Surrender, BUT KEEP PLAYING!

[Grinchveld]

Problem: One side thinks they are losing quite bad, doesn’t see a path to victory but feels bad quitting early. Other side would like to keep playing also.

Solution: The Surrender Bid! (edited)

0. at the end of a round one side may surrender

1. Players pick a number of victory cities/capitals that will decide a victory
   (if not decided at game beginning) If players cannot agree, play to a total victory.

2. Players bid how many rounds they can operate the surrendering side before losing.
   The goal for one side is to just stay alive for that many rounds and the other much achieve the victory conditions in that many rounds or less.

3. The side the accepted the surrender decides which side bids first. Each side must accept the bid or bid a higher number.

Say the Axis want to surrender, and it is a total victory Game. (this was agreed upon at the start)
The axis player offers a bid “If I control the Axis, I can hold off a total victory for 6 more rounds”
The allied player can accept OR bid higher. Keep bidding until one side accepts

If the Surrendering player wins the 2nd part of the game, it is a tie, if the Victor player wins the 2nd leg they achieve a double victory.

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Grinchveld

I don’t quite understand.

So the losing player says “I can beat you in X number of turns as the winning side”

And if the winning player says no, they propose a lower number? What if both groups can’t find an agreement?

It’s a great idea overall. I like playing to end conditions, and this is a great way to incentivize that.

[Grinchveld]

@SuperbattleshipYamato

you do have the correct idea. I also want to play a game out further while still having something to play for competitively instead of players just racking in the cash and killing them slowly and easily.

There is the problem of agreeing. I think it can be solved if we structured the bidding differently.

The Axis surrenders. Then players start betting how many rounds they can survive as the axis. that way you can keep bidding higher until one side accepts. They then must try to survive that many rounds.

I think the victory side should get to pick who bids 1st and both sides must bid higher each time.

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Grinchveld

Thanks for clarifying!

[Grinchveld]

@SuperbattleshipYamato

thanks for helping improve the wording and structure!
Love this site

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Grinchveld

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