all right, but that is just statistics - the BIG PROBLEM is that you don’t know if you will have a “neighbour” or not when designing your nation - the only way to influence that would be to chose a rather remote region, but even that is no guarantee - so one would rather prepare for the worst. making up a mage nation for artifact retrival would be a nice thing, but when you find out that there is an enemy six hexes away who has “hire armies at no cost” you won’t enjoy it for long…
but taking risks is part of a FA game so I will stop whining now and start yearning in anticipation 
A simple query for thee:
Players are allowed to take offensive actions against unknown characters
upon their OWN population centres. In other words, if Elrond, Erestor and
John Smith appear on the Cloud Lord capital the latter is now a legitimate
target for challenge, curse etc by the Cloud Lord even though the nation of
the character is unknown.
If one cannot act offensively unless someone lands in their pop center, and they don’t know the characters, why would one move characters into the pop centers of another nation unless by sheer accident?
Once the offending parties are offensively acted upon, is all out war allowed? If not, does this not make the game mostly military anyway???so why the LAS stipulation?
Curiosity abounds,
Love the concept of this btw, just want some clarification…
I of IV
If one cannot act offensively unless someone lands in their pop center, and they don’t know the characters, why would one move characters into the pop centers of another nation unless by sheer accident?
If you know who it is then you can aggress if it is an enemy.
So if you get assassinate by Jim Bloggs (at a non-friendly pc) then you know that he is an enemy and hence can act on that information. If you see Mavis Davies but don’t know it’s an enemy then you can’t aggress against that character.
only way to influence that would be to chose a rather remote region, but even that is no guarantee -
Just like in the normal 1000 game right… 
Actually the game will be much more spread out than normal I suspect - we have to wait and see. Normally we get half the players ask for a very few regions.
Clint (GM)
There are 16 regions and 10 players per side. If one nation from each side can be in a region. That means that there will be 6 regions that don’t get used per side.
Now that doesn’t mean that there will be 6 unused regions total, but I imagine that there will be a couple that wont overlap, and you’ll have nobody in a region. Also there will be a few regions that will only have 1 nation in it.
Looking at the regional pairings it is very difficult to choose an area in advance which would be free of enemies.
Paul
Paul, that was just what I wanted to say…
But hey - my nations will be prepared for ANYTHING
So lets get that thing going - I want to start scheming…
If you are interested then send me your area choices please and we can organise the rest. (As per the instructions in the GB 1000 rules I sent out recently).
Clint (GM)
Note we have 7 players so far (I’ll be playing as I need to see it from a player perspective). So we need 5 more. I’ve got a lot of interest so far.
Clint
This will be a GREAT game for folks that detest agents. They will be the least important class I think because not only is it LAS, but given GB rules, you will have to get incredibly accurate scouts for the agents to do their stuff. yes they can steal gold and sabotage at enemy pops… but that’s not as important as taking down your enemies armies without risking your own forces.
Thus, this seems to be a really military & economy focused FA variant, and there’s nothing wrong with that! Mages also benefit because it’s now more important to go find those combat artifacts to help out your numerous armies.
I think it will be pretty interesting, but alas, given timing and my commitment to an existing GB and a soon to form normal FA, I must pass.
Clint and players - it would be great if you could publish a “lessons learned” article at game end.
cheers,
Dave
Come on, ladies and gentlemen,
only five positions to fill… join while you still have a chance!
This will be a completely new experience to ME-PBM:
- Total fog of war
- No classic victory conditions
- No chesslike starting moves
- No overwhelming killer agents
- No classic artifact race
I can’t wait to get this game started, what about you?
Aye this should be a unique and challenging mepbm experience. My regional preferences are in and I would like to know my allocated locations so I can continue designing my nations.
Send in your regional preferences now, you will have 2 weeks afterwards to complete your nation designs.
Paul
My preferences are in and awaiting the filling
I’d love to sign up for this one; but I’m at my limit of games right now (all Gunboat ). As soon as one or two end, I’ll be looking to join a FA1000 Gunboat game. (And given some of my play of late, I may find myself out of one or more games quite soon. :eek: ).
Let us know how this one goes.
This game now needs one more nation and then it can start. (Either a Kingdom or a duo).
Ta
Clint (GM)
Hey, yadda, yadda…
Hey yadda, yadda…
C’mon lads and ladies out there, just one more player!!!
If we don’t get that filled by the end of the week, Clint will ask Sam and two GMs in one game is something we all want to avoid…
wooohooooooo!!!
too late, game is filled, setups are running…
I am already working towards the inevitable demise of my enemies - whoever, wherever and whatever they are - always remember: I am out there somewhere…
Good luck to my allies - whoever, wherever and whatever they are - always remember: I am out there somewhere…
My enemies in this Fourth Age conflict are in deep dodoo, or … perhaps is it my allies? 
Paul
We’re now taking set-ups for the next 1000 GB game. Duo or Kingdom (if your pocket isn’t upto the full costs) available.
Thanks
Clint (GM)
Can’t wait to work on my set-up for the GB 1000 - got to “think outside the box” on this one…
Clint (Player)
My nation set-ups are in for GB 1000, get the finger out allies and enemies.
Paul
Hurry up guys (gals?) and get your nation setup’s into ME Games for this GB 1000 game. I cannot wait to get this game kicked off.
Paul