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Post:	< 16151 >
Subject:	< variants vs. standard >
Topic:	Community >
Category:	General >
Author:	txurce
Posted:	May 10, 2010 at 11:31 am
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Txurce

Order of the Ocelot

Gingerness: The Knight of the Ocelot relys on dexterity and nimbleness to react to the unexpected. Failed plans and unforeseen stabs cause havoc with the most thought-out strategies, and success is never achieved without the ability to respond quickly.

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Mike has successfully hammered this point home to me on a few occasions by pointing out that the standard game is anything but balanced, and yet it's, uh, playable. Variants like A&E are purposely unbalanced, yet lead to spectacular conflicts. I tend to choose variants based on whether they seem like fun, which for me is a combination of unpredictability, opportunity for diplomacy or tactical variety, and a good-looking map.

This message is in reply to post 16148:

A game is never luck of the draw. If you draw a favored nation, that should be just as unlucky as lucky, cuz the players should be more against you, whereas if you draw an unlucky nation, you should be able to use that to make more allies.

There are 10 Messages in this Thread:

variants vs. standard (garry.bledsoe) May 07, 01:30 pm

variants vs. standard (Kenshi777) May 07, 02:24 pm

variants vs. standard (FuzzyLogic) May 10, 08:25 am

variants vs. standard (Kenshi777) May 10, 11:25 am

variants vs. standard (txurce) May 10, 11:31 am

variants vs. standard (Sean2010) May 10, 12:46 pm

variants vs. standard (txurce) May 10, 01:00 pm

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variants vs. standard (charlesf) May 20, 06:27 pm

variants vs. standard (pieandmash) May 21, 02:31 pm

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