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# Optional three-stronghold alliance victory
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## Group Nexus negotiation — 28 October 2026
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**Integrated groundwork, not a selectable game mode.** In a staged Basic
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classic-faction Nexus with the group ledger present, a pair member or an
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unallied entrant can propose adding the entrant. Every participant must
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explicitly agree; a decline cancels the invitation and preserves the pair.
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Each proposal has a fresh event and revision, and an unanswered invitation
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holds the Nexus. Leaving a three-member group retains the other pair and its
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original edge age. Pair offers involving the newly formed group are cleared.
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The staged table renders the group controls and minimal bots can answer.
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Unanimity, cancellation, the pending-Nexus hold and the surviving pair are
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provisional online procedures, not publisher rulings. This scope excludes
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expansion decks/factions, Advanced, optional modules, live Truthtrance
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commitments and pledged aid. No lobby creates the group ledger: faction ally
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benefits, group funding and other interactions must be connected before any
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player can start the printed larger-alliance option. The separate unlimited
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alliance variant remains missing.
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**Prototyped / Partial — 28 October 2026.** The host can select a shorter
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two-member alliance game in the lobby. With at least three physical
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controllers, allied factions need three distinct qualifying strongholds
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instead of the default four. A solo faction keeps its normal target, a
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separately agreed extra-stronghold requirement is added afterward, and Tech
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Tokens retain their existing ownership requirements. The same calculation
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drives public progress and the Mentat victory decision. Changing the setting
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clears human readiness; older games omit it and retain the default.
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The 2019 GF9 rulebook's optional alliances table, printed p. 24, lists a
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two-member alliance with three strongholds as a shorter game. The
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[publisher rulebook mirror](https://www.boardgamesbot.com/assets/games-library/dune/manual_eng.pdf)
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preserves that table. This first version keeps the existing four-stronghold
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target for two physical controllers, including the two-faction-per-person
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setup; priority between that special setup and this optional table is a
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provisional interpretation. Larger alliance variants require separate
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membership and interaction work. Advanced and expansion combinations are not
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certified by the Basic-focused evidence.
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