Structured Spontaneity
Creator: Cadeor || First Published: 10/31/2024 || Players: 2 || Size: 19x17
Categories: B-Rank, Fog of War
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Comments:
Cadeor (10/31/2024 10:28am):
Mode: Fog
Tank Order: ABBA
Income Parity: 17k (before bottom-left/top-right corners are capped), 20k (after bottom-left/top-right corners are capped), 22k after t-copter investment into top-left/bottom-right.

Concept:
Challenge players with several decisions about how to invest their units while attempting to reward aggro, balanced and defensive play styles alike.

Fast income curve until 15k, then 17k with even split of the 4 contested cities. Players must choose when and how to invest into artillery for the seams or for clearing the APC blocking their bboat. The choice must be made quickly before the bboat runs out of fuel. With only 15k-17k of income at this stage, investing into an artillery to dedicate several turns behind the fronts makes it quite costly.

Despite having 3 bases, the middle base is rather weak, being far from either front until either pipe seam is broken, at which point it is the strongest in the direction of the broken seam.

Each player has a bboat that is blocked by the opponent's APC. Players may build an artillery to attack the APC with additional vision, provided by moving the bboat to an adjacent shoal for the favored island, by recon, or infantry on mountain. Once the opponent's APC is attacked, they are prompted to block the opponent's remaining shoal(s) out of range of the artillery. This now locks the player's island until the player invests further into a b-copter, a rocket, or a t-copter.

Once the airport is captured, a t-copter can be used to capture the other corner islands, which may tip the balance for the contested cities, but at such a late stage in the game may make the 6k investment untenable, especially for live games where the day limit matters.



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