Strat forum PBEM 2

[Konquest02]

This is the thread for the second game of the strategy forum PBEM, featuring:

- Konquest: Babylonians
- BRC: Ottomans
- DaveMcW: Greeks
- Ducki: Egyptians

The world is:
Size: Small
Type: Archipelago, 70% water
Climat: Default
Difficulty: Monarch
Barbs: Roaming

Here we go! Good luck and have fun everyone!!

--Kon--

(EDIT: Te reflect what game is now...)

[ducki]

Ok, here's mine.
-Diff - Monarch (I'm still new here, so still having happiness problems, Emperor might kill me due to unproductive/rioting turns)
-Civs - Japan or Egypt, regardless of map

I would tend to shy away from Tiny, but maybe we can try Tiny and if it's too fast, do another game afterwards with our Alternate Civs.

AIs - I don't really care one way or the other. Does no AIs affect tech trading with a PBEM game?

Barbs - nothing too extreme.


This'll be fun!

[DaveMcW]

I will play as Greek if we go archipelago.

Do difficulty levels work in PBEM yet? Monarch is fine if they do but we may be stuck on Regent.

I vote for small map, any barb level is fine.

Don't have AIs, they are so easy to exploit that it's unfair to everyone who doesn't have them as a neighbor.

[BRC]

Monarch sounds good. I'll play the Ottomans I guess. Everything looks good. The order that we go doesn't really matter. Hopefully, with archipelago, this game will last long enough to where it won't matter. Small map, fine with me.

BTW Dave, nice game you had at CFC.

[jshelr]

Somebody needs to track down trickey who's awol.

difficultly levels do seem to be working in pbem now. If you guys want a moderator, let me know.

[jshelr]

If you guys want to play with the mod, do you need Alexman to give you a game start? Otherwise, I believe you have waited a decent interval and should start with 4 if you have to.

[ducki]

I think we should play with the mod, yes.
I reckon a game start from Alexman would be the "fairest" thing to do.

[jshelr]

Let's assume he will help with the start. You need to send him an order of play and that is a crucial decision for the smoothness your game will exhibit. Chatter among yourselves and determine which order would work best.

[alexman]

Although it's not really necessary because the person setting up the game doesn't need to know the map, I'd be glad to send you guys the start.

If you like, I can make sure nobody gets stuck with a terrible start.

[ducki]

I think even a terrible start can be good...see Rome in my AU203 - he's up to 3 or 4 cities now and he got the Colossus. Not a world power by any stretch, but he's still around heading into industrialization.

[alexman]

Yes, but would you really like to be Caesar in that game?

OK, I'll make sure everyone gets a good start, except ducki!

No, seriously, I agree. That's why I asked if that would be something you wanted.

[ducki]

Sure, alexman.

And while I wouldn't have played out Rome's start on a Random game, if that's what I got in either an AU or this PBEM, I'd at least play long enough to suicide on my nearest neighbor.

Thanks for setting it up, I guess we need to decide play order.

I can usually play a little from about 6am-10am CST (US) and sometimes a bit from 9pm-12midnight CST.

[DaveMcW]

Sure, 4 people with alexman as mod sounds good.

My best time is 6pm-11pm CST.

Warning: I'm going to be away Sunday-Wednesday so I might ask the mod to hit spacebar for my early turns.

[BRC]

Once school starts, in about a week or two, I will probably have my best chances in the evening (5-10 cst), so I could send it to Ducki when I was done, and he could play his turn anytime between then and the next morning. How does this fit in with your guys' schedules??

Also, I think it would be great if Alexman set it up for us, with fairly equal starts.

[ducki]

Sunday - Wednesday is only 4 turns.
Why not have the mod plant your city and start a warrior? Or if we start before Sunday, you could set up a production queue, at least - that works in PBEM, yes?

I did see your CFC score, so I doubt 4 turns would kill you, but no reason to completely waste them.