by Dulkal
Mr Suplex wrote:
Thankfully the designer chimed in and let us know that the intention was otherwise, and alliance victories will now be mocked and ridiculed in our group as appropriate (assuming we even continue to use the mechanic).
They should still work well in any game where an alliance can only be less than half the players in the game. Eclipse is, by design, very resistant to military domination because of the reverse feedback loop (when losing systems, you get the disc back immediately while keeping the cubes in the graveyard, giving you free resources to 'bounce back)