I haven't seen how many settlements we are to expect to see on a map. For example on a 6 player map will there be 12 settlements total (including the starting settlements)? Or perhaps as few as 9? Or maybe a ton such as 24? (I'm assuming it wouldn't be more than that since a victory condition is to hold all of them.)
How many settlements there will be will be an important factor when (not if!) they create the NOmad game. If there are a lot of settlements on the map, some of which are close together, that is cool, and it could potentially be a lot like AoK NOmad. However if there are not many settlements it would be a very different game. On the one hand you wouldn't have to worry about building right next to someone. On the other hand scouting could be a problem... someone who is lucky enough to find one right away could have a HUGE advantage over someone who doesn't.
P.S. Feature idea: Number of settlements could be a game option. (Has this been discussed?) Maybe one game you want to play 4 players and have 16 settlements... and then in another game you might want 4 players and only 5 settlements! Could make for some interesting specialty games.
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