A New County Annexation Game

[Platypus]

Mackinac, Schoolcraft, Delta, and Marquette counties have achieved a state of pure enlightenment.

pop. 6,829,259.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

The Reich takes over:

Garrett County, Maryland (30,097)
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (349,497)
Northampton County, Pennsylvania (297,735)

Total Population: 3,878,547

[homelycooking]

The following counties and parishes have moved by plebiscite to join the Republic of New Arcadia:

West Baton Rouge Parish, LA (pop. 24,000)
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (pop. 440,000)
Vernon Parish, LA (pop. 53,000)
McNairy County, TN (pop. 25,000)
Hardin County, TN (pop. 26,000)
Sainte-Geneviève County, MO (pop. 18,000)
Ballard County, KY (pop. 8,000)

The total population of the Republic now stands at 3,124,000.

Note: Spamage, you forgot to color in Perry County, MO for New Arcadia last turn.

[Spamage]

Rolling

    Medicine Hat -5
    People's Commune of Florida -4
    Bundesrepublik Lankaster -4
    New Arcadia -3
    Bgwah -3
    The GLUE -2
    Cascadia -2
    Ampere -1
    The Imperial Empire -1


    Ampere -5
    Bundesrepublik Lankaster -4
    Cascadia -4
    New Arcadia -3
    The GLUE -3
    Bgwah -2
    The Imperial Empire -2
    People's Commune of Florida -1
    Medicine Hat -1


Total

The GLUE -5
Medicine Hat -6
The Imperial Empire -3
Ampere -6
New Arcadia -6
People's Commune of Florida -5
Cascadia -6
Bgwah -5
Bundesrepublik Lankaster -8

[Gass3268]

Emperor Gasstavinius the MMMCCLXVIII looks at the map again and decides that he wants to consolidate the former state of Virginia.

Counties added:

Clarke County, Virginia (14,034)
Fredrick County, Virginia (78,305)
Shenandoah County, Virginia (41,993)

Total Population of the Imperial Empire: 33,237,401

[bgwah]

Benton, WA
Cowlitz, WA
Clatsop, OR
Bernalillo, NM
Santa Fe, NM

[HagridOfTheDeep]

In a devastating crisis, the GLUE has invaded land betrothed to the Kingdom of Medicine Hat. All armies mobilize to mitigate this threat. The following counties have been annexed:

Oconto County, Wisconsin
Marinette County, Wisconsin
Menominee County, Michigan
Dickinson County, Michigan
Iron County, Michigan
Baraga County, Michigan

The population is now 13,694,549.

[Spamage]

Union, NM
Las Animas, CO
Pueblo, CO
Lincoln, CO
Washington, CO
Logan, CO

[bgwah]

Are corners really considered contiguous?

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Fulton County, PA (14,845)
Carbon County, PA (65,249)
Perry County, PA (45,969)
Monroe County, PA (169,842)
Mineral County, WV (28,212)
Hampshire County, WV (23,964)
Preston County, WV (33,520)
Monongalia County, WV (96,189)

Total Population: 4,356,337

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I was wondering about that, bgwah. I don't really care either way, as long as an opponent can travel across that diagonal in the opposite direction.

Don't really have an opinion though.

[Spamage]

I support allowing annexations across borders with touch-point contiguity.

Yup

I was wondering about that, bgwah. I don't really care either way, as long as an opponent can travel across that diagonal in the opposite direction.

Don't really have an opinion though.

Agreed.

[homelycooking]

The following counties and parishes have moved by plebiscite to join the Republic of New Arcadia:

Jefferson County, MO (pop. 219,000)
Saint Tammany Parish, LA (pop. 234,000)
Livingston Parish, LA (pop. 128,000)
Tangipahoa Parish, LA (pop. 113,000)
Lauderdale County, AL (pop. 93,000)
McCracken County, KY (pop. 66,000)

The total population of the Republic now stands at 3,977,000.

[Platypus]

Seeing how I got less territories, I suggest Hagrid redoes his orders as the GLUE will be taking Iron, Menominee and Dickinson counties, Michigan, denying him access to them and Baraga county. We will also be enlightening the peoples of Gogebic county, MI and Allen county, Ohio, as we reach new heights in the number of enlightened souls, with 7,017,953.

We also wish him to note that despite bordering the great lakes, we are not extending our realm in to lands we have a natural right to in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I will wait for the official word on this one. I wasn't going to do it, but I've noticed that the rule hasn't really been followed by anyone else seeking to expand into contested territories... If my turn has to get redone, I suspect there are a few other turns that will also have to be redone (in the interests of fairness).

Also, had I known that you could travel across water, I would've planned my entire kingdom very differently... Just sayin'.

[Spamage]

I will wait for the official word on this one. I wasn't going to do it, but I've noticed that the rule hasn't really been followed by anyone else seeking to expand into contested territories... If my turn has to get redone, I suspect there are a few other turns that will also have to be redone (in the interests of fairness).

Also, had I known that you could travel across water, I would've planned my entire kingdom very differently... Just sayin'.

For the sake of the GLUE the Michigan Peninsulas are connected by a very short bridge.

But on the other hand what other turns that you object to can you specify?

[Platypus]

You have a right to take any territory you want, but if I also want it, I get first choice because I had less rolls. It'd be you who would get them if you had less rolls. The fact it is contested is irrelevant.

Basically, Averroes Nix is right.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Fine. Under the circumstances, I will surrender my four counties in Michigan. Counties in Wisconsin will remain unchanged. Keeping with the spirit of my original turn, I will instead annex Florence, Forest, Vilas, and Iron counties in Wisconsin. You're not going to say there's a crossing from Gogebic to Wisconsin or Minnesota, are you?

On my count, the population of Medicine Hat is now13,665,007. Ultimate domination is on the way.

[bgwah]

Heh. This game is actually pretty fun. Perhaps we can figure out a way to add invasions and warfare into the next version.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I add...

Jasper County, SC-24,777
Beaufort County, SC-162,233
Colleton County, SC-38,892
Charleston County, SC-350,209
Dorchester County, SC-136,555

[Spamage]

Rolling


    Ampere -5
    Bundesrepublik Lankaster -4
    People's Commune of Florida -4
    New Arcadia -3
    Bgwah -3
    The GLUE -2
    Medicine Hat -2
    The Imperial Empire -1
    Cascadia -1


    The GLUE -5
    Bgwah -4
    Cascadia -4
    The Imperial Empire -3
    Medicine Hat -3
    Ampere -2
    People's Commune of Florida -2
    New Arcadia -1
    Bundesrepublik Lankaster -1



Total

The GLUE -7
The Imperial Empire -4
Medicine Hat -5
Ampere -7
New Arcadia -4
Peoples Commune of Florida -6
Cascadia -5
Bgwah -7
Bundesrepublik Lankaster -5

[Gass3268]

The Imperial Empire continues to consolidate the former state of Virginia.

Counties added:

Augusta County, Virginia (73,750)
Bedford County, Virginia (68,676)
Rockbridge County, Virginia (22,307)
Rockingham County, Virginia (76,314)


Total Population of the Imperial Empire: 33,478,448

[HagridOfTheDeep]

After returning from a skirmish in the north, King HagridOfTheDeep's Chicago army annexes the following counties:

Johnson County, Indiana
Bartholomew County, Indiana
Jackson County, Indiana
Clark County, Indiana
Scott County, Indiana

The population is now 14,036,863.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

This is actually really fun.

[Gass3268]

I'm more amused by what's going on out west. Cascadia's biggest presence is in Arizona, lol. Also if he can block off Bgwah he'll be able to have total control all the way to Western Missouri.