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<div>Two questions on borders:</div>
<div> First, how did some people end up with more or less
than the starting 9 borders? Shouldn't we all have 9?</div>
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That was the plan. But one of the players didn't like who he was
lumped with, and implored me to change his situation.<br>
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So he traded in two of his neighbors (6 borders) for a smattering of
additional borders with other people. That was certainly better than
maintaining the nice pretty numbers that everyone started with, in
exchange for re-calculating everyone's borders.<br>
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Then he wondered, with the tone of one who wants another change,
why he was given a reduce opportunity (6 borders vs the original 9).
Shortly after my response, he decided he wanted to step away from
the group for a bit.<br>
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<div> Second, how will the borders of players connected to
the player that dropped be handled? Will they be connected to
each other in some fashion?<br>
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Normally when a player bows out, I do try to connect his neighbors
together in some equitable fashion. Usually one's number of borders
don't change by much (generally by one or two.) However, you might
find that you are suddenly connected with a person on the
complete-other-side of the abrupt-hole the departing empire created.<br>
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--Matt<br>
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