Topic: 3p Variant Idea - Adjusted Kings Court track/summer sea consolidation
Posted: 2022-Jan-20 10:03
Posted: 2022-Jan-20 10:03
Hello fellow gamers,
I recently played a 3 player game and was quickly reminded why I'm not a huge fan of 3 player games, as (in my opinion) it is just a waiting game towards who will slaughter Stark first. Stark has to fight 2 enemies in the sea while Baratheon and Lannister only have 1, and they cannot ever lose the fiefdom track else they die. There is little value in the Kings Court track as everyone gets at least 1 star.
As an idea to encourage more Baratheon v Lannister battles I propose 2 rule variants.
1 - The east and west summer sea are merged into one sea zone, and
2 - After the first Clash of Kings the Kings court track drops to 2 stars, 1 star, and 0 stars, thus giving more value to the kings court track.
These variants would open up some interesting options for Lannister or Baratehon to send ships at each other instead, and also open up some interesting opportunities to sneak in behind should Stark lose a sea zone. Also it makes bidding more interesting as you aren't guaranteed the option (after 1st clash) to muster troops or have a 3rd march (the +1) .
I'm interested to hear all your thoughts on my idea to make the 3 player games more variable and fun.
Cheers!
I recently played a 3 player game and was quickly reminded why I'm not a huge fan of 3 player games, as (in my opinion) it is just a waiting game towards who will slaughter Stark first. Stark has to fight 2 enemies in the sea while Baratheon and Lannister only have 1, and they cannot ever lose the fiefdom track else they die. There is little value in the Kings Court track as everyone gets at least 1 star.
As an idea to encourage more Baratheon v Lannister battles I propose 2 rule variants.
1 - The east and west summer sea are merged into one sea zone, and
2 - After the first Clash of Kings the Kings court track drops to 2 stars, 1 star, and 0 stars, thus giving more value to the kings court track.
These variants would open up some interesting options for Lannister or Baratehon to send ships at each other instead, and also open up some interesting opportunities to sneak in behind should Stark lose a sea zone. Also it makes bidding more interesting as you aren't guaranteed the option (after 1st clash) to muster troops or have a 3rd march (the +1) .
I'm interested to hear all your thoughts on my idea to make the 3 player games more variable and fun.
Cheers!