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Interesting, rarely used setting (early 20th Century)

Good mix of strategy and management gameplay, but with simple rules

Semi-freeform diplomacy (and backstabbings!)

All of the above

I'm just forum game addict and gotta play'em all

[Haspen]

Oh, allright.

[Sheb]

[Haspen]

I added a poll for the next gaem.

[Ultimuh]

As a possible member of next game, I believe I have the right to vote.
I think NPC nations would be interesting. I say fill up as many players as you can within a day's time or so and make NPCs of the rest.
If any new players decide to join after the game has started, you can give the player a choice from one of the NPC nations.

[Sheb]

I'm not a fan of NPCs myself, but then it might be because they all seems to hate me. :p

More seriously, if you go with NPCs, I suggest making them equals to the players and open to wannabe new players, as Ultimuh proposed.

[Toaster]

Weakened NPC "backwater" nations give players something to expand into before the real meat of the game starts.  It breaks down to if you want there to be "open" spaces to expand in to or just have every region filled at game start with players.

[Sheb]

What's the point? It just create imbalance, because some players will have better expansion grounds than others.

[Toaster]

What's the alternative?  Everywhere filled or empty?

[Sheb]

I'd rather have everything filled, yeah.

[Toaster]

Spoiler: Research 'looting' (click to show/hide)

Whenever you conquer a Province with an Academy in it (and provided it won't be razed during combat), there's 50% chance you gain 2 RP to your current project (these cannot push you over required amount in the project, however).
When you gain these RP, there's another 50% chance you will also capture a Technology from your enemy, IF the enemy has any Technologies researched that you haven't.
HOWEVER, you MUST have Prerequisities for that technology fulfilled; otherwise your scientists won't be able to understand the newly acquired tech.

IMO, gaining a full tech is awfully powerful.  What about something more akin to this:

50% chance to gain ~4 RP to current project
Keep rolling this chance until it fails

So you have a 50% chance of 0, 25% of 4, 12.5% of 8, 6.75% of 12, etc etc.  Maybe make the chance 60% or something if the enemy knows current project.

[Sheb]

So, Haspen, do you know if Objective is going to play this turn?

[Sheb]

Bump?

[Haspen]

I just posted the turn goddamit!

[Sheb]

Ahah, missed it :p.

Edit: Oh crap. To be honest, I had been expecting that last turn or the turn before that, I though that since it didn't happen, Astmalmo was not going to go along with it.

Well, Kashyyk, you might just have won the game, congratulation.

[Kashyyk]

Fingers Crossed

If I lose this, you've probably won.