Low Conquers High: a Megagame

Disclaimer: As of yet this hasn't been tested, I intend on running it for a month very soon. IntroductionBelow is an idea of a megagame I've been noodling with for the past while. It is essentially a hack of Sengoku, by the Megagame Makers, with parts grafted from Renaissance and Reformation (another game of theirs), Here I Stand by GMT games, and general inspiration from Cataphracts. My goals with this are to provide a simpler, more abstracted and straightforward version of megagame rules, such as Cataphracts, that I could feel comfortable running without also feeling like I must automate everything; and also to provide enough abstraction for me and the players to feel comfortable with freeforming the stuff that isn't covered by the rules. It bears mentioning that all of that below are for the umpire(s) (i.e. for me), NOT targeted at the players. Whenever I run it I will make another post with the player-facing rules. Below is the map I intend to use. These rules were written with…

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