Rules

There are a few people who don't have as much time as they'd like for the game, and I want to try to accommodate them, but I also don't want to change things without getting buy-in from everyone else, so... Please answer this poll.

I'll let everyone know if there's going to be changes at the end of the week or after I hear from everyone.

With the results of the poll mathematically set, we'll be moving to a max of 4 posts that have mechanical effects, and the minimum length for ALL posts will be 300 words. The SRD has also been updated to show this.

Another very specific question... Since peace came to the Old Lands and I'm stuck in between two massive blocks, I can't really expand nor conquer. There is a lot to develop in what I have now I know :) but, if I got myself some boats to move some armies, what would be the (sea) distance to the capital to establish a new settlement, let's say next to terminus or the league cities?

You can yes, however, you are stronger than Foundation by a good bit if you conscript, and you're almost as strong as Unilith. They're not nearly as developed as you are.

True. But peace has just been made, so I'll probably play it for a couple of weeks and then get back to it :D
Maybe turning towards the growing unrest and some imperialist/colonialist ambitious now could be a good change in the narrative ;)
I was considering expanding north, closer to Terminus (who were part of the convenant but became independent this week), that would be one region + sea + coast distance. My question is basically how many armies and boats I'd need for that?

For example, lets say I count willowvale + 3 sea regions to get to the other side. I'd need four armies and 2 boats to do that. But is sea is just 1 region, then I'd need 2 armies and one boat ;)

That is a good question that I don't have answers for yet, so lets leave that for now. I'll get back to you on that.

So.. I just noticed that the new rules is the same amount of writing as before (1200 words) but split so it is easier to gain benefits...
I voted for this option without realising it 😅 just double checking that everyone’s intention was actually to keep 1200 words per week, since the original problem was the time it took to write 😝

Well, now, you get MORE for writing 1200 but you also only need 900 to match the previous speed of development, rewarding more detailed people while also allowing the less detailed players to expand quickly

Oh sweet! More actions per week!

And that array of reactions was just about what I was looking for so i think we're on the right track.

Re: Overseas Expansion if you can draw a straight line across the water to connect two areas, then it does not take additional armies to take that area. Remember, you're already spending extra in your navy. If you can't draw a straight line between your current address and where you want to go, then you can't go there. (This might change if i come up with a better system that's still easy.)

Sounds good :) similar to what I expected actually. since it replaces "expanding to the next province" then is removes any bias.

For non linear colonies... maybe count the distance between a linear place and add it? This could work in land as well if we wanted to expand to a non contiguous region for some reason.

Non-contiguous areas via land are already covered under the current rules. I may do something similar to your suggestion for non-linear areas over sea later on though.

Not really sure when we were going to switch to 4 post of 300 words, but just to clarify that this week I did the 300+400+500, as I was under the impression we’d change next week. If you want, I can add a 4th post :)

This was supposed to start tomorrow, but I was not as clear as I should have been, so anyone who posted four times this week can have the fourth one carry over to week five.

Oops, sure I'll just carry it over!

My bad. I'll carry over as well.

I'll try to figure what to carry over, or maybe GM decide.

Edit: I shall carry over "The Prophet's Teaching" post. But the other posts may not be 300-400-500, so let me know if you want me to still check and edit accordingly.

RoAries: You don't need to move the posts, just carry over the expansion/development move. Don't worry about word count.

I've updated THIS THREAD to show some variance in military use. You can pick the one you like best, but it will take significant rp to change it.