If we altered the conditions of the Civil Titles to be maximal i.e. “Whichever Architect has the most/highest . . . ” that would be one measure to help prevent ties, but of course ties might still happen.

If we still didn’t want ties, we could say that ties cancel each other out and no one gets the title.

As for the hassle of constant monitoring, maybe we could say that we only check the Civil Titles after a DoV has been made.

If we wanted to have Civil Titles be more active during the game, maybe we could allow Architects to claim a given title with a blog post, and it’s everyone else’s responsibility to check the validity of their claim. If their claim was valid, then they would hold the title until another Architect made a valid claim which superseded or drew with the current claim.

What do we think of these options?

This proposal is making it maximal by requiring “[only] a single Architect’s Site”.

I think there’s probably more constant monitoring if the Titles aren’t visible until endgame. For each block I place, I’d want to take into account whether it was worth me aiming for any of the Titles at that point; Jailer I could see at a glance, but something like State of the Art would require me to count up every player’s Modules. If Titles are locked down during the game, I only have to compare myself to the current Title-holder.

That’s true, I missed that, and good point about the monitoring. I don’t think I can see any other issues with this proposal.