Alliances Blog Post #4

Today i learned a lot about alliances, the good and the bad. Alliances are a very great part of a lot of board games, particularly in games like Smallworld where everyone is against everyone. Alliances in these types of games allow you to overpower other people playing the game as well as get closer to the end goal of the game. but what happens when you get close to the end? do you stick with your teammates and hope you win? or do you betray them and take the advantage. as i learned today it really depends. i was in an alliance with logan and Joseph and i had three options do i attack cole, someone not in my alliance and get less points? attack Joseph and get the most possible points? or do i attack logan and get a fare amount of points? i ended up betraying Logan because i wanted points but did not want to betray Joseph, who was a better ally. this decision was not the best, i should have attacked Joseph. either way i would not have won but its interesting to think about.