La Belle Epoque IV PBEM

[Eivind IV]

La Belle Epoque v.4 is ready!

Hello (posting from an internet café). As I can't access Apolyton from my family's PC (where I'm at for the holiday), I can't show off how beutiful this new version is, nor can I get updates on who wants to join in a new PBEM directly. But I hope my civ friends can bring me situation updates via MSN. Until it's posted I need you to trust me that this is a quality product

Anyway, I've remade the scenario completely. Almost from scratch. New civs, new tech tree, new events, new units, new rules, new cities, new gfx, better balance between the civs, more barbarian activity, to name a few. All in all I'm very happy with the outcome.

The scenario starts in September 1905, right after the Russo-Japanese war and after France and Britain allied as the Entente Cordiale, paving way for a playable Ottoman Empire.

The scenario is finished, I've just made some minor last minute changes, and I will ask a middle man on MSN to post the finished scenario, as well as additional info I may have.

Russian Empire - Lord Rebel
Imperial Japan - Academia
German Reich - Eivind IV
Ottoman Empire - Saladin
USA - Eurisko
Entente Cordiale - AiC
Italy - Dario

The world awaits you, gentlemen!

[Eivind IV]

HOUSE RULES

01. No tech trading.
02. No reloading.
03. No rehoming of trade units.
04. No 'square stealing' from the AI.
05. No air protected land/sea stacks.
06. No "freezing" of airplanes.
07. No ship chains.
08. No building of new cities. Only re-creating razed ones alowed.
09. No airbases in adjecent to each other or a city.
10. No artificial creating of ZOC with units.
11. No entering of mountain terrain with land units (mountains to be regarded as impassable, except for air units)
12. No war ships may cross straits owned by a foreign power (i.e. the Bosphorus Strait (Istanbul), Suez Canal (Alexandria - although as long as it's barbarian, as it's from start, the Entente may cross), the Panama Canal, Kiel Canal (Hamburg), Gibraltar strait, Øresund (Copenhagen) etc.)
13. No more than 5 airplanes allowed on the Aircraft Carrier at the same time.

[academia]

japan please

[AiC]

Entente

[Saladin23]

Ottoman Empire please

[Eurisko]

Et voila, the scenario.

Eivind asked me to stress these two rules:

Units may absolutely not enter mountain squares (save for air units) unless those squares have had roads on them from the beginning of the scenario. If the roads are pillaged, they may be rebuilt. No other mountain squares may be improved in any way, since settlers/engineers are not allowed to move onto them anyway.

Also, the waters north of Canada may not be passed, and neither may the waters north of Kamchatka.

Enjoy.

http://apolyton.net/upload/view.php?file=49569_LaBelleEpoqueIV.zip

Hope it works, first time I use the file upload function.

[Addled Platypus]

Dl'd the scenario....sometimes it does not always work


I will bite on Italy


try a practice round to make sure ?

would hate to waste everyones time

[Eurisko]

Very well then, we may now start.

Platypus, is this your first PBEM? Playing PBEMs is quite easy, just ask if you need a how-to.

[Addled Platypus]

many pbem's in my storied past

just trouble with Civ2 mod's mainly

platrex@gmail.com

[Lord rebel]

I got this patch from Eivind via Msn, please everyone download and install it. Btw, will post tomorrow

[Addled Platypus]

DL'd

expect some delays between now and end of Jan 07
working 6 days a week

[Eurisko]

-Canton removed - Firenze for Italy created.
-Less cities with research centre froms start
-Chicago given Industrial Land
-Subs a bit cheaper

[Eurisko]

The file.

[Lord rebel]

I had time today to play afterall, only want to say to the Ottomans amd Germans please keep the Bosphorus and Kiel Canal open for my trading boats

[academia]

As a result of our recent glorious victory over the decadent russian "empire", the undefeatable EMPIRE OF JAPAN claims hanyang, dalian and shangai as part of our territories.
Japan has finally awaken, and now Asia has a champion of freedom. A country that sooner or later will clean the continent from unwelcomed foreign expansion.
We are willing to negotiate with mighty europe, but we want to negotiate as equals.

Merry Xmas!!

Love,
Mutsuhito