W/re to the Polar centers - one possible solution might be to make them connect to the Underground... swapping Hoarluk for Devil's Canyon/Snow Witch and Artic Barrens or Icereach for Tymwevenne or Knurremarre.
That would effectively rule out the stalemate line issues, connect all the regions in all directions and make the Dwarves either much more powerful or vulnerable, depending how one looks at it.
Nathan
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Subject: Re: dc354 game end - draw!
I was initially negative on the idea but after further thought I'm coming around. But it needs to be done right. I think the general fear (from both me and others) is that Michael would choose one of the following two bad solutions
1) Icereach connects to Devil's (easy stalemate line... a single army holds it forever)
2) Icereach and Devil's become the same territory (incredibly difficult stalemate line to hold. Now the person that loses it needs to deploy 4-5 units to defend all of the adjacent territories).
Someone earlier suggested splitting devil's canyon and then making Icereach/Crystal Lake/Devil's Canyon A/Devil's Canyon B all border each other. That's a solution that makes a lot of sense. Now it takes two units to hold and allows the conqueror of BOTH of them on one side of the line to actually project some force. I think if this is done, it's probably logical to move ICE as a SC (maybe just move it to Arctic
Barrens slightly strengthening the Barbarians??).
The only thing it doesn't do is address Michael's (legitimate) concern about oversimplifying the Ogres' goal.
