pbd18906-launched [FULL] - Return of the Vassals: 14pts kinda fast | AsyncTI4 TI4 Hub | Page 1

dark rain Jan 22, 2026, 5:07 PM

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After vassal game 1, it works better than anticipated. Now I'm back with some revisions that I'm ready to get vetoed by everyone joining. And I'm serious, if you don't like a change I make speak up.

The big addition here is a full vassal system. Draft an additional faction at the start, and you get their stuff too. Even higher unit caps. Everything. At the end of round 2, you get another vassal. And another after round 4 (it ended in round 4 last time). I honestly had an easier time remembering all of what everyone did than in a franken game.

Also attached are a few tech alterations, mostly to encourage more units. That was one big thing I noted last time; I didn't give a way to leverage the higher unit caps so as far as how many units were out it felt the same until round 3. I also added an extra method to unlock breakthroughs, since your second vassal BT will be sitting there locked unless you get TE

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/14057dkHrrZgFFcM-h1pVbqa1BrK3t_fb2M4d7YN5cUk/edit?usp=drivesdk

Google Docs

vassals

Draft: 8 slices 12 factions Speaker/table position In a random snake draft, players will pick one object at a time until each player selects one slice, two factions, and one table position. Slice, table position, and first drafted faction all behave as normal, but your second faction serves as a...

ember bluff Jan 22, 2026, 5:09 PM

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dark rain After vassal game 1, it works better than anticipated. Now I'm back with some re...

oh god, this is my kind of trainwreck

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Also your username feels familar. Did we play back when last I played like 18 months back?

primal martenBOT Jan 22, 2026, 5:10 PM

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Pax joined the game.

dark rain Jan 22, 2026, 5:12 PM

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It's entirely likely. I've been in the community for a while lol

brittle hornet Jan 22, 2026, 5:12 PM

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Im in

primal martenBOT Jan 22, 2026, 5:12 PM

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dark rain Jan 22, 2026, 5:13 PM

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I'm honestly surprised at how little extra bookkeeping there was

primal martenBOT Jan 22, 2026, 5:40 PM

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sick seal Jan 22, 2026, 5:41 PM

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Happy to give this another try, it was super cool round 1

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... and I'll try for a more normal game this time, lol

primal martenBOT Jan 22, 2026, 5:42 PM

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Jason joined the game.

sick seal Jan 22, 2026, 5:45 PM

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I like the changes, I do recall when we first drafted i thought it would get wild right away. But then everyone went down to 3 ships and we basically had a normal round 1, except for me only because of barony armada ability

ember bluff Jan 22, 2026, 5:53 PM

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new sarween looks craby

wise rock Jan 22, 2026, 6:03 PM

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@dark rain Just reading the Vassals rules and I wanted to point out that the combined unit example says it's a Sardakk vassal but you use the Last Bastion flagship

primal martenBOT Jan 22, 2026, 6:09 PM

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slim sun Jan 22, 2026, 6:20 PM

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Is there room for one more?

primal martenBOT Jan 22, 2026, 6:21 PM

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BigHoss joined the game.

ember bluff Jan 22, 2026, 6:33 PM

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seems we're ready to rock and roll?

solemn thistle Jan 22, 2026, 6:34 PM

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looks like it

dark rain Jan 22, 2026, 6:55 PM

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wise rock <@266032152825561089> Just reading the Vassals rules and I wanted to point out t...

Yeah sardakk was my initial example, I did in fact forget to change that

wise rock Jan 22, 2026, 6:57 PM

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dark rain Yeah sardakk was my initial example, I did in fact forget to change that

Ready to launch?

dark rain Jan 22, 2026, 6:58 PM

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Yeah I just became free

primal martenBOT Jan 22, 2026, 6:58 PM

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pbd18906-launched [FULL] - Return of the Vassals: 14pts kinda fast

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