#300 - Experimental

[unclemike]

Since some players are already attacking each other's capitals, I should go over the grounds of eliminating a kingdom in this game.

Kingdoms are eliminated when their last pop center is conquered (similar to Fall of Rome rules I believe). There is no encampment or extra-dimensional area where kingdoms linger on that some players feel is unfair (since you cannot target enemies in their encampment).

Emissaries/agents of an eliminated kingdom will disperse back into the realm as part of the neutral/human population.

Artifacts in possession of an eliminated kingdom will disperse back into the realm as well (as if they were cast into the Fire of the Void and removed from play). So you should steal their artifacts before conquering their last pc or you'll lose the chance of doing so.

Any prisoners that an eliminated kingdom has at the time will be handled normally when an opponent conquers a pc with prisoners stationed there. So the conqueror of the last pc will inherit those prisoners.

Any prisoners that you may have as hostages that belong to the eliminated kingdom will remain in your possession. However, if an agent rescues a prisoner whose original kingdom has been eliminated, the freed prisoner will disperse back into the realm.

The enemy/ally declaration section on your report will reduce in size based upon the number of active kingdoms in the game.

Capitals will relocate thru enemy groups if all of your remaining pc's have non-allied groups when your capital falls. The highest defense pc will become your capital. If the other groups attack those pc's, you may end up losing your capital multiple times in a turn depending upon the situation.

Timing does matter in a special circumstance if you're down to a single pc (with an enemy group about to attack it) and you have a group at another pc that you don't own yet. If your attack order triggers first, you'll have two pc's for your kingdom so if the enemy group attacks after yours, your capital will relocate to the new pc that you just conquered. However, if your opponent attack triggers before yours then your kingdom is eliminated from play since you don't have any pc's left. When you lose your capital, the software checks if you have any remaining pc's at the time and if you don't have any, you're out of the game. So timing does matter. I haven't checked Fall of Rome's source code yet (or even if they are handling this type of scenario) but this is how the software currently works.

BTW, you cannot eliminate a kingdom by kidnapping/assassinating their last regent/emissary. If you succeed in taking out their last emissary then the game will create a new envoy (with a random name) to act as regent.