Power Groupings - Global Game

@Brain:

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@Brain:

The nine player game would quickly become an 8 player game with the inevitable elimination of France.

Well, if you had a good group (like the dream a and a group) you would take a full day and make it like an event, with drinks, meals, all sorts of stuff. Role for powers, and then kind of make it so that an eliminated power b/c an advisor/co-controller with someone (a good example being France and Britain).

Or the eliminated french player could make lunch for everyone :-D

In that case, I vote that my grandma plays as France  :lol:

@maverick_76:

If I remember reading somewhere (I can’t remember) correctly, the global game will consist of up to seven players. My guess would be that UK/Anzac will be seperate but controlled by the same player. And France/Russia would also be controlled by the same player as well. Again all of this is according to somewhere I read that Harris was only going to make the global game 2-7 players, I could be wrong though.

Larry probably intends for some players to play 2 countries, however they will have seperate economies, so with 9 countries, there could be 9 players.

Yeah that is true but I don’t think anyone would actually want to just play as France, or even ANZAC for that matter……

It will be best playing with 4-6 players, however 7-9 players can be possible for some newbies to team up with the expert players.

US,UK,USSR, GER, JAP- expert players

ITA, ANZAC, FRA, CHINA- newbie players.  A ten year-old could play China.

7 maybe the best in this case though with 5 exper players and 2 newbie (one plays ITA and the other plays ANZAC, FRA, CHINA)- this keeps the newbie from being bored I think.

You can play with 9 but you will have a couple people drop out possibly because of the long turns.  I think 7 is the BEST you may have for people to commit to a full game all the way through.

Very true, The most I’ll play with is 6.  4 will still be the usual though. :-)

I usually play just 2 player games, sometimes three. I just have trouble getting my friends into playing it.

@maverick_76:

I usually play just 2 player games, sometimes three. I just have trouble getting my friends into playing it.

You have to let them win every once in a while.

I am proud to say that I have quite a few friends who are willing to play, so much that one has to be left out for now. He gets to play settlers of catan on the other months though. I could muster seven up probably twice or thrice a year, but no more

@Croesus:

I am proud to say that I have quite a few friends who are willing to play, so much that one has to be left out for now. He gets to play settlers of catan on the other months though. I could muster seven up probably twice or thrice a year, but no more

Well count your blessings, I have a hard time finding one opponent these days.

@Croesus:

I am proud to say that I have quite a few friends who are willing to play, so much that one has to be left out for now. He gets to play settlers of catan on the other months though. I could muster seven up probably twice or thrice a year, but no more

you have ten friends. Well like Silverangelsurfer said india can be a power

@Brain:

@maverick_76:

I usually play just 2 player games, sometimes three. I just have trouble getting my friends into playing it.

You have to let them win every once in a while.

Well it’s not that, we can’t even play a full turn most of the time because they get bored and want to play PS3 or something.

I know what  you’re saying maverick :-P

@Krupp:

I know what  you’re saying maverick :-P

We need to get some new friends or maybe we can all move to the same city. Hell, let’s start our own city called Axisandallies, USA

Is that near Lake Woebegone?

@Croesus:

Is that near Lake Woebegone?

No, I think it’s near WOTC bluff.

@Croesus:

Is that near Lake Woebegone?

Does that show still air on NPR? I haven’t heard it in a while…

@Yoper:

This is my guess:

Two player game: One player controls all Axis powers (Germany/Japan/Italy) and the other controls all the Allies (the remaining powers).

Three player game: Each player controls one of the following powers or group of powers - all the Axis powers, United Kingdom/ANZAC/ France, and the United States/Soviet Union/ /China.

Four player game: Each player controls one of the following powers or group of powers - all the Axis powers, United Kingdom /ANZAC, Soviet Union/France, and the United States/China.

Five player game: Each player controls one of the following powers or group of powers- Germany/Italy, Japan, United Kingdom/ANZAC, Soviet Union/France, and the United States/China.

Six player game: Each player controls one of the following powers or group of powers- Germany, United Kingdom /ANZAC, Italy, Soviet Union/France, Japan, and the United States/China.

Is this what you want or what you think will be in the rulebook?

I really think the power groupings will be optional.

@Yoper:

Four player game: Each player controls one of the following powers or group of powers - all the Axis powers, United Kingdom /ANZAC, Soviet Union/France, and the United States/China.

No, I don’t think so. For 4 players, you want a 2vs2, so it’s:

1. Japan
2. Germany+Italy
3. UK+Canada+France+USSR (assuming FTF, is better having the one dude at each side of the board)
4. India+ANZAC+China+USA (same reason. You can split the UK income as you wish, OOB or not, you can guess what I’ll do  :-P)

For online, allied split should be, for saving time reasons:

1. UK+USSR
2. USA+China+France