tom wrote:

M57 wrote:

If it is unethical (and though on the one hand I'm on the fence about it - I think the argument that you can't do it in a F2F game is a strong one), the fix is simple -- ask tom to make it so that if you take a territory you get a card when your turn ends, no matter how it ends.

This is very simple to do if the consensus is that it's a good idea. It does change the game dynamic slightly for realtime games - although I don't see any major downsides.

Strategic/ethical arguments aside. Why give a reason for people to slow game play down? Why just do it in realtime? Why not do it in big 1-7 day games where your 4 pt card turn is now 18+? Hell, if the option stays open I'm now thinking about trying it. But, whether they get a winning advantage or not game play suffers.  Such people will start making targets of themselves, which could be self correcting, but why waste the time?

You take a territory you get a card no matter how the turn ends. End of problem. I say fix it.  =)

tom wrote:

Thanks everyone for comments - change is effective now