Variable length endings

[Der Kuenstler]

10 additionnal turns. I never have seen that before.

That would be the maximum according to the manual - it happened to me once, too - also in a 40+ turn game - it will only go that long if the battle is 40 or more turns. The 25% rule would mean that the very longest one of POS' 20+ turn battles could go is 25 turns.

Here's a follow-up email from Treeburst155, whose real name is Michael Meinecke - thanks to him for the quick response:

"I discovered how the variable ending works by MUCH empirical testing....time and time again. Finally I figured out how the program behaves. Can I prove it? Not really....but I'm right. :) I used to have FAR too much time on my hands. I tested this variable ending thing for days. This is the only conclusion as to program behavior that I could come up with that fit my data."