like that deserts don't border lakes and forests, though)
6) What does Human race do, exactly? Is their population range hardlocked to 1-2? If no, what does 'population cap' mean? And do I take it right that their minimum population is lower than that of other races?
7) I don't see Djinn working with anything except Merciless well and Merciless working with anything except Djinn at all. Maybe add another desert-centric race?
What are the rules about expanding/conquering lakes? I see that they have penalties (in merfolk text), but not what those penalties actually are.
9) Vile seems rather UP. If every single other civ is conquered, they only earn 5 VP. Tile-based heresies earn the same 5 VP by merely expanding a bit. Maybe upgrade that +1 to +2?
10) Proposal: instead of enclosing every single tile a player owns, instead enclose their entire territory in one continuous border. That should improve map readability quite a bit.
11) Why did you turn a beautiful continent with believable shores into a rectangle?