factions-v2

3 factions to start

• each player brings 2 distinct...
  • options: A, B, C
  • 9 possible matchups (with 3 factions, each player picks 2 distinct)
  • Player Choices: AB, AC, BC

P1	P2	Union
AB	AB	AABB
AB	AC	AABC
AB	BC	ABBC
AC	AB	AABC
AC	AC	AACC
AC	BC	ABCC
BC	AB	ABBC
BC	AC	ABCC
BC	BC	BBCC

Faction

• 10 tiles
• 5/6 tribes, 3/2 monuments, 2 geographies

Fundamental Faction Abilities

• attack opposing tribes
• defend friendly tribes
• increase friendly population
• capture opposing tribes

warriors -> attack + defend expanders -> attack + add settlers -> defend + add explorers - attack only farmers - add only behemoths - defend only

Faction Ability Modifiers

• take soulstain
• punish for soulstain
• add mana to MW
• remove mana from MW
• remove friendly population
• nomad
• affected by self-tribe vs. adjacent tribe
• benefit/suffer from MW corruption
• benefit from high population
• suffer from low population
• self-geography benefits

Counts

• MW:

  • manalevel (increases per turn)
  • corruption (sum of soulstain)
  • initial manalevel
  • initial corruption

• per player

  • Soulstain
  • next round tile pick count

• per tribe

  • population
  • corruption

• per wave

  • total population count increase
  • total population count decrease
  • total tribe elimination count
  • per player
    • population count increase
    • population count decrease
    • tribe elimination count

• some with soulstain-gaining activities

• some with anti-soulstain abilities

• some that grow population (own vs others?)

• some that decrease population (own vs others?)

• monuments and geographies shared between factions

Faction Mechanics

• Destroy opposing population, increase self population (Enslavers)
• Destroy opposing population, gain resources (Warriors)
• Nomad and trade (Caravaners)
• Nomad and attack (Ninjas)
• Gain resources per opposing population (Traders)
• Gain resources per self population (Farmers)
• Meta-manipulation: Extra tile selection? Generic, boardwise increasing/decreasing? (Forecasters)
• Prevent resource and population destruction (Protectors)

Geographies

• Cliffs - All adjacent tribes prevent 1 loss on each loss event
• Savannah - All adjacent tribes increase any opposing tribe reduction by 1
• Forest - On MW: if there are any adjacent tribes, add 1 mana to MW
• Volcano - On MW: Each opposing tribe that reduces adjacent tribe population loses 2 population
• Desert - On MW: Remove 2 population from each opposing tribe. Remove 1 population from each adjacent tribe.
• Chasm - On MW: remove 1 population from each opposing tribe
• Lake - On MW: Add 1 population to all adjacent tribes
• River Delta - On MW: Each adjacent tribe increases 2 population. Each opposing tribe increases 1 population.

Monuments

• Huge Piles of Rocks - On MW: if MW has 10 or more mana, you win the game
• River of Life - On MW: if MW has 3 or more mana and the board has 6 or more tribes or a total population of 10 or more, you win the game
• Array of Holy Statues - On MW: if you have 3 or more soulstain, you lose the game; if your opponent has 5 or more soulstain, you win the game
• Circle of Convening Stones - On MW: if MW has 5 mana and there are two adjacent tribes or you have a total population of 5 or more, you win the game
• Cliffs that Meet the Ocean - On MW: if MW has 3 mana and there are no opposing tribes, you win the game
• Dark Forest - On MW: if MW has 2 or more mana and you have between 2 and 6 soulstain, you win the game; if MW has 3 or more mana and you have 7 or more soulstain, you lose the game
• Divine Mountain -
• Hole of Darkness - On MW: if MW has 10 or more

High/Medium/Low Mana tribes per mechanic

• also monuments?
• also geographies?
• increase mana
• decrease mana

Soulstain tribes per mechanic

• give opposing tribes SS
• remove SS from tribes