OR GET 4TH PLACE ENOUGH TIMES TO SEE YOURSELF BECOME THE VILLAN.
Not sure why getting fourth place would turn you into a house, but, you've got more experience than me in that regard
Talking to Fido during the Tuesday beer it sounded very much like he was One Punch Man looking for someone being able to challenge him and that's why he joined the war against the Barrels in hope they would at least make him bleed a little.
If I was an OPM, I would be the biggest OPM in the world right now
I'm kind of disappointed that Fido doesn't use his incredible economic brilliance and doomstacks to try and be more of a potential top three. He'd have to backstab North Kuba-Luba which would be awkward, but after that he'd just need to maintain his alliances and convince his sidekicks to Persia Minor him to the top.
There's the problem, I don't like backstabbing and going back on deals I've made, especially the ones that are long-standing.
I will try to get involved in geo-politics, but landgrabbing is not that interesting to me, the more land, and the further apart it is, the harder it is to defend.
That said, Johan's AI has some things to answer for, so he'll get a bit of an ultimatum next session...