Hi Shodan! Thanks for chiming in.
I haven't gone through other players' turns yet, not sure I will due to time, but I will take some responsibility for the diplomatic "weirdness" that occurred toward the end.
Here's my thinking - we made/joined a coalition to ensure the survival of non-wasp players. Once that threat was gone I didn't see the need for a coalition any longer. At least for myself, I don't think I made any promises to continue to support coalition members. (At the same time I really didn't make that clear up-front, so I can see why some players' may have felt I was being treacherous, maybe?).
I was definitely considering various options to close out the game. For quite awhile, even while the wasps were declining, I anticipated having to battle the Borg and you and the Fascists. But mainly I was worried about the Borg and their vast network of Fireclouds (40+!!), which had access to nearly even point around my border.
I'm speculating that you and Ataka probably felt we all should have then gone after the Feds to get the remaining planets? But Redwolfe was a very good neighbor and that approach was a non-starter for me.
Mike's offer of an alliance did catch me by surprise. After some consideration, I decided his gameplay had earned him a victory and it was a fairly quick way to close out the game.
Like you said, just my vision of the game ;) |
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