Has there been any thought in the past for allowing games to end as a tie but where points are still counted for league play? Would that be an option as a league rule going forward?
I thought one option could be that after 20 turns, if both players agree, a tie can be declared and the points allocated would be = to a win minus 2. So if you draw tier m you get 6 points and if you draw tier 2 you get 3 points.
I have some self interest in suggesting this. Oysteilo and I have a game that is about to reach 40 turns, that we both find quite difficult to play, and which is still at least a few turns away from someone being clearly able to win. But I think we would both prefer the effort not to have gone to waste since we have been playing this game for more than a year.