Modifying core rules

[telengard]

Thought some people might be interested in this. It's not exposed through the GUI but it allows for some fun variants!

There is a file called "rules.conf" which is located where the executable is (on the Mac it's inside the .app bundle).

It looks something like this:

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<rules>
    <spawn_for_destroyed_piece>2</spawn_for_destroyed_piece>
    <spawn_at_start_of_spawn_phase>0</spawn_at_start_of_spawn_phase>
    <conquest_for_destroyed_piece>1</conquest_for_destroyed_piece>
    <victory_for_won_turn>1</victory_for_won_turn>
    <victory_needed_to_win>6</victory_needed_to_win>
    <warband_miniature_limit_total>16</warband_miniature_limit_total>
    <warband_miniature_limit_type>3</warband_miniature_limit_type>
    <stacking_limit_creatures>4</stacking_limit_creatures>
    <stacking_limit_locations>1</stacking_limit_locations>
    <num_sides_initiative_die>6</num_sides_initiative_die>
    <tournament_initiative>true</tournament_initiative>

    <silver_portal_string>A5</silver_portal_string>
    <gold_portal_string>E1</gold_portal_string>

    <conquest_b2_silver>3</conquest_b2_silver>
    <scoring_cell_b2_silver>true</scoring_cell_b2_silver>

    <conquest_b3_silver>1</conquest_b3_silver>
    <conquest_b3_gold>1</conquest_b3_gold>
    <scoring_cell_b3_silver>true</scoring_cell_b3_silver>
    <scoring_cell_b3_gold>true</scoring_cell_b3_gold>

    <conquest_b4_gold>5</conquest_b4_gold>
    <scoring_cell_b4_gold>true</scoring_cell_b4_gold>

    <conquest_c2_silver>4</conquest_c2_silver>
    <scoring_cell_c2_silver>true</scoring_cell_c2_silver>

    <conquest_c3_silver>2</conquest_c3_silver>
    <conquest_c3_gold>2</conquest_c3_gold>
    <scoring_cell_c3_silver>true</scoring_cell_c3_silver>
    <scoring_cell_c3_gold>true</scoring_cell_c3_gold>

    <conquest_c4_gold>4</conquest_c4_gold>
    <scoring_cell_c4_gold>true</scoring_cell_c4_gold>

    <conquest_d2_silver>5</conquest_d2_silver>
    <scoring_cell_d2_silver>true</scoring_cell_d2_silver>

    <conquest_d3_silver>1</conquest_d3_silver>
    <conquest_d3_gold>1</conquest_d3_gold>
    <scoring_cell_d3_silver>true</scoring_cell_d3_silver>
    <scoring_cell_d3_gold>true</scoring_cell_d3_gold>

    <conquest_d4_gold>3</conquest_d4_gold>
    <scoring_cell_d4_gold>true</scoring_cell_d4_gold>
</rules>


As you can see, some very core rules can be tweaked. One thing I like doing is playing with alternate board layouts for scoring and victory points. You can use a "larger" initiative die, discourage destruction (via the bonus spawn), play high power games w/ some initial starting spawn points in addition to those from initiative rolls, toggle tournament initiative, play a quicker game to 3 or 4, etc.

~telengard