Jacta Alea Esto ha scritto:By the way, you are aware none of this is in the Rulebook ?
Yes, sorry, we are preparing an update for all these things.
Jacta Alea Esto ha scritto:Q1. How should these rules be laid out ?
Q1.1 Simple and advanced modes in the Calamities section ?
or
Q1.2 Simple mode in the Calamities section, and Advanced mode in the Variants section ?
Simple mode in the Calamities section and Advanced mode in the Variants section.
Jacta Alea Esto ha scritto:Somehow, I thought the First Player had a say on Calamities, but reading them in details, this is not the case at all.
First Player has no a say on Calamities.
Jacta Alea Esto ha scritto:Q2. Was this in an earlier version ? or did I dream this ?
There are more version and discussions on my forum about calamities, now I do not remember where, but there is a discussion about the determination of the calamities that implements the technologies possessed by the players and the technological level of the players.
Jacta Alea Esto ha scritto:Back to the Epidemic. In the first Epidemic Example, I think the Epidemic stopped spreading one turn too soon:
T0 - Constantinople gets 7 base losses.
T1 - Mysia, Macedonia and Dobrudja get 7 base losses.
T2 - Bithynia, Lycia and Lydia get 1 base loss; Thessalia, Albania, Rascia and Rumelia get 5 base losses.
T3 - Epidemic stops.
However, in T2, there were 2 losses in Thessalia after modifications.
Yes 2 losses in Thessalia... and stop.
Epidemic Example: The Byzantine has a TL 3 and ROADS; and Epidemic strikes the City of Constantinople with 20 armies, so 1d8 is rolled with a result of 6, +3 because it is a City, but -2 because it has a 2nd-level fortification, for a total of 7 losses. During the Placement phase, the Byzantine adds 10 more FV in Constantinople, for a total of 23 FV.
On the next turn, the Byzantine purchases EDUCATION; the losses in Constantinople start from 7, diminish by 3 for the player’s TL and by 2 because it has a 2nd-level fortification, but increase by 3 because it is a City, so 5 losses altogether.
Meanwhile, the Epidemic spreads to adjacent territories with a value of 7 losses; on the other side of the Bosporous, in Mysia, they are reduced by 4 for the Strait and by 2 for the Hills, so 1 loss in Mysia; in Macedonia they are reduced by 2 for the Hills, so 5 losses in total; in the territory of Dobruja 7 losses, but there are only 5 FV, so 5 FV are taken and Dobruja does not propagate any more the Epidemic.
On the next turn, the Byzantine purchases MEDICINE; the losses in Constantinople start from 5, diminish by 3 for the player’s TL, by 2 because it has a 2nd-level fortification, and by 3 for MEDICINE, but increase by 3 because it is a City, so 0 losses in total. The Epidemic spreads from Mysia with 1 loss in Bithynia, Lycia, and Lydia, but all these territories reduce by 2 for the Hills and by 3 for MEDICINE, so
0 losses in total; losses are reduced in Macedonia from 5 to 3 for the player’s TL, 3 for MEDICINE, and 2 for the Hills, so 0 losses in total.
The Epidemic spreads to Thessaly, Albania, Raška, and Rumelia with a value of 5 losses. In Thessaly they are reduced from 5 to 3 for MEDICINE, so 2 losses; in Albania and Raška they are reduced from 5 to 3 for MEDICINE and by 2 for the Hills, so 0 losses; Rumelia reduces by 3 for MEDICINE, by 2 for the Hills and by 1 for the 1st-level fortification, but +1 for the 1st-level settlement, so 0 losses.
On the next turn, the Epidemic becomes extinct.
Jacta Alea Esto ha scritto:Q3. Shouldn't the Epidemic have spread from Thessalia to Peloponnese with 2 base losses, even though these would probably have resulted in 0 final loss because of MEDICINE.
Yes, I did not add this in the example because the effect was 0.
Jacta Alea Esto ha scritto:Q4. (Not sure if this is possible) What happens if there is no settlement in the red area ?
Yes, is possible: no settlement, no Epidemic.
Jacta Alea Esto ha scritto:Q5. (This is more likely than Q4) What happens if there is no cathedral in the red area ?
No cathedral, no Heresy.