#521 Victory Condition

[unclemike]

You do realize he is proposing how to handle future games....  

Such rudeness. Really, I was only using the Olympics as an example. Not something or someone that I was ignoring and certainly not deserving of your retort. This is your second warning Atuan. You really need to get off my back.

Jumpingfist, I understand your point about this being a fantasy game but shouldn't we also consider that Alamaze is a war game as well? In other words, there are no 2nd or 3rd place finishers in a tabletop war game is there? Only the victor that conquered the realm. So should Alamaze reflect that fact or should we switch to something else that's based entirely upon points for a 1st-2nd-3rd place ranking and remove the concept of a victory declaration (if you're a purist at heart)?

Ry Vor really needs to chime in here but I believe the original intent and purpose of a victory declaration was that there is a defined winner of the contest. That's why there's no "real" 2nd or 3rd place finishers in the game. I believe that was introduced to help make the game more "player-friendly" instead of accurately reflecting a war game like scenario where there's a clear victor that conquered the realm.