Seeds of Greatness: Game #2

[Peaster]

Sorry for the delay. I didn't change rules.txt yet, but I think we've given ISeeAll a fair chance to object to the smaller box, and can go ahead. AFAIK it is OK for people to change their rules.txt now. Anyway, I'll change mine before the next Hittite turn.

I suggest that we forbid rushbuying farmers a few turns. I'm flexible about the date, but 3400BC seems OK. This might prevent the richer players from taking quick advantage of the rule change. Any objections to this?

Hittites: hut = 50g
Babylon: hut = 25g

Sargon, King of Assyria! Since we have made contact in the game, we are now allowed diplomatic contact (eg email, tech trades, etc). Are you interested?

[Eurisko]

Assyria: Hut, advanced tribe. Dislike the placement, and I fear that I am slowly reaching the amount of cities that makes me lose my natural disadvantage against barbs.

Speaking of which, when are the barbs scheduled for arrival?

Egypt: Hut, pottery.

Btw I'll have 18 sheaves next turn, so we should slowly come to a consensus about the growth box issue.

Also, do you use MSN, Peaster?

[Bostero]

ok, i agree. with the 3400BC date to start rushing farmers.

Persia: nothing.

Greeks: nothing.

@steve: don't you have another friends like, Kull, Zedd, platypus that wanna join us? actually, each one of us is ruling two civs.

[Peaster]

Eurisko: I don't have MSN. But the "mail" link above my post should work.

Dario: I've been trying to get 7 people together for over a year! We had 7 for about a week. I don't know why Kull + Zedd don't want to join. Platypus dropped out after the playtest without explanation.

[Straybow]

Zedd is busy enough that he sometimes can't make a 72hr deadline...

Nothing much happening in this Minoan kingdom. We are changing rules for 3420, right?

[Eurisko]

By the way Peaster and Dario, I have a suggestion to make for another PBEM which could be entertaining.

I would really like to play the scenario "Battle for the Alpha Quadrant" by kobayashi, which is set in the Star Trek universe.

In it's mechanics it very much resembles SoG in that it heavily concentrates on empire-building and is also rather slow, as one only starts with a city and very few units.

I believe that we could have a PBEM of that game along with this one, preferrably even with the same playing order so that the two PBEMs could move along smoothly as one unit, basically.

There are 3 playable races, so we would already have all the players we need if you guys decide to join.

The playable races and their order is as follows:

Romulans - Eurisko
Federation -
Klingons -

So if Peaster took the Federation and Dario the Klingons (from what I have seen of you two in various PBEMs, I even believe that those civs exactly suit your individual playing styles) we could synchronize both PBEMs.

You can get the files here:

Main:

http://www.civfanatics.net/downloads/civ2/scenarios/StBAQv3.zip

Patch:

http://www.civfanatics.net/downloads/civ2/scenarios/DomMGEPatch.zip

Sound:

http://www.civfanatics.net/downloads/civ2/scenarios/StDWv1s.zip

Please take a look and let me know if you are interested.

[Peaster]

@Straybow: Yes, I created a new folder and changed my rules.txt from 20 rows to 10 rows before I started 3420BC. It seems to be working fine for the Hittites and Babs. I assume you have to change your rules.txt also (not sure).

Hittites: hut = nomads.
Babs: hut = alphabet.

@Eurisko: Thanks, I will take a look. What does the patch do?

[Eurisko]

I don't think it does much other than tweaking a few stats.

Assyria: Hut, 50 gold.

Egypt: Hut, organized warfare.

Also changed my rules.txt accordingly when I started my turn.

[Straybow]

Peaster thought I might be interested in the ST PBEM, but it isn't my thing and I've got more than enough to keep my busy.

[Bostero]

ready. we are exploring lands.

[Straybow]

Ayia Triadha founded!

[Eurisko]

Peaster, had a look?

Alejandro wants to join as the Klingons.

[Peaster]

@Eurisko: Maybe Dario should play the Federation. I am pretty busy these days, and haven't even had a chance to look at the scenario yet. But if you can't find anyone, let me know. BTW - I just sent you an email about this game... please let me know if you got it.

It appears that Straybow managed to DL a save, play his turn, and post a save, all within in 7 minutes [unless there is some time-zone trickery involved]. At that speed, I believe he could play a few hundred PBEMs at once!

Hittites: Capitol reaches size 2. No rushing of farmers allowed until 3400BC. Hut = Adv.Tribe (poor location). Contact with Assyria (allows diplo-contact).

Babylon: Hut = 50g. Third city founded.

[Eurisko]

Peaster, Dario said he had no interest in Sci-Fi scenarios, but I don't see how this game would slow you down since the first 100 or so turns will be even slower than early SoG turns.

Assyria: City of Tikrit founded. A man named Saddam will later make this small Mesopotamian town famous, but it will take a few millenia.

Killed a warrior.

The Assyrian Tigris Expeditionary Forces which split from the main group and travelled to the north meet a band of Persian settlers! Contact with king Cyrus of the Persians has been established.

Soon our glorious emperor will have made contact with all our neighbours.

Egypt: Hut, pictographs.

[Bostero]

pesia:

@denis: the ai declared upon war me!. can you use my tool to set peace. we are glad to met you,too.

greece: hut: horsemen.