OCC succession game - anyone interested?

[Paul]

I have enjoyed playing the two succession games I am/was in, but toward the end there were always an awful lot of cities to manage, so I was thinking that it might be fun to play an OCC succession game.

I suggest the following settings: 2.42, deity, small random map, 7 civs, raging hordes. With only one city to manage turns will go faster, so I suggest a maximum of 5 players, each playing 20-25 turns per session.

If you are interested in playing, please post your email address here and let me know if you have any suggestions for the game or if you would prefer different settings.

[kcbob]

I was wondering how long it would take to get up one of these. I would love to be in but I'm afraid the 2.42 start prohibits me, n'est-ce pas? Might it be possible to start in MGE?

Other than that, I think you are right on about the 5 players/20-25 turns.

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[Paul]

That would depend on what the other players want. If there are people who only have 2.42 we couldn't play in MGE, but if all the interested players also have MGE we could play in MGE. Or maybe interest will be big enough to start two games.

[Smash]

I would participate in such a venture.Either version,doesn't matter.

[Daddy-O]

I'd love to play - if you'll let me. I say that because the times I have tried OCC I have failed miserably. Put me later in the rotation and I'll do less damage. I only have 2.42 so if you decide on MGE I'm out. Would we play one of the fortnight games or start random?

We could start one of each to solve the version issue.

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[Julius Brenzaida]

Great idea, I like OCC very much, although I am not a specialist. I’ve got ToT, MGE, FW and I could reinstall the 2.42. Choose your version. If you are in need of an interesting challenge I could propose playing the Japanese in my new Maxiworld (143x229) map. They get two whales and a fish as a special in their starting location.
Of course that then it would be for MGE only.
I talked about a challenge, because last week I played one OCC that way and everything was going allright until the Chinese build Apollo in a long span of 3 years (1897 that was !). 2 years later the Russians were sending their spaceship, only to be beaten by a faster Chinese one. Needless to say that I could not compete. One would need to be ahead of the AI. Does it seem workable ?

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[Paul]

The Japanese on the gigamap sounds interesting; I don't know what the others think about this.

We have five interested players at the moment, 1 with only 2.42, one with only MGE and three with both versions. I suggest that we start two games: one for each version. I don't know how many more players there will be, but I think some of you wouldn't mind being in both games if we don't get enough players.

I would like to know your preference about the map. For the MGE game we could use Julius' gigamap as the Japanese unless you guys would prefer a random map or another map. For 2.42 we could go random or perhaps use one of the fortnight scenarios. In that case I would prefer an older one so that I wouldn't get the feeling that I had already played the same game just a few weeks ago. Let me know what you think.

[Caligastia]

I would like to play, but I dont know which version I have. How can I tell?

[Bereta_Eder]

Emm, I am sorry to ask what must be obvious to most of you but, what is a «succession» game?

Is it like each civ being handed over to different players during a multiplayer game?

Thanks.

[Paul]

Paiktis, a succession game is a single player game where each player plays a number of turns and then saves the game and sends it to the next player who continues where the previous player finished.

Caligastia, you can tell which version you have by going to the game menu and selecting game options. At the top of the window you will see which version you have.

[Hueij]

If it's 2.42, count me in, but not before next weekend

[kcbob]

Man, if this doesn't force you to hone your OCC skills, nothing will. How about if we post a couple of rosters and see how they fill up?

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As for worlds, I've always been partial to random ones.

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[Julius Brenzaida]

If we go for my MGE maxiworld map which locations do you want for the other tribes ?
a) random choices with starting locations. That is we don’t know if this is the Romans, Russians or Celts, but either of them will start in Italy, Russia or Ireland.
b) totally random choices of both civs and their locations.
c) we choose the civs with random locations. Maybe that expansionists one shall give more of a challenge to us. But maybe we that we don’t want more of a challenge !
d) we choose the civs and let them start in their original locations.
If c) or d) is elected, then please precise which tribes you want for each color, except green of course.

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[Scouse Gits]

I'm up for both/either any slot any map - but the Japanese maxi-world does sound attractive.



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[Caligastia]

I dont think my version can handle the gigaworld maps, can we do it on a large map instead?