Random country mode for games?

Simple:

You are shown 5 random countries and have to pick one of them

Can mulligan for a new set for 10% starting money, but you are shown one less country each time, to a minimum of 1

Countries are free

Support!

Support. Any new features would make the community happier I think

Kirjutas notserral, 03.11.2016 at 11:55

You are shown 5 random countries and have to pick one of them

If one player gets offered 5 decent picks and the another player gets offered 5 unplayable minors (and therefore have to spend 10% of income), then the game is not really fair.

Perhaps it would be suitable to have the random country generator only consider countries with purchase costs of 20~90% of the starting fund? That way, the RNG won't return stupid picks like Iceland and Macedonia on a 10k$ Europe+ game. But then, you run into the problem of how to get the generator to not consider Netherlands or Belgium, but do consider Ukraine or Poland, even though they have similar picking costs.

Alternately, for games using this random pick mechanic, everyone could be offered the same number of Turn 1 Reinforcements regardless of the country picked, so that smaller nations are not too disadvantaged in the initial expansion and early rush stages.

Kirjutas International, 11.11.2016 at 06:55

Kirjutas notserral, 03.11.2016 at 11:55

You are shown 5 random countries and have to pick one of them

If one player gets offered 5 decent picks and the another player gets offered 5 unplayable minors (and therefore have to spend 10% of income), then the game is not really fair.

Perhaps it would be suitable to have the random country generator only consider countries with purchase costs of 20~90% of the starting fund? That way, the RNG won't return stupid picks like Iceland and Macedonia on a 10k$ Europe+ game. But then, you run into the problem of how to get the generator to not consider Netherlands or Belgium, but do consider Ukraine or Poland, even though they have similar picking costs.

Alternately, for games using this random pick mechanic, everyone could be offered the same number of Turn 1 Reinforcements regardless of the country picked, so that smaller nations are not too disadvantaged in the initial expansion and early rush stages.

Countries selected this way would be free. Also, there could be a threshold to only show countries between X and Y reinforcements and X and Y income. Or, we could expand on your idea and have the countries offered this way have the same reinforcements and income.

There would need to be some sort of control, else someone could get Djibuti and someone Germany, and while they'd have the same amount of reinf and income, the countries around them would not.

Support, and happy to see pulse active

No support

Yes support

Bump

Kirjutas notserral, 03.11.2016 at 11:55

Simple:

You are shown 5 random countries and have to pick one of them

Can mulligan for a new set for 10% starting money, but you are shown one less country each time, to a minimum of 1

Countries are free

Furthermore, I consider that NWE must be destroyed

I think it would be better if countries weren't free.

Better if all low grade countries bundled & higher level players get to pick from them,
whilst lower rank players get to pick from bundled higher grade countries.

Bump

Perhaps have variants based on income or comp picks?