Alternate Win Conditions

[Voidian]

Not sure if this has been discussed anywhere before (probably). But how about having new Factions with alternate win conditions on them.

For example you could have a banker one like this;

If your Faction's Influence reaches 150 you WIN the game.

Rogues could be if you control X number of your opponents cards.
Gearsmith could be if you control X amount of Majigs
Arcanist and Warlord i'm not sure about. Warlord screams X amount of soldiers and Arcanist I have no idea unless it's X amount of Coverts. But both are very similar to the Gearsmith/Majigs idea.

[jedibcg]

If we were voting I would vote no.

[jawenforcement]

If we were voting I would vote no.

Okay, fair vote, but if I remember correctly in timed play, when time expires, the player who has done the most damage to a faction wins. This kind of kills some of the banker's win strategies and I think there should also be a way of combatting that.

[Ken Pilcher]

Part of the issue with these kind of alt win conditions is that it creates a solitaire like game. One player is just trying to reach his alt win and the other is just trying to reduce them to 0 influence before that happens. It makes for very little interaction. I am not saying that this is a BAD idea, just something that needs to be done in a way that allows for the high level of interaction that the game typically provides.

[ImInneren]

Banker would be very mighty, because you can defend with them nonstop.
Ministry of other smaller Ministrys
Department of Rejections
Class Action Defender
Gilded Yurt --> Philosopher
...
and many more...

They only make life^^
And everyone would play this, because this is the easiest way to win with those factions
But alternate Wins sounds cool...^^