Napoleon 8 Players - Game #16!

[Degrasse]

6 of the last 8 games have been coalition wins.

[Witt]

@Whackamatt would you roll dice for us, please?
And let’s give the Frogs a bid then.

[Degrasse]

How do you want the bid to work? We all agree before hand that France needs 10, 20, or 30 points of stuff before hand and then dice for sides or everyone picks a small amount of bid and the four players that end as Carolinian players combine the 4 small amounts?

[Colt45554]

I think the top two rolls could be captains for the bid. “Caroliginians for 8.” “caro for 7”…

Then the number one guy picks his nation from the faction he bid for then the second captain then normal pick.
Once the teams are decided, the 4 Caros can decide where their bid goes

But it would seem only Witt and I think a bid is necessary so we are outvoted!

The game can proceed as normal.

[Whackamatt]

I don’t know if a back-and-forth bid works when the sides are already determined. It’s not knowing who ends up on what side that makes the bid work.

I like a deviation of what Degrasse suggested; we predetermine how much the Caros get. However, instead of dictating that it all goes to France or whatever, I say either let the Caros themselves decide where it goes once sides are picked (+20 to Sweden!), or have a random roll decide who gets what. (+12 Spain, +8 Ottomans, +6 France, +4 Sweden).

Or perhaps a third option of predetermined and tiered by economy. France 12, Spain 8, Ottomans 6, Sweden 4.

The only power I haven’t felt threatened as at the beginning is Spain, but then I sometimes feel like I didn’t affect the game at all as Spain.

[Colt45554]

In my suggestion the sides aren’t determined before bid. The top two rolls/picks bid against each other then the other 6 players select.

But I’m ok playing without a bid again unless more of the others agree france’s side is at disadvantage. Degrasse did point out that France’s side has performed well in these games.

[Degrasse]

Spain starts very slow and won’t affect the game balance much till the middle or late game. My thought would be the Caros would distribute the bid as they wanted to and before picking sides we would pick a number of points. 6 of 8 wins for the coalition to me says a small bid, perhaps around 10 or so.

[Private-Panic]

I am happy with whatever everyone else decides.

My only thought is to keep it very simple. For example a bid of 8 to France. Each time the Caro’s win that reduces by one; if they lose it goes up by one. Other than that we pick sides, etc as we have done previously.

[Degrasse]

8 seems reasonable to me, if everyone else agrees let’s roll some dice! :)

[Colt45554]

I can agree to that

[Witt]

@Colt45554 fine.

[Whackamatt]

I’m using the same listing before to attach the dice rolls to.

Elrood - 91
Colt - 6
redrum - 9
Entek - 86
witt - 62
Degrasse - 22
Whack - 98
PP - 53

Sorting in order:

Whack - 98
Elrood - 91
Entek - 86
witt - 62
PP - 53
Degrasse - 22
redrum - 9
Colt - 6

[Whackamatt]

Whack - SPAIN
Elrood - 91
Entek - 86
witt - 62
PP - 53
Degrasse - 22
redrum - 9
Colt - 6

France
UK
Kingdom of Prussia
Sweden
Austria
Ottomans
Russia

[Elrood]

@Whackamatt

UK

[Entek]

I’ll take russia

[Witt]

@Elrood I can’t leave my former allies, so will take my favoured Prussians.

[Private-Panic]

@Whackamatt said in Napoleon 8 Players - Game #16!:

Whack - SPAIN
Elrood - UK
Entek - Russia
witt - Prussia
PP - France
Degrasse - 22
redrum - 9
Colt - 6

No one else seems to want France so I will take them!

[Witt]

@Private-Panic brave man!

[Private-Panic]

@Wittmann Stupid more like! I like forward to getting a good thrashing!!! :face_with_head_bandage:

[Degrasse]

Since my favorite Spain is open, I will go for Spain again.