The Dance of Civilizations [Diplo Game] [Organization Thread Pt1]

[Dubhghlas]

"next story line ATACK [s]INDIA[/s] Korea !!!"


Fixed that for ya.

[Korea (DoC)]

Thanks! Somebody had to do it, especially someone whoms identity was not so secret anymore anyway

I'm sorry for my many many stories about Darius/Oroetes. I have been planning this story-line since the early days of.... the game / hastogianism
So now I'm there I want to flesh it out a bit.

Fearing the void that will come when I'm done :eek!:
Anybody any ideas about new interesting story lines to work to?

next story line ATACK INDIA !!!

[Orb (DoC)]

I think I got off pretty luck being placed where I am. The Natural mountain range surved me well as a border keeping out Persia and Russia. The resource placement is not what I expected but has surved to force interaction with other nations I typically would not have interacted with. Over all I love it!! Great job Ozzy!!!

[India (DoC)]

I had a very relaxed position, but I still envy Byzantium's capital

[Byzantium (DoC)]

Yes I think that map has been very good too. Of course we burn effigies every year of Ozzy because Byzantium is hugely landlocked with just the ice coast in the north blocked west and east by other nations (no free access to the oceans) and as far as imaginable from the new world in the south. But things have worked out well enough so I am not going to complain. Lots of interest in the map which actually has strategic importance, and interesting distribution of resources. Big cheer to Ozzy.

[Persia (DoC)]

If a certain someone didn't take their very first city, it would have been much easier.

You should have handed out a manual to that certain someone then which made it clear what he could and could not do

But let me be clear, I love the map. And every map will always have some less good points. I once made a map that was hilarious. I'd give a 9/10 to your map.

On Hascon there are 4 civs, 3 of them have 1 neighbour (Russia) and one has 3 neighbours. That's the problem.

Of course, Britannia and Persia are also neighbours in theory, but there's a very large natural border between Britannia and Persia, there was never going to be any problem there.

In a MP game all players will build towards their neighbours, filling their backlands later. So that means in this case that 3 civs (or at least 2; Persia and Ottomania) first headed towards Russia, cornering it.

I had a very good reason to attack that city.
It was on a strategical main position and it was most probably the best position on the continent. (flood planes and a mountain choke point)

For a diplo game this is good, btw. I think that after all Hascon is the most interesting continent, especially Russia's position. And the Russian player plays it very well. So for role playing / diplo gaming it's perfect, though I bet that Russia would have loved it to get a slightly better spot at least. It's not for no reason I gave him 7's for attitude throughout almost the entire game.

But to make it clear again: I love the map, 9/10 at least! Thanks a lot!

[Russia (DoC)]

yeah, Russia's position was extremely squeazed... otoh, I could've built 4 axemen from the get-go and take Persia's 2nd city reversing the situation.

[OzzyKP]

If a certain someone didn't take their very first city, it would have been much easier.

[Persia (DoC)]

I love it. I really do, it's very diverse.
But Russia's starting location is too difficult.

[OzzyKP]

Nice map.

btw, what are people's thoughts on the game map? Start locations, civ spacing, resource distribution, landforms, etc?

[Persia (DoC)]

Thanks! Somebody had to do it, especially someone whoms identity was not so secret anymore anyway

I'm sorry for my many many stories about Darius/Oroetes. I have been planning this story-line since the early days of.... the game / hastogianism
So now I'm there I want to flesh it out a bit.

Fearing the void that will come when I'm done :eek!:
Anybody any ideas about new interesting story lines to work to?

[Egypt (DoC)]

Very cool map persia!!!

[England (DoC)]

Great Map Persia

[Korea (DoC)]

On a more serious note...

Ottomans again bring up good point on what a DIPLO game is..


Some think it is a game of diplomacy with rules in palce to prevernt big wars or destroying civs.

Some think it about Role playing Characters in non game related items


I alwaays thoguht the role playing was to lead to IN GMAE actions or Becuaeo fin game actions.


And to me we should hav eno rules limiting war,s bu the IN GAME players should decide to intervern to stop a war. Not a rule.

If no one intervens in war then one side should be able to wipe out the other.

[Korea (DoC)]

No plans to remain united once INDIA fallen....

Can you help with that...