A New County Annexation Game

[Platypus]

The Great Lakes Union of Enlightenment (The GLUE)



Bay County, Michigan
Population 107,771
Parties, by representatives in the Enlightenment Chamber:
31 Socialist+Unionist Parties Alliance of the GLUE (SUPA) (strong left)
5 Agrarian Worker's Party (AWP) (strong left)
5 Lakean Elder's Alliance (LEA) (strong left)
3 United Liberal Voices of the GLUE (ULVO) (left)
2 Lakean Student's Association (LSA) (strong left)
2 Lakean Evil Corporatist, Racist, Uniformly Derided as Scum of The Earth, Warmongerer's Association (LE-CRUD-STEWA) (centrist)
2 Independent Enlightenment Advocates (Ind.) (strong left)
+the speaker (SUPA)

Capital: Bay City

Leader: High Secretary, the Most Enlightened Leader of the Great Lakes Union for Enlightenment, former Teacher, former Laundry-assistant, former Worker amongst the great people of our Union, the really rather nice chap, speaker of the Chamber of Enlightenment, President of the Socialist+Unionist Parties Alliance, Comrade Filbert Hussick.

[Platypus]

We'll be fine with 6, 10 could get a bit too loose in terms of turn taking.

[Platypus]

Could you please choose sopmewhere down south instead? Pretty please?

[Platypus]

I'd suggest a random roll, with the first selected getting 5 picks, 2nd 4, 3rd and 4th 3, 5th and 6th 2 picks, and the rest 1 pick.

Examples, from random.org

Turn one:
ImpEmp (5)
Medicine Hat (4)
Cascadia (3)
PCoF (3)
The GLUE (2)
Ampere (2)
New Arcadia (1)

Turn two:
New Arcadia (5)
The GLUE (4)
Cascadia (3)
PCoF (3)
Medicine Hat (2)
ImpEmp (2)
Ampere (1)

Turn three:
New Arcadia (5)
Cascadia (4)
Medicine Hat (3)
The GLUE (3)
ImpEmp (2)
PCoF (2)
Ampere (1)

So after three turns:
New Arcadia will have grown by 11
Cascadia will have grown by 10
Medicine Hat will have grown by 9
The GLUE will have grown by 9
ImpEmp will have grown by 9
PCoF will have grown by 8
Ampere will have grown by 4

Which, obviously, sucks if you have such an awful draw like Ampere, but over a greater number of turns would equalise. More interesting than all getting 3 after three full turns.


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As for Virginia, maybe we just count it as one county?

[Platypus]

I'll do it again, for fairness:

Turn One:

5 ImpEmp
4 The GLUE
3 Ampere
3 Medicine Hat
2 PCoF
2 New Arcadia
1 Cascadia

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Also, the map isn't working for me.

[Platypus]

The GLUE has decided to enlighten the peoples of Arenac, Saginaw, Tuscola, and Sanilac counties.

Population: 426,085 Enlightened souls.

Also, once we start getting up in each other's grills, first right goes to whoever is LOWER on the list for that turn.

[Platypus]

You can join, but you'll have your initial territory plus only 1 for this turn.

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The GLUE is delighted to bond with the peoples of St. Clair and Macomb counties, Michigan, in a state of pure enlightenment.

New pop'n 1,431,270

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The GLUE has noticed that the people of Huron county are a particularly unenlightened bunch, and had considered enlightening them, but when specifically asked by the people of Wayne county to fix their many woes and bring them true peace, all attention was focussed on liberating out Detroit brethren. Considering there were more of them than in the whole GLUE, understandably this one county took up all our efforts, but what a shining gem to represent the GLUE!

New population: 3,233,366

[Platypus]

The GLUE continues the enlightenment of the people of the Great Lakes, with the welcome additions of Huron, Monroe and Iosco counties. We also note that the Kingdom of Medicine Hat has determined that they have a right to a segment of the great lake coastline - they are clearly extremely unenlightened.

(population 3,447,353)

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The people to our north may be few, but their rapturous delight in being enlightened made the move worthwhile, as the GLUE added the 41,317 people of Alcona and Alpena counties to the Union.

(total population 3,488,670)

[Platypus]

We enlighten Presque Isle county, MI, and lambaste the unenlightened dice.

pop. 3,503,081.

[Platypus]

I wouldn't, soon enough we'll all have shared borders, and it gives too much advantage to whoever posts first unless we're very strict on the rule that whoever come lower on the roll list gets first choice of counties.

[Platypus]

We are ecstatic to announce the enlightenment of the people of Cheboygan and Emmet counties, Michigan, and Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky and Erie counties, Ohio. We note that other nations feel the great lakes belong to them, and would encourage them to rethink.

We also seek confirmation that Emmet county links in to the UP.

pop. 4,182,232 enlightened Lakeans.

[Platypus]

bgwah gets first choice of three counties, though, so he might not be dead.

Also, here's why we don't do two rolls at once.

[Platypus]

I thought it was vacant only, yeah.

Maybe we can make it that taking over someone else's counties costs three turns?

[Platypus]

We are happy to announce the peoples of Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula, and Geauga counties in Ohio have reached a state of enlightenment, along with Lenawee county Michigan.

Population 6,277,699.

[Platypus]

I'd be fine with that.

I note that it overly encourages looping, but that's OK I guess.

[Platypus]

We are delighted to announce that Hillsdale, Branch, St. Joseph, Cass, and Berrien counties in Michigan have reached a state of enlightenment, as have Henry and Putnam counties in Ohio.

pop. 6,702,816 of the most enlightened souls.


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Am I connected to Mackinac county? I presume I am.

[Platypus]

Mackinac, Schoolcraft, Delta, and Marquette counties have achieved a state of pure enlightenment.

pop. 6,829,259.

[Platypus]

Seeing how I got less territories, I suggest Hagrid redoes his orders as the GLUE will be taking Iron, Menominee and Dickinson counties, Michigan, denying him access to them and Baraga county. We will also be enlightening the peoples of Gogebic county, MI and Allen county, Ohio, as we reach new heights in the number of enlightened souls, with 7,017,953.

We also wish him to note that despite bordering the great lakes, we are not extending our realm in to lands we have a natural right to in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

[Platypus]

You have a right to take any territory you want, but if I also want it, I get first choice because I had less rolls. It'd be you who would get them if you had less rolls. The fact it is contested is irrelevant.

Basically, Averroes Nix is right.

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We are delighted to bring enlightenment to the peoples of Auglaize, Darke, Preble, Butler, and Hamilton counties in Ohio, along with Boone and Grant counties, Kentucky.

We feel momentarily saddened to be so far from the great lakes, but our hearts are boosted by the knowledge that our ideological brethen and fellow followers of the enlightened path in Florida will soon be our neighbours.

Population 8,471,116 of the most happimost people in the world.

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The peoples of Scott, Franklin, Anderson, Nelson, and Hardin counties are raptuously welcoming the protection of the GLUE.

8,736,377 Lakean enlightened souls.

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The GLUE has great pleasure in announcing the enlightenment of the peoples of Harrison, Washington, Lawrence, Greene, and Sullivan counties Indiana to our truly enlightened state, and we look forward to the day when the people's of all the enlightened states in our region, from Florida to the true Cascadia, are united.

Population 8,904,777.

[Platypus]

I'd say no, our loops need to be filled in manually.