Power of Politics 1914 : A WWI scenario

[Hepps]

@ubernaut Thanks for the offer. I am working on the relief and the details for the map ATM.

@redrum is working on the map maker stuff.

Not sure of what else we need help with ATM... but we will ask you if there is something.

[Black_Elk]

So badass! Can't wait to take it for a spin! Its like the greyhound of plans, hella sharp, hella quick. Nice work!

[Hepps]

Just updated the first post with a synopsis of what the game will include.

[redrum]

As was mentioned by @alkexr, currently there is a limitation that doesn't allow land units to perform strategic bombing. I removed this unneeded validation and did a quick test where it seems that land units can successfully strategic bomb now. Here is the PR: https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/pull/4804

[Hepps]

@redrum Sweet. Well done fine sir. One less thing to resolve via a hack.

[wirkey]

@Hepps don't you have a different map to finish?

[Hepps]

@wirkey This is the intermediate step designed to make the "other" map come to fruition.

[ubernaut]

@Hepps ? i once had a dream of a combined ww1 and ww2 map you aren't talking about something like that are you?

[Hepps]

@ubernaut No... @wirkey is referring to https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/95/global-dominance/493

[Cernel]

@redrum said in A WWI scenario design based loosely on NML & TWW:

As was mentioned by @alkexr, currently there is a limitation that doesn't allow land units to perform strategic bombing. I removed this unneeded validation and did a quick test where it seems that land units can successfully strategic bomb now. Here is the PR: https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/pull/4804

Interesting. Have to say that a few times I happened to be blocked by this limit, but I'm not sure how expansive this may be, as, considering I could do nothing about it, I never thinkered on it much, but I think it may be pretty huge.

What is the user case here (just curious)?

[Hepps]

@Cernel Read the thread... it's defined earlier on the first page.

[Cernel]

@Hepps Off topic, but the search function of this forum is not working for me (clicking on the lens does nothing). Is this something I'm missing to enable?

[Cernel]

Uhm, maybe land units conducting SBR should also be allowed to keep moving in the subsequent Non Combat Movement phase? I'm not sure (talking about possible applications), but I tend to think this would be better (mostly thinking that you could have some land units, eminently cavalry, being able to raid a territory, instead of normally attacking it).

[Hepps]

Just a little something to let everyone know we are proceeding with zeal.

[beelee]

@Hepps
good action although
New Zealand seems more appropriate. : )

[Hepps]

@beelee Is this enough (New) zeal for you?

[Cernel]

@Hepps I briefly checked Wiki on this, and, according to it, Camberra was not really a thing in WWI. The site was selected in 1908, but it actually started working as capital only in 1927 (1927 the parliament and 1930 the governor).

I get that is not really meant to be Camberra, as the fact that it has a "city" territory effect has to mean that it is representing Sydney and Melbourne; but, if Australia has to have a city territory, probably better just to call it Melbourne, since it seems it is also all of Victoria (it can be left undefined if that would be actually just Melbourne or both Melbourne and Sydney together).

I don't like "Power of Politics" as the game's name, but I'm abstaining on the vote, cause I don't know what.

[Hepps]

For those with a taste for the Russian nesting Dolls...

[Schulz]

I see Austria starts without Galicia, Vojvodina and Northern Tyrol. Germany has no Alsace-Lorraine. What is the reason just wondering.

BTW Dom 1914 had another issue imho which is Austria's tendency of becoming more powerful than Germany due to lame income distribution. A good WW1 map definitely shouldn't let this kind of results because games become extremely broken when Austrians (and sometimes even Ottomans) becomes stronger than Germany which was very common because Entente is easily able to rush Germany and ignore other fronts and in this case Entente wins always no matter how strong Austrians-Ottomans.

First I really recommend making Western and Italian Fronts more valuable than Eastern front and making Baltics more valuable than Ukraine (Although very unrealistic but for balance/playability purpose).

Going West-East or balanced manner should be equally good for Centrals. Both in Dom 1914 and Great war rushing east is definitely the best one and it makes maps predictable for me.

[Hepps]

@Schulz Some of the cover image may not have been accurate to the starting set up of the actual map.

The income distribution has changed significantly.

Italy is neutral at the start of the game... where they end up or who's side they join for the players to determine.

The rest you are just going to have to wait for.