I also agree that FS seems like it takes less strategy and is more luck/speed than anything else - which is why I avoid playing it (even 24 hr versions).

The main thing, to me at least, is that too many non-game factors can influence who wins the game. For example, the whole game can be changed ...

Sometimes it is better to reduce enemy terit oppose to conquer said terit.
Most players do not even know who or how there terit got reduced (in a four player game). Eliminating any retaliation.

Also good when you have a truce with a player in a multi player game. Reduce but no conquer terit as to ...

Always assume the truce you have will be broken when that player takes his next turn - every time.

If he keeps his word and doesn't break it yet, then it's a bonus. lol

I had one game recently where I made a truce with a player and then every turn I'd put a few extra troops right behind the ...

if the move was illegal, then a warning should be sent out since past precedence shows the move was legal by lack of punishment.

Unfortunately, the scientific method doesn't apply to rules. I can drive down a highway at 50 over 10 times and not get busted, but you might drive down once and get ...

I don't really think that's what people are talking about. Instead, when I picture a "noob" doing something risky/stupid that people might get mad about is something like if you play a 1v1 and your (noob) opponent tries to attack you with lots of 3v3s on his first turn. If he gets lucky and wins ...

Is there a way to stay logged in? I've been getting annoyed that every time I refresh to see if it's my turn (several hours after I last checked) it says I've been logged out and I have to re-log in. Most sites let you stay logged in "forever", why not this one?

I personally like to have very few games - which is why I like being "freemium" because it forces me to keep my count low. Then I can spend time thinking about my games when I'm not online and I feel like that helps me keep a high winning percentage even though I feel like I play a lot of difficult ...

Hi gang,
I am a newbie and certainly have a lot to learn as far as strategies of the game is concerned. I apologize in advance for any dumb gameplay. But I do want to help you understand that some of the boneheaded "risks" that newbies take are often not the worst strategy for them.

In a ...

Yeah, that helped me win an 8-player First Nations Americas game - this one guy (green) kept giving people free cards, so I figured it might as well be me.

First, he did it against me - pink was the weakest, only had like 3-4 territories left. I knew one was way up in Canada since I had started by ...

I don't understand the bonuses on this map.

It says hold 3 route cities for +1, 4 for +2, etc. - which I take to mean: 5 for +3, 6 for +4, 7 for +5, 8 for +6, 9 for +7 , 10 for +8.


So in our current game, one guy is holding 9 cities along the route (all except Chicago and Los Angeles). He has 15 ...

Also just try to avoid assassin games with cooks. Either that, or pray that the cook is your target.

I played a 5-player one recently where the cook was the last to join (so I didn't have a chance to get out) and of course, he was the one who got eliminated because he was the only one who wasn't ...

Example. Last Game I played I had a lot of trouble cause There was a player I didn't know where his last pieces where. I attacked 3 of his weak spots and a weak player followed by eliminating him from a section of the map. Exactly what I wanted. You can't see this at Das Chloss as an example cause ...

What happens if the round limit is reached in a terminator game?

How is the winner determined? And does the winner take points from all other remaining players?

Actually when it come to the coin toss, I for one, can make the coin come out the same way every time or most of the time by controlling the circumstances or conditions of the toss. Catching the toss in mid-flight for example, at precisely the same interval each time and the same way each time ...

Wait, we can play speed games now?

You should always assume the other player is going to break your truce the moment you make it. Don't make it obvious (don't stack up your border or they will get paranoid that YOU are about to break it), but at least keep in mind a plan for what to do if they do turn on you, then you should be all ...

Your problem is that you didn't have enough of a lead when you got to the "final three".

You need to take care of this before it becomes a problem with your early alliances. Perhaps you shouldn't have killed off the fourth player and should have allied with them to weaken both second and third, etc ...

Edit: hmmmm, read above, didn't know you had to have towns for bonus, so guess I don't have all green.

Still, it's not clear what the 6 means, 6+2+3 or 6 instead of 2+3...

Bonuses seem to be broken. In a current game I have:

18 territories (6)
Gotland (1)
Visby + ship + Koningsberg (2)
3 castles (1)
all green territories (3+2...+6?)

So I should be getting 15-21 armies per turn (don't understand what the green 6 means) but instead I am only listed to get 14...

Play with manual deploy then, you are guaranteed to see where your territories are before the game "starts"... because it doesn't start until all players have placed their troops (and therefore, all players have seen the board).

And why wouldn't they set up 100 multi's, and get 400 games at a time :-s

Wow, someone thought out their response.

Oh I did, and oh, they do - well, usually only 3 to 4 accounts, but some have had up to 10 or so just to get free games. They get busted in the background so you dont ever see them ...

I think the main gripe with deferred armies is that it allows the player who missed a turn to be extra aggressive on the turn after they've missed - they can attack with more troops than they otherwise would risk, because they know that they have deferred troops to put down as defenders once their ...

I think this should be an option, especially on maps with difficult territory names where players sometimes click the wrong territory name on the list.

For example, New World - say you meant to fortify at Aztec 6, but instead you accidentally clicked Aztec 4. Why can't you hit "undo" and select ...

I think if you were to play without dice then you would need to have specialized maps which can give defenders an advantage at certain points and attackers an advantage at others in order to make it so it's not just simply "first to get a bonus is going to win because they will simply be able to ...

Maybe is cheap, but even then is not against the rules. In my opinion, I don't consider it cheap, but I think that you spoil the fun of fs like that. That's why is better to play speed freestyles.


Disclaimer: Freestyle noob.

What does stalling a game accomplish? I have always been curious? So ...