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Observe 0.8.6: Battle Royales on Every Continent

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This update adds 9 new scenarios, a round of AI improvements and a new rule for uprisings.

New scenarios

Observe now ships with 11 scenarios.

  • Continent Battle Royales: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and South America. Every region starts as its own country, on a map of just that continent.

  • Ultimate Battle Royale: all 3,374 regions of the world, each one an independent country.

  • Pangaea 2025: today's world with the continents pushed back together.

  • Pangaea 1940: the world of 1940 on the supercontinent, with Germany, Italy and Japan ready for war.

  • Oceans Dried and Earth Became Flat: no seas, so armies can march where the oceans used to be.

Smarter AI

  • Island nations like Japan and Australia now invade by sea instead of waiting.

  • Large empires plan proper overseas invasions.

  • Countries use nukes to finish wars instead of stopping right before the end.

  • Alliances form more naturally.

Balance

  • On Realistic rules, conquered land no longer turns into homeland. Big empires have to hold what they take, so a single superpower is less likely to win every game.

  • In 2025, China starts a bit weaker, and Russia, Europe and the US start stronger.

  • New rule, uprising relief: a country that loses land to an uprising gets a stability boost that fades over a few years.

Fixes

  • Countries no longer gain soldiers when part of them breaks away.

  • Countries that come back from the dead no longer keep their old navy, tanks and jets.

  • Late-game naval invasions work again when armies get very large.

Have fun!!

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