Industrial Helix wrote:I dunno, in defense of the S. Carolina 4th terr. I think that it adds some numerical weight to the south as well. Dividing at Maryland, we have 15 in the south and 23 in the north (excluding ships and allocating maryland to the north on account of the north's character of having many small colonies).
maryland does resemble a small northern colony. however, if we have north and south players with a roughly equal number of regions, then the gameplay division is more naturally at the bottleneck of baltimore, where either player can build a strongpoint. in this scenario, a 4th region in south carolina is actually a disadvantage, since it prevents him from securing the state so easily, while a 4th region in pennsyvlania can be a disadvantage for the player who is trying to grab that state (probably the north, but also possibly the south, since it borders baltimore).
north: 22 regions including delaware gives bonus of 7 + 9 + 2 = 18 troops.
south: 20 regions including maryland gives bonus of 6 + 6 + 2 + 2 = 16 troops.
if the north is forced to take a 4th pennsylvania region and loses delaware because the south doesn't have to occupy a 4th south carolina region, then the southern bonus becomes 18 troops, the same as the northern bonus.
this is all fairly hypothetical and, in practice, i suspect it'll be rare for games to be so evenly-matched. both of the southern positions above appear to be tenable to some extent so, if u have greater support for a big south carolina rather than a big pennsylvania, then we can try it like that.
Industrial Helix wrote:As for the New York Terr. point taken, I will redraw Trenton's connection.
this is probably better than putting in a river, for the reason that u stated.
jefjef wrote:Do you really like the French ship bonus, which is easier to get, worth double what the british ship bonus is worth? I realize you want more weight to the south but it is twice as hard to get the British bonus.
increase the british ship bonus to +3, but leave each french ship bonus at +2?
for players who don't know the geography of new york well, we need to make clear whether long island connects with both new york and fort lee, or only with new york and not with fort lee.
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