I have starting positions setup for 8 players on my map.  If only 2 players play, I want them to start on the two farthest positions.  If 4 players play, there are 4 starting positions in the corners I want them to start at.  The setup has the positions set to various seat #s, but when players join, they get assigned random seats.  Is there a way to force this?

If there's a solution, I haven't been able to figure it out. One way around the problem would be to create a scenario for each # of players.

Yeah I thought of that, but was hoping it would be simpler.  I don't 100% understand all those seat/color settings in the rules, and was hoping you could somehow do it with those.  I guess I'll go with scenarios.  That allows me to tweak card values and starting bonuses too, so even though it is more work I guess it is worth it.

It's not really that much more work, but the way clutters the main board page with tabs is not particularly elegant.  My guess is your board probably supports no more than 6 or 8 players, so it's not so bad.

I am fairly sure you can do what you want be setting the "lock order in which seats take turns" to "on" and allocating the appropriate territories and setting "initial set-up" to "set-up based"

Amidon37 wrote:

I am fairly sure you can do what you want be setting the "lock order in which seats take turns" to "on" and allocating the appropriate territories and setting "initial set-up" to "set-up based"

Does this let players choose their own colors?

I believe so -

Thanks I will try this when I get a chance.

I think this is a same version of Risky's question here...http://www.wargear.net/forum/showthread/2412/Assigned_Colors ... which ultimately points to this very confusing thread: http://www.wargear.net/forum/showthread/1505p1/Lock_Order_In_Which_Seats_Take_Turns

Overall...I think the only way to do this is with specific scenarios...but would have to think through again for the Colors piece.  This is one gets me every time :P

*edit* Or perhaps you can accomplish part or all depending on how much you care about turn order.

Thanks for the links Yertle.   "lock order in which seats take turns" to "on" actually did not do what I wanted.   Looks like I either need 2 scenarios, or to not let players choose their colors.  I guess it's not too much work to setup 2 scenarios.