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[Kingmaker]

HiHi

What is the number of turns that each of these five scenarios lasts? If any are of variable length please give me an idea how many would routinely be required to complete the game.

The game is set up to play as 'Early' and 'Late' for each calendar month from the start date i.e. July 1861, or Nov 1861, so 2 turns a month, as the game could carry on past the historical end date of April 1865 theoretically the game could be open ended (I think Gils comments in the email with the tutorial attachment I sent you may be of help here).

How many turns to complete a game, Eeek, dunno, that will vary considerably depending on the skill of the opposing players. It maybe that the folk at GWS could be of help there as they will possibly have some idea from the Beta tests etc, sorry Paul I haven’t played it enough against enough different players to give an accurate answer

Lets make a comparison with BG Gettysburg that’s logged as 149 turns, personally I have only once gone into the 3rd day (and that was over mid-morning) either against a real player or the AI.

Okay, so then it's just win/lose and draw. Would you suggest that given the scale and somewhat unique victory conditions, the winner of a scenario should really only recieve a little bit more than the loser. For example, Winner earns 60% of the points and loser 40%?

OK lets try merging the 2 points here, if for a victory at G'burg or Chickamauga (arguably the hardest of the BG ACW battles) you receive 70 pts irrespective of how many turns it takes, then (and this is merely my opinion) as FoF is considerably more complex the points awarded for a victory should possibly be higher, say 100 or 120.

A Draw is easy, just make it half the victory points

For a defeat, Mmmm the loosing player is gonna have put in a hell of a lot of time and energy so the G'burg ratio of 70 to 10 may be somewhat paltry, could I suggest something along the lines of 120 win -30 lose might be a fairer balance, FoF plays at more than just the tactical level of G’burg/Chick etc. and that should possibly be reflected in the scoring

This is just a thought and may not be practical/fair, but in order to get FoF up and running how about just set it up something like suggested above, see how it goes, it can always be altered later when enough players start whinging about it not being reflective or whatever, then you can turn it over to them ... “Right Sunbeam come up with a better solution"

I know I keep banging on about this but I think it really would be good for the Blitz to have this in place before CoG EE comes out, I may well get egg on my face, but I really see it as a good recruiting field for the future.

All the Best
Peter