Quote Originally Posted by Vladimir View Post
Are there some settlements which start out without a general?
It's 5 provinces and 5 generals (inc King and Dauphin) at the start, so it's nice and balanced.

I suppose settlements should go to the more experienced players, however, I've always wanted to go to southern France.
Yes, Dukes are very important for driving IC politics, so giving them to players with a track record makes sense. What we've tried to do in the past is favour the long stayers who did not make it to positions of influence in the predecessor game. For the rest of us, I think Zim will create some RBGs and then when we have picked, use the teleport to place them in the provinces that people want to be placed in. I guess we need to allow some real time interval for Houses to try to recruit RBGs before location is finalised.