Barbarians at the Gate

[Paddy]

This is the tracker and story thread from the much proclaimed Outliving the Barbarians setup thread as created by Lord Modo

Do you know how it is to live near a barbarian horde?

I mean, do you really know? The game is about surviving in a place filled with barbarians. Not only raging but freekin' crazy. It will probably continue as normal, once we're out of the Middle ages. If we make it...


Players and (roughly) playing times:

Paddy - Celts (24/7, 365 days a year)
(1889) Pakal - Maya (18-6 GMT)
Snoopy - Arabia (1-5 GMT)
Beta - Babylon (???)
Makahlua - Egypt (6-12 GMT)
Aqualung - Persia (10-16 GMT)
punkbass - Sumeria (15-16 GMT)
Modo - Russia (15-23 GMT)

Map Creator - Sir Ralph


Final setup:

Huge map
Monarch,
Pangea,
60% water,
Arid,
Warm,
5 Billion,

The rules and the basic setup will be modified. You have been warned.

We will be playing on a Huge map to leave space for the barbarians to roam. No, this is not a joke, yes, the game might get long. Sir Ralph will prapare the map for us. He'll set it up to give us roughly equal locations, roughly equal distances to each other and roughly equal chances of getting slaughtered by the barbs. (Thank you Sir Ralph and others who have answered my PMs.)

To make sure we don't get defenses too easy, no Militaristic civs are allowed. Also, Greece and Carthage don't play, because their UUs would give too much of an avantage in this game.

Rule changes. The "weak" barbarian unit will be the Swordsman (3/2/1). The "strong" barbarians will be modified Keshiks (4/3/3, 2 defensive bombard, enslave resulting in Archers, +1 HP). The barbarian ships will be modified Dromons (2/1/4, 2 bombard, +1 HP). We will have no bonuses when fighting barbarians. Settling in Desert, Jungle and Tundra tiles will be disabled. Irrigating Desert tiles will be disabled. Clearing wetlands will require the knowledge of Invention.

The option "NoAIPatrol=0" will be set by the last player in the turn order, to make the barbs a little more vicious (PTW behaviour - they will patrol if without targets, instead of fortifying).

[snoopy369]

nice pic indeed Paddy, as usual

[Paddy]

cheers mate

and 4000BC to Lord "1889" Pakal

[1889]

For too long the nomadic Mayan tribe kept on the move to avoid the barbarian raids. In the 40th year of their exodus a young warrior named Pakal said he would run no more.

The weary people were relieved to hear. They put down their belongings and named him their chief.

Pakal knew his people were not warriors, but he knew also that they had strengths the barbarians would soon learn to respect.

To Snoopy the fearsome

[snoopy369]

The Arabs have forwarded the save on to the Beta Despot, second in a long line of despots named after greek characters.

[Beta]

The Babylonian people know nothing of these so-called Greeks. Although, I , Beta I of Babylon, do acknowledge the ancestry of Alpha XII, my recently deceased father. For centuries, my father, and his father before him, have led our people in a nomadic lifestyle, wandering around this vast land.

But finally, in a sheltered valley where resources are plentiful, and yet the great mountain of fire, Mount Solaris, is still visible, we have settled a homeland.

We know our land is inhabited by ruthless tribes of barbarians - we have met them in our past - and we are now preparing for when there are ...

Barbarians at the Gate!!!!

[Beta]

And oh yes - save to the heroine of legends told far and wide ....... Makahlua, the Warrior Princess.

[Aqualung71]

AND WHY ARE WE PLAYING AP?????

Oh, anybody have Punkbass' email?

[EDIT: Don't worry.....found it]

[punkbass2000]

punkbass TA gmail TOD com

[Aqualung71]

That was damn quick!

[punkbass2000]

I try

Anyone have Modo's?

[Modo44]

Aqualung, did you mean accelerated production? Because if you did, we'll have to restart the game with this option turned off. It just doesn't make sense to handicap us against barbs and then give us the means to fight them.

Still, my addy will be needed, so:
ansaw TA poczta TOD onet TOD pl (it's "onet" alright)

[1889]

I also was dissapointed to see AP, but wont ask for a restart.

[punkbass2000]

Sent.

[Aqualung71]

Modo, yes I did mean AP.....and I don't like it at all....screws up EVERYTHING! So if you all don't mind, I'd prefer the restart.