[GO] HQ / Capital Game Type

[Anarkistsdream]

Never heard of it but it sounds like it would be interesting for a change...

[misher]

Shud lose when your team losses all capitals. Or even better would be having a team capital so we can play something like the U.S. civil war ^^. Maybe a capital is its own country and provides something like +1-2 troops per a turn on it? I think defensive bonus would be very hard on admins to create so I think it should just give some armies on that place and it should have like 5 starting forces that go with it so it can't be rushed.

And yes, capital risk is fun ^^

[CreepyUncleAndy]

Each capital you own should also provide you +1 additional bonus armies during deployment.

[Lord Itchy]

* Suggestion Idea:To emulate Castle Risk as a game type

* Specifics: One of your starting countries is marked as your capitol, if you lose this country you are eliminated from the game.

* Why it is needed: It would be a fun and faster variant allowing more replayability and an occasional change of pace.

Some of the other rules that Castle Risk introduced are independent Nations, alternate cards, and hidden reinforcements. The capitol rule is the only one that this post is dedicated to however.

For more information on this original game the wiki article is located at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Risk

[misterman10]

I think this has been suggested before, it sounds like a fun alternate gameplay though

[Rocketry]

* Suggestion Idea:To emulate Castle Risk as a game type

* Specifics: One of your starting countries is marked as your capitol, if you lose this country you are eliminated from the game.

* Why it is needed: It would be a fun and faster variant allowing more replayability and an occasional change of pace.

Some of the other rules that Castle Risk introduced are independent Nations, alternate cards, and hidden reinforcements. The capitol rule is the only one that this post is dedicated to however.

For more information on this original game the wiki article is located at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Risk

sounds good

[chessplaya]

it does sound good ... but what worries me is the following

lets imagine this scenario : we are playing on chinese checkers a 3 players game ... red goes 1st and he gets 6 armies ... he deploys 3 armies next to blues caitol and 3 armies next to greens caitol.. he gets pefect dice.. game is over.... where is the fun in that

it simply wouldnt work

[Honibaz]

it does sound good ... but what worries me is the following

lets imagine this scenario : we are playing on chinese checkers a 3 players game ... red goes 1st and he gets 6 armies ... he deploys 3 armies next to blues caitol and 3 armies next to greens caitol.. he gets pefect dice.. game is over.... where is the fun in that

it simply wouldnt work

How about if you could only attack the capitol once every 3 rounds plus you cannot attack capitol on first round? I do think this is a good idea, but just needs some fixes.

Honibaz

[cena-rules]

it does sound good ... but what worries me is the following

lets imagine this scenario : we are playing on chinese checkers a 3 players game ... red goes 1st and he gets 6 armies ... he deploys 3 armies next to blues caitol and 3 armies next to greens caitol.. he gets pefect dice.. game is over.... where is the fun in that

it simply wouldnt work

How about if you could only attack the capitol once every 3 rounds plus you cannot attack capitol on first round? I do think this is a good idea, but just needs some fixes.

Honibaz

or how about you hae neutrals around the capitals. This will only need a tweak of the Xml

[Honibaz]

it does sound good ... but what worries me is the following

lets imagine this scenario : we are playing on chinese checkers a 3 players game ... red goes 1st and he gets 6 armies ... he deploys 3 armies next to blues caitol and 3 armies next to greens caitol.. he gets pefect dice.. game is over.... where is the fun in that

it simply wouldnt work

How about if you could only attack the capitol once every 3 rounds plus you cannot attack capitol on first round? I do think this is a good idea, but just needs some fixes.

Honibaz

or how about you hae neutrals around the capitals. This will only need a tweak of the Xml

That sounds good.

Honibaz

[alster]

it does sound good ... but what worries me is the following

lets imagine this scenario : we are playing on chinese checkers a 3 players game ... red goes 1st and he gets 6 armies ... he deploys 3 armies next to blues caitol and 3 armies next to greens caitol.. he gets pefect dice.. game is over.... where is the fun in that

it simply wouldnt work

Hmmm... aren't the capitals suppose to be hidden from the other players? I vaguely remember something like that in the Risk Board Game manual for extra features/ideas. Dunno.

[cena-rules]

it does sound good ... but what worries me is the following

lets imagine this scenario : we are playing on chinese checkers a 3 players game ... red goes 1st and he gets 6 armies ... he deploys 3 armies next to blues caitol and 3 armies next to greens caitol.. he gets pefect dice.. game is over.... where is the fun in that

it simply wouldnt work

Hmmm... aren't the capitals suppose to be hidden from the other players? I vaguely remember something like that in the Risk Board Game manual for extra features/ideas. Dunno.

yeah the capitols should be chosen at the start of the game by the player and then he has to defend it and other people wouldnt know.

[Lord Itchy]

it is supposed to be secret to the other players :}
Although, yes it is possible to take someone out on the first turn mostly through blind luck. The skill (and fun) comes from finding the other players capitols once a couple of turns have gone by.

[cena-rules]

I still think this is a good idea.

Now to call Mr lack over here

[NatNat]

for all creaters of the game i suggest a new game type of capital/capitol risk- i got it from when i re-read the intructions of the origanal board game i saw on the exended verison of the game a different game of capital/capitol risk. For people who don't know what it is it is when a player secreatly chooses a territory as there captiol the player who conquers the the other playes captiol nocks him out of the game and he has to own his own capitol to do it. The number of players varie the number capitals a player has. Post more in for more info and what u think of it. NatNat

[Paddy The Cat]

might actually be fun.. id play that game type!

[Simon Viavant]

I read something like that. I think you openly choose your capital, though. Do their armies become neutral when you take the capital?

[max is gr8]

This one I also think has been suggested, rather a lot has already been suggested today, I may be mistaken but I think it has

[NatNat]

no u don't choose yr captiol openly but scretly so that people don't just target that place but once they conquer the enemy captiol there territorys become nutral

[Hsur]

I've played the capitol games before. The way we played was to wait until round three and then chose your capitol and then its made public. When you capture another capitol all the armies go to you. For example, if you are blue and capture the red capitol, all the red armies turn to blue. I like the idea of keeping your capitol a secret also.

[Androidz]

i really like this gametype. But what if a player makes his capitol 1 step away from another player. Cant this system be abused?

[tubaman]

I like it. I'd definitely give it a shot. But is your capitol chosen randomly? Or would you have to choose it manually?

[Simon Viavant]

Making your capital secret might be interesting, but it seems like it would make it for more luck. Open and secret could be two different options. (In FOW, under open, the capital could be secret and then when you capture the territory adjacent to it, a capital icon would appear on it.) It could also be interesting to have a couple armies auto-deployed on your capital.

[Hsur]

I think it works better if you are able to deploy your opening armies where ever you want, just like in the board game. Then everyone takes their turns until round three, thats when you have to pick where you want to put your capitol.

[whitestazn88]

its not a new game type... its actually old, but i think its a pretty good idea

but i thought that if you lost your capitol, the only thing that happened was that you lost a minor bonus or something.... didn't realize you automatically get eliminated