My group plays one game of TI4 annually. This year we're introducing Thunder's Edge (we've played a scrimmage with it on TTS), playing with PoK / all codex etc, and we are playing in Alliance Mode (first time) with 3 teams of two.
We're playing the Legendary map from p. 15 of the TE expansion rulebook.
We opted for a first-come, first-serve faction pick, and the other alliances have already picked, so my partner and I have up until Friday night to publicize our factions (last to pick).
The current alliances are:
- Yin Brotherhood + Xxcha
- Barony of Letnev + Titans of Ul
The following factions were vetoed out of selection beforehand:
- Federation of Sol
- Naalu
- Nomad
- Hacan
- Winnu
Map slice/speaker selection order is:
Xxcha
My partner
Barony
Me
Yin
Titans
So far Alliance 2 is my main concern with extra trade goods between their two commanders, Titan's super cruisers, and just the general acumen of the two players themselves. I'm also keen to address Yin/Xxcha basically controlling Agenda between them, but that's less of a concern I think.
Keen to hear how y'all would think about a faction pairing here. Right now my top choice is Vuil-Raith (I played them to great effect last year and nearly had an astounding runaway R4 win with custodian & multiple Imperial until... Ixthian Artifact came up 😭)
Any and all advice is appreciated... I won a virtual scrimmage with Winnu a couple years ago but have only placed 2nd in our annual tournament, very keen to bring my absolute best game this year and get a W.
edited to add speaker/slice draft order