Evil DIMwit wrote:Must it only be 5, though? I foresee 6-8 player games becoming a mad scramble for these cities followed by highly cautious stacking on the part of anyone who owns a city, and chronic frustration for anyone who doesn't own one.
it doesn't
have to be 5 key cities. 5 does fit the geography reasonably well and gives us 42 non-neutral regions though.
pamoa wrote:iancanton wrote:all non-highway bonuses need a player to hold any key city to activate the bonus.
does that mean you have to hold 11 German speaking cities and one of the 3 key German speaking cities Bern, Zürich, or Basel in order to get the +7 bonus
and the same for 4 French speaking cities and Genève for the +4 bonus
no, my intention was that u must hold
any key city to activate the language, resort, foreign and founding member bonuses. the italian bonus is the only one where u must hold a particular key city, lugano (because all italian-speaking cities are needed for that bonus).
pamoa wrote:it could work although it seems hell to code
can anyone help me with this part
it's the german bonus that will be hell to code! i think all u need to do with the key cities is to add each key city to each bonus combination as a required item. when i have time, i'll try to find an example from another map to show u, unless someone else finds one first!
pamoa wrote:but it need 2 French speaking key cities there are 2 set of bonus possible
one key city activates
all bonuses, so only one is needed.
pamoa wrote:I like the balance coming out of it
a very Swiss compromise
3 German speaking bonus possible around 3 key cities
2 French speaking bonus possible around 2 key cities
1 Italian speaking bonus possible around 1 key cities
if u'd like a second francophone key city, then add another region to the map (to make 42 non-neutral regions). however, all well-known french-speaking cities on the map (lausanne, sion and neuchâtel) are too close to genève, which is already the key city in the strongest, most secure position. can u think of another candidate?
ian.