04-27-2019, 04:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-27-2019, 04:11 AM by VballMichael.)
We also need remaining mentees to pick a mentor. Then we can move to the drafting.
I like the way Draugr laid it all out, just don't think we need to limit which positions teams pick. Here is more info on drafting for those who have not been through it.
Someone not in the game would randomize the 12 players and those players would then pick their draft position in that order: picking a number 1-12. Then we go to the actual draft - with the first pick, a player picks a kingdom or a region. Their second pick is reverse order (so, pick 1 is also pick 24 and pick 12 also gets pick 13) and one picks a kingdom or region to fill out their position. If people are around, this can go pretty quickly.
Work with your teammate on strategy. Do you want to pick close to each other (take picks 3 and 4 - but then can't make second picks until 21 and 22). Or really spread it out with 1 and 8 and then 17 and 24. Also, do we pick kingdom or region with our first pick? Thus far, most people have picked region first, I think because there are lots of good kingdoms available and the regions have pretty specific benefits you may be looking for and are limited.
I am fine with the 3-turn NAP (non-aggression pact) thing, but am just always leery of teams teaming up. So we can agree not to attack each other for 3 turns (NAP), but no declaring allies outside of your 2-man team, and no choosing high council issues that help other teams and no trading or coordinating attacks. This is 6 teams of 2 and should not become 2 teams of 6. So, communicating on the forum every 3 turns works for NAPs and taunting. We will set up a thread just for this game. Just remember, if you enter a NAP with your neighbor, your other neighbors may feel threatened and you may make yourself a target, because for instance if you are not going one direction due to NAP and your mentor is another direction from you, that kind of only leaves one direction.
Maelstrom is already complicated with picking a good region and a complementary kingdom. Now it gets more complicated with a teammate region and complementary kingdom. Should be fun.
Anyway, it would be good to lock this in with comments from other mentors (or mentees). Even without Alamaze experience, most of our players know game strategy.
My email is vballmichael@gmail.com and I am not super-tall, but I do love vball.
I like the way Draugr laid it all out, just don't think we need to limit which positions teams pick. Here is more info on drafting for those who have not been through it.
Someone not in the game would randomize the 12 players and those players would then pick their draft position in that order: picking a number 1-12. Then we go to the actual draft - with the first pick, a player picks a kingdom or a region. Their second pick is reverse order (so, pick 1 is also pick 24 and pick 12 also gets pick 13) and one picks a kingdom or region to fill out their position. If people are around, this can go pretty quickly.
Work with your teammate on strategy. Do you want to pick close to each other (take picks 3 and 4 - but then can't make second picks until 21 and 22). Or really spread it out with 1 and 8 and then 17 and 24. Also, do we pick kingdom or region with our first pick? Thus far, most people have picked region first, I think because there are lots of good kingdoms available and the regions have pretty specific benefits you may be looking for and are limited.
I am fine with the 3-turn NAP (non-aggression pact) thing, but am just always leery of teams teaming up. So we can agree not to attack each other for 3 turns (NAP), but no declaring allies outside of your 2-man team, and no choosing high council issues that help other teams and no trading or coordinating attacks. This is 6 teams of 2 and should not become 2 teams of 6. So, communicating on the forum every 3 turns works for NAPs and taunting. We will set up a thread just for this game. Just remember, if you enter a NAP with your neighbor, your other neighbors may feel threatened and you may make yourself a target, because for instance if you are not going one direction due to NAP and your mentor is another direction from you, that kind of only leaves one direction.
Maelstrom is already complicated with picking a good region and a complementary kingdom. Now it gets more complicated with a teammate region and complementary kingdom. Should be fun.
Anyway, it would be good to lock this in with comments from other mentors (or mentees). Even without Alamaze experience, most of our players know game strategy.
My email is vballmichael@gmail.com and I am not super-tall, but I do love vball.
