Dramatic SFB: Does no one read any of my emails?

[Charles Carroll]

Cool....so I may or should end up acquiring another border with someone I
have borders with. And yeah I understand the role playing aspects...just
because a planet gets abandoned doesnt mean it would have stayed that way.
Usually something caused it. Like having another empire push you out.

Chuck

On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 1:17 PM, Matthew <matt at mattnet.org> wrote:

>
> Now losing Ken...bring me 1 scenario closer to even. But I am still behind.
>>
>
> Generally when a player leaves, people don't lose borders. It's when a
> player arrives that the borders change. The reason is twofold:
>
> A) Losing borders do contribute to being pushed out of the campaign.
> Unplanned (and apparently random) loss of borders can be crippling. Whereas
> an unplanned gain of borders can be rectified after a few turns and comes
> with very few negative issues.
>
> B) From a Role-Play perspective, the sudden loss of an empire means the
> neighbors quickly fill the void of territory and find that they are in
> contact with other neighbors of the defunct nation. When a (previously
> neutral / previously physically separated / etc.) nation joins, their
> territory is tacked onto the edges of their new neighbors. The "map" grows.
> This would happen if I were running the campaign as a 4X style of campaign
> (and I have done just that in the past.)
>
> --Matt
>
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