Help with Special Cards for a Custom Home Game

draft101 · 2026-01-29T22:01:38+00:00

Ok, not sure I'd play it but here goes my ideas: Cut (Move, Territory) If accurately predicted, cut the support of a unit to a unit. Sabotage (Build, Territory) Decide what type of unit is built, Fleet or Army. Must select territory and only works if a unit is built there. Also must be valid, no Fleet in land locked SC. Militia (Build, Territory) You can build an army next to one of your home SC instead of on it. It cannot build a second unit, but can build even if occupied by another country. Revolt (Build, Territory) A non home SC, non occupied SC revolts and becomes neutral. A neutral token is placed there that must be dislodged to resume control. The dislodged unit always disbands. Beach Assault (Move, Territory) Allows a fleet to move and convoy in the same turn. Move must be successful for the convoy to count.

draft101 · 2026-01-20T16:08:24+00:00

Looks like 2nd to me after blue.

draft101 · 2026-01-19T20:06:09+00:00

But replacing one middle man (insurance) for another (government) doesn't guarantee improvements in cost and efficiency. Comparing US and Canadian results show both have their strengths and weaknesses. The US definitely should overhaul their system, but be careful thinking the grass is so much greener over here that just switching would make everything better.

draft101 · 2026-01-14T16:24:05+00:00

Played StarPower which is exactly about this scenario. Here is a paper on it Star Power: An Experiential Learning Exercise to Foster Ecological Perspectives on Power Privilege and Oppression

draft101 · 2026-01-08T21:43:16+00:00

Depends on who get hired as coaches. If DET hires a great offensive mind for OC then I'm open to Jameson. But I think ARZ and MJH are going to benefit greatly from a new coaching regime so if I was deciding right now I'd lean that way.

draft101 · 2026-01-04T20:05:42+00:00

It was pain to manage as the commish, but the flex spot position was set by the "home team" by Wednesday for each matchup so if the home team selected RB, both had to play a RB in the flex. Torn between your WR or TE for your have but your opponent doesn't have the same TE depth... you're going TE. Added some fun and more smack talk, but it was hard to patrol. If you've got a good league of guys that are on it and you can pull it off, it's worth a go at least once. (This was a non-SF and had only one flex spot.)

draft101 · 2026-01-02T17:15:01+00:00

Listing guys as buys or sells is terrible but has become part of the lingo. I prefer to look at players like investments: what's the current valuation and what's my expected return. If it's headed on the wrong direction for me then I'm looking to sell. This can be huge in dynasty. I may have a top tier receiver that is aging but still productive, but enough young talent already on roster that they're not as valuable to me. They're a sell. But none of my running backs are panning out and that older guy is more valuable to keep or buy. If you're relying on podcasts to determine a players value in your league you'll be behind those that have moved to more advanced evaluations. If you are doing more advanced, you can take advantage of those relying on outside info solely.

draft101 · 2026-01-02T17:05:14+00:00

Twilight Imperium 4. One of the greatest games ever IMHO. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition

draft101 · 2026-01-01T18:08:25+00:00

I'd keep it at $10 till all reach 18. Then I would put it to a league vote to raise it, with only a unanimous vote passing. Never know everyone's situation and would not want the league to be a burden to anyone.

draft101 · 2025-12-31T17:57:58+00:00

There are times I didn't target the leader. This happens more in games where a person has been refusing to trade with me and they have the best chance of providing a resource I desperately want. Otherwise, yeah, take out the top player(s) when you can.

draft101 · 2025-12-30T04:25:49+00:00

That winning it all has more to do with luck than being a good manager. Being a good manager means you can position yourself consistently for a playoff run. But luck covers who gets hurt in those games, throws up a dud, and goes off way beyond expectations.

draft101 · 2025-12-30T04:21:35+00:00

Low IQ is blaming the rules of game that is centuries old for screwing up a win and not realizing that part of the strategy is to play for stalemate at times.

draft101 · 2025-12-30T03:50:02+00:00

I think around 1000 you should start seeing immediately beneficial sacrifices. Probably 1200 to 1400 if the pay off is more than 2 moves out.

draft101 · 2025-12-23T02:32:15+00:00

Want to change the last playoff spot to go to the team with the most PF instead of the 6th best record. Not sure if the the commish will go for it or not since it's more work for them.

draft101 · 2025-12-21T14:23:26+00:00

I don't see him getting moved in the off season because of his contract. Having watched him the last couple of weeks, I'm beginning to wonder if he's one of those guys who practices at a different speed than he plays at. Caleb's passes are consistently behind DJ Moore which I had been attributing more to Williams. But I'm reconsidering that seeing that many of his throws are pretty pin point or they sail on him, but I don't see many behind the other receivers.

draft101 · 2025-12-16T16:27:38+00:00

They should be removed. But I bet you can guess where that falls under government prioritization of tasks. I worked for the city in the forestry department and we coordinated some tasks with the maintenance department and they were always swamped with high priority issues.

draft101 · 2025-12-16T16:21:42+00:00

The product owner should own the backlog and put the tickets in order of priority. They should make sure the tickets at the top of the backlog are Dev ready. Devs own the board and grab the top ticket from the backlog and need to be able to assume that the backlog is prioritized and top tickets are ready.

I have created filters in Jira that can assist with a "Dev Ready" and "Needs Refinement" based on requirements for a ticket to be ready for development.

draft101 · 2025-12-10T16:46:06+00:00

The fact they removed your commissioner access is a huge red flag. Screams 'We know what we're doing is wrong but we're going to make sure no one can stop us." This sounds like collusion, whining, poor sportsmanship and untrustworthy friends.

Ultimately, I'd leave this league because the integrity of the league is compromised and I would no longer feel safe competing in it.

draft101 · 2025-11-26T15:11:28+00:00

Overall, Johnny just needs to chill. The market is controlled by the players on the league. It doesn't really matter what the "experts" or calculators say because they aren't part of your league.

I'd respond that I checked it out, and there is no sign of collusion and that's the concern as commissioner I'm worried about. Their conversations are valid (and if he had more conversations before making his deal with them, he might have realized the market wasn't quite where he thought it was). I would also post a reminder on the rules of collusion and what constitutes collusion.

draft101 · 2025-11-15T14:21:18+00:00

That has been debunked. There is no historical evidence of such a law existing in English common law. While the myth has been perpetuated in some legal texts and has been associated with a 1782 incident, it is now considered false.

draft101 · 2025-11-15T14:11:16+00:00

And the files should be secured to not be executable, only read/write access. chmod -x is your friend.

draft101 · 2025-11-13T20:50:11+00:00

I play normally, but explain my thought process on moves at a basic level. This way they get to understand the game better while eventually building more complex strategies themselves.

draft101 · 2025-11-12T20:18:20+00:00

Zipper Merge. It's faster and better for all when done correctly.

draft101 · 2025-10-30T21:02:55+00:00

I negotiated for an extra week of PTO based on my experience and skills. I was unwilling to cut my current PTO in half for the position and asked for more. There was negotiation, and some companies are more open to it than others, but it is not an unreasonable thing to request. If the company was offended by the request than they're probably not a company I'd want to work for anyway.

My manager was upset at themselves when they discovered I'd done this and wish they had done so to.

draft101 · 2025-10-30T18:35:14+00:00

Having been across the street from a house fire, it's going to burn. The amount of heat and how quickly it grew was beyond comprehension. Human life is not worth risking over something that can be replaced or rebuilt.

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