History of the World XI [Diplomacy Game] [Organization III]

[Mr.Lincoln]

since we are talking about HOTW12-I have had an idea for awile about how we woudl play HOTW12 and i think ive said it in games more than once but i jsut want ot repaeat it here-It would be really cool if HOTW12 was played like an earth game. CS/Ozzy could put certin civs chosen by players(example lets say arvcran wanted england they would put that as one of the civs) and leave the AI in or out(that part is debatable) we do try to make this realistic...it cant get any more realistic than ACTUALY playing earth itself

[LzPrst]

you would have to have a few hundred minor civs to make it realistic...

[LzPrst]

anyway, I was suggesting using HOTW10, the Epic game as a tryout for new stuff, including playing an Earth or Europe map. and then when HOTW12 rolls around we will have some experience with it to see how it works and can decide if we want to do it again or if we should stick with the random terra/continents/big+small.

knowing where things are will create a strange effect on the whole "exploration"/expansion phase...

[Toni]

Good session tonight guys. Thanks and sorry for holding the game there - next week I will be back home - and have a mickey mouse to help me out

[Robert]

Session details:
Session 1: 96 turns
Session 2: 90 turns
Session 3: 63 turns
Session 4: 57 turns
Session 5: 58 turns
Session 6: 14 turns
Session 7: 36 turns
Session 8: 30 turns
Session 9: 50 turns
Session 10: 17 turns
Session 11: 1 turn
Session 12: 32 turns
Session 13: 15 turns

[Mr.Lincoln]

Originally posted by Toni
Well actually Deity wasn't saying that we move the game on Sat - but I think he is asking that we play the HOTW 12 on Sat while we play the HOTW 11 on Friday. Meaning we have two games rolling.

I think thats a great idea. In my eyes it be nice to have HOTW started by the end of January. I hope you guys give em a chance to reedeem my mistakes ive made In HOTW11. I would rather be a player instead of a sub for HOTW12, but thats for you guys to decide.

[Mr.Lincoln]

Originally posted by LzPrst
you would have to have a few hundred minor civs to make it realistic...

Not at all! All you would need would be about 10 or 11 civs such as germany, portigul,rome, vikings, england, china, japan, mongels(maybe korea and maybe byz. and maybe carthage) mali...zulu...egypt..and so on. we COULD make about 5 or 6 of the civs be AI

[Mr.Lincoln]

Originally posted by LzPrst
anyway, I was suggesting using HOTW10, the Epic game as a tryout for new stuff, including playing an Earth or Europe map. and then when HOTW12 rolls around we will have some experience with it to see how it works and can decide if we want to do it again or if we should stick with the random terra/continents/big+small.

knowing where things are will create a strange effect on the whole "exploration"/expansion phase...

I also think thats a great idea...count me in for HOTW10!

[Robert]

Happy new Year!
(I know that most of you guys are still in old year, but I'm sure that you'll be able to catch up later )

[deity]

We are always a day older in Australia and New Zealand (who are first in the New Year)

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[arvcran]

Playing earth is a neat idea but I do like the exploration thing ... besides have played most CIVS on earth map hehe - certain CIVS have huge advantages.

Happy New Year to everyone!

[The_Aussie_Lurker]

Hey guys. Regardless of the type of map the next HOTW game is played on, can I suggest an excellent mod to use?

Its one I picked up from CivFanatics & it helps to ensure that exploration remains important throughout the entire period pre-Paper. Essentially, its a Python Mod which randomly makes squares become blacked out for you the longer the square remains unexplored & the further it is away from your territory. After Paper is discovered, the chance of this happening declines significantly, but it helps ensures that explorers & scouts remain a vital part of your game.

Anyway, its just a suggestion!

Aussie.

[LzPrst]

sounds very interesting Aussie. we're gonna have to take look at it and run some test games I suspect.

also

Happy New Year

[LzPrst]

one note though... with screenshots that mod kinda loses some of its punch since we'll be playing multiple sessions and use those screens for diplomacy and other things...

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by arvcran
Playing earth is a neat idea but I do like the exploration thing ... besides have played most CIVS on earth map hehe - certain CIVS have huge advantages.

Well the balance I like to strike when customizing earth maps for diplo is that areas with good land (Europe) have many civs squished into them splitting up the land. And areas with poor land have fewer civs so hopefully it balances. I can tweak resources too. So you might start in the middle east and have a lot of crappy desert but have a large amount of incense and oil that the rest of the world will need, so you can find riches in other ways.