Four. The Fanatannian Strategic and Luxury Resources Market

[Provolution]

Four. The Fanatannian Strategic and Luxury Resources Market

Each registered trading house is allowed to nominate one resource forecast per Term. The player need to nominate this forecast as a betting area, and then everyone is free to bet on it.

For example.
I could guess we would connect only two wines within the end of term one, which is quite probable, so the bets would have pretty good odds, but low pay outs. Maybe we can say the chance is 10:9, garnering a 10 % profit if it works.
However, every bet needs a counter-bet in order do define odds.

 

[Provolution]

Futures added for Ivy Trading House (SAAM)

Wine (Favorite) gives Ivy Trading House a future income of 10 for the establishment of our city, and another then for connecting the other wine with a road.
SAAM, do not add these till the city is founded or road connected to the other wine.

A total profit of 20 Gold.

 

[Ashburnham]

Just a nitpick, nowhere in the Market Simulation description did it mention that our "favorite resource" pick would influence the game. Now, this fact is slowly coming to light. I don't plan on changing my pick, but you could've explained the way it works before we had all picked out resource. I'm sure the guy who picked uranium is kicking himself right now..

 

[Provolution]

Ash, I have added a multiplier for late techs as well, so oil and uranium, as well as saltpeter and aluminum will come pretty strong out.

 

[Provolution]

Bets for forecasting our strategic and luxury resource placements must be placed before this sunday 1200 GMT.

 

[MOTH]

How does this work? Do I need to bet if a specific city will get say Iron or Horses or just whether or not we will have access to them?

Or does this primarily apply to my favorite resource? If donsignia has Whale's in its extended range do I just need to wait for expansion to get a win?

 

[Provolution]

You can bet on any resource, but someone got to bet against you for you to cash in their win. You can bet generally for the nation, or for one specific city.

So basically we should challenge each other, that could be the way to do it.

 

[MOTH]

I would like to bet 5 Gold that Iron will be within the hills or mountains chain between Donsignia and the Dutch border. I willing to make this bet twice (for a total of 10 Gold) if there are 2 takers Any takers?

 

[Provolution]

MOTH let me see the map I can afford to lose now that I won the forecast market. OKay MOTH, I bet against you, 2X5. I can afford it.

MOTH, you got to bet for Iron around Donsignia, or Roosting Tree, make your pick. Or Camelot for that lone mountain.

 

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

A friendly, well defined wager.

 

[Chieftess]

I'm with Stuck. I say 40g there's iron in them thar hills!

BTW, we'll know this turn if we decide to trade for Iron Working, which we'll need.

I bet on iron to the south-east.

 

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

The defined area (as agreed upon by Provo and SaaM):
the 8 mountain/hill tiles beneath the horses. This includes the gold, making it 7 possible tiles.

SaaM

NOTE: I am not sure if the city itself rests upon a hill, but if it does it is included in the wager as well, so if iron is found there the payoff is the same.

 

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

edit: reducing bet to 20g, buying 6 tiles of Donsigina. Going for broke.

 

[Provolution]

CT, you got to register and bet for Iron, I up that ante if you do so.

 

[Chieftess]

Just registered.

Does the bet have to be specific? Or a general area?

 

[Provolution]

You need to mention a city tile coverage, like Donsignia or Roosting Tree's.
You can also pick some tiles in a range, but no too many, mark them off in a map screen like we did.

 

[Chieftess]

Is it just me, or is this game gonna be DG2 all over again?

 

[MOTH]

MOTH let me see the map I can afford to lose now that I won the forecast market. OKay MOTH, I bet against you, 2X5. I can afford it.

MOTH, you got to bet for Iron around Donsignia, or Roosting Tree, make your pick. Or Camelot for that lone mountain.

Ok, I am betting that there will be iron in any tile within expanded radius of Donsignia to have Iron. 10G at even odds with Provo.

 

[DaveShack]

There is iron in the hills SE of Donsignia.

 

[Provolution]

ok, I lost 10 gold to MOTH, 20 gold to SAAM and 10 Gold to CT. Darn, 40 Gold out of the window, did you guys sneak peak ?