But then, what happens when one player can't make the bid?
If this were on webdip I'd be worried about high-point players using the method to fleece low-point players, but here no one has all that many points anyway

And would all the players already joined suddenly have to add *more* to the pot cause some big stack came along and shoved all in?

Initial bid I mean only your first bid for the game. Not everyone needs to match the ante

CD bid in would be the same SC:bid ratio, in say a classic game players 1-6 all bid 5 or the ante and player 7 feeling confident bids 8. No one should know who bid what, so it would look like
Bet: ? , worth: 10

what if:
A 10 point game is made, 7 players join, pot is 70, yay.
but along with that there is a new option: CDD(Civil Disorder Deposit). creator picks the amount. If you play the game through wtihout CDing, you get your CDD back. else, it gets mixed into the Pot. only downside is that this will tie up players points. thoughts?

But why would someone risk more if no one had to match it? And it isn't an ante as an ante, by it's very definition, is an amount all players must make. So if you up the ante, it ups it for everyone. Airborne? Do you play poker at all? Do yo not see that one doesn't increase their risk without expecting anyone else who wants to play to do the same?

Agreed with YCHTT. There's absolutely no reason for anyone to put in a higher bid. If its a 5 point classic game and 6 people put up 5 and the last person puts up 50, what do they gain? Even if they win, they just win their own points.

I play poker all the time (even living in Nebraska) it was just a suggestion sheesh

But it doesn't make sense, airborne. Why would someone risk more unless he was expecting to gain more? It's not like a big bet bluff in poker to push people off weak pairs and draws.

Well, I play weak hands (such as off suit 4, 10) hoping for a pair or two or a full house. Odds are ok, playable if the bet is low enough

I dislike this idea.
That is all.

I dislike many of your ideas. I think most of your maps are half thought, lacks foresight and have piss poor quality. That is all.

But you bet either expecting a call or a fold, you don't bet not expecting someone to have to match the bet if they want to continue. Your ante scheme is a bet that no one has to match.

Now, having a betting system where periodically people could bet would be fine, but it's not like you can bluff when everyone not only sees how many SCs you have, but where your units are. So the leader could put in a small bet and everyone could decide to respond with fold, call, or raise in a series of rounds say every three or five years and play it out like poker where someone can fold and be removed form the game. Their country becomes abandoned but they don't get punished and anyone wanting to take over has to meet the current total of the bets so far to buy in thereby emaking up the difference and anyone in the game came go all-in but can get more than the max pot based on their total contribution matched by the other active and inactive players not to exceed their individual contribution each. I think that makes sense. Then any differences would be side pots and the eligible person with the most SCs when the game ends gets the side pot. It would be a sort of modified WTA with draws chopping each pot amongst the count of players eligible for that pot.

Congratulations, airborne, on your nomination to becoming the number one asshole in my life!

You started it, I responded in fold

Jebus Zombie! You two quit acting like three year olds. K?

Onto more important shit. What do you think of *my* idea for a poker-like variant?

I like it, though three to five years is an offly long time. Maybe once every even year there could be a betting phase. Only problem is what if say i came along and bet 100? there would have to be a cap bid that is the smallest player's available funds, right? Or maybe side pots, but i feel that would get crazy complicated to keep track of very quickly.

Also, anyone else kind of feel like playing mafia/werewolves?

I was thinking side pots plus pot limit bets. Every other could work too on the years but thought the pot could get to be way to big.

Set up a min and maxinium side pot bets on pre game should work

i like my idea....

Why a min? Or do you mean a min if you choose to open?

Yeah that's what I meant sorry for poor wording