Hey, lets start a new PBEM game.

I figure maybe 5 people, no AI's. Hopefully it won't take too long to run the thing back and forth... maybe we can pick a day to send it back and forth for a few hours straight to get things going, then go to a more normal schedule.

So, EMAIL me :

Name you use
Civ you prefer
When you will probably play your turns

Also, what country you want to represent... (if you're renamed for example, Canada!) And, lastly, which preferences and options you'd like, we can go by majority for most things.

Looking for happy, relaxed players.

Hiya,

email: jamescorkin@yahoo.com

Civ preferences: 1) Perisans 2) Carthagians 3) Ottomans

I check my email all the time so I can play any time pretty much.

I think small maps are best (not tiny) and I'm happy with any other options you want.

Sign me up.

email gkiselis@peoplepc.com

Greg
Civ's : Celts, Carthagians, Jap's
Nights and weekends.

I am also interested on playing as well.

email: tiamatciv@shaw.ca

Civ Preferences: Vikings, Celts, Japanese

I work from home, so I am available pretty much anytime.

Alright we need one more person and i will start it up. If everyone is available tonight we can maybe run a few turns, otherwise we'll try to get a couple hours soon to dedicate to the early going!

Here is the situation so far:

Player One: Essex
- Persia

Player Two: Hobbes
- Celts

Player Three: Tiamat
- Scandinavia (vikings)

Player Four: Quillan
- India

Player Five: Open

5 Players, 0 AI, Small, Archipelago, Warm, Wet, 4 Billion.

RULES:
No contact (trading information etc) with other civs until you've actually discovered them. No reloading. You must be able to play at LEAST one turn a day, especially at the beginning when they are quick. If you are high strung, please don't fill the last spot!

Post here, or email qnagel@yahoo.com to get the last spot, or with any questions / comments.

u still on my game right?

Originally posted by stalin006
u still on my game right?

Yup, when you send me the rest of the info so i can pick my civ :), pls don't post back in this thread about your game though, email me.
Thanks

oh........well it is random civs :( check ur PM and the thread...sorry.
well back to ur thread topic

Ok, i've started with the 4 of us, please check your email, good luck, we'll chat more soon

Shall we use this thread for turn tracking for this game?

After a slightly rocky start, the game has come to me and been sent on to Hobbes.

Good Luck All.

Sure we can use the thread, but i am hoping with just 4 it won't be necessary. Everyone seems to be available at night, so we should be able to run a few turns, just do it and pass it along as soon as you're able :)
good luck all

Did you start already? I can play nights!

Originally posted by donsig
Did you start already? I can play nights!

Sorry, i was eager to get the game going, if there is a drop out or something i will contact you. Hopefully we can play another time!

I just sent the game on a little while ago. I did not know that we would be starting so soon.

Any info on the game??

Looks like we are playing regicide.

[plasma] :king: :rocket:

Originally posted by Hobbes
I just sent the game on a little while ago. I did not know that we would be starting so soon.

Any info on the game??

Looks like we are playing regicide.

[plasma] :king: :rocket:

I thought we'd get it going ASAP, the people who replied seemed able to play frequently! Yes, regicide, all victory except diplomatic, standard world (i was going to do small, but misclicked), archipelago, 80% h20, warm, wet, 4 bil... Regicide because i like having a king, and to counterbalance the emperor difficulty (a mil unit for happiness).

Thats all off the top of my head, any other questions? Hopefully tiamat will be on the ball and i'll get the game back soon. If so, i'll do my next turn early on monday morning (EST).

If all members of the group are up for it, how if we designate a night where we will all be at our computers for a few hours?

Originally posted by Hobbes
If all members of the group are up for it, how if we designate a night where we will all be at our computers for a few hours?

Sure, i'm good either tonight (mon) or tomorrow (tue). I just got the game back and will send it back to essex ASAP.

Everyone please remember, end your turn, THEN save and exit. Then send that file along.
Thanks

Hmm it's been over 3 hours since you posted Quillan and I don't have the game yet. Couldn't find the enter key? ;)

I'm just posting this in case you DID send it, because if you did its lost in the electronic wasteland somewhere.

As for nights, I'm pretty much free between 5PM and 10PM PST every night except Wednesday.

Originally posted by Essex
Hmm it's been over 3 hours since you posted Quillan and I don't have the game yet. Couldn't find the enter key? ;)

I'm just posting this in case you DID send it, because if you did its lost in the electronic wasteland somewhere.

As for nights, I'm pretty much free between 5PM and 10PM PST every night except Wednesday.

Here it is, the first time i got it from tiamat it was on him still. No matter, i've sent you turn 2.
GL.

Originally posted by Quillan


Here it is, the first time i got it from tiamat it was on him still. No matter, i've sent you turn 2.
GL.

Ahh, that explains the nice save and exit reminder in the previous post.

/me slaps Tiamat upside the head :D

It is 11pm EST and the game hasn't cycled back to me, who ever has it please play it! Maybe we need to get a schedule made up of when people will be able to play, i was under the understanding that evenings were good for everyone.

It's probably stuck on tiamat. I've seen Hobbes around the board tonight and I sent it to him a while ago so I'm sure he's taken his turn just hasn't posted it yet.

Just noticed that I hadn't posted my turn.

Hobbes you did get the game earlier today right?

Hobbes sent it to me, but when I open it, it gives me the Celts, and I can't get to my Civ. I e-mailed him back to ask him to resave his turn and re-send it, but I haven't received anything yet.

Sorry guys, I will resend it latter this afternoon.

Alright, hopefully we can iron these types of bugs out fairly quickly. Just remember to END YOUR TURN, then the game will ask you to save and exit and then send it along... that should do it :). I'll be home until mid afternoon, then during the evening, so hopefully we can get a couple of turns in today.

OK. Hobbes resent it to me and this time it worked. Seems like it was the same problem as what happened with my first turn file which I sent to Quillian. Anyway, played my turn and sent it to Quillian.

played and passed to essex.

Well I got an email from you, but no sav file :(

OK, got the file that time, played and passed on to Hobbes.

OK I had the same problem with the save file for Turn 3 as the last turn, which I think was the same one Quillian had after my first turn, but I think I figured out what is causing it.

If you are already playing a game, you can't just load the PBEM save. You have to exit PTW, start it again and load the PBEM save without loading any other save first. I tried numerous combinations, and the only time that it works correctly for me is in this manner. If I try to load the save after loading/playing another save/game first, I always get Persia (Essex) waiting for end turn, then the Celts (Hobbes) come up. If I restart PTW and then load the PBEM first, it gives me the Celts start message, but then asks for my password as it should.

Turn 4 has been played and passed on.

Turn 5 has apparently gone all the way round and is back to Hobbes.

As has turn 6.

Ditto for turn 7.

And turn 8 has come and gone.

Originally posted by Essex
Turn 5 has apparently gone all the way round and is back to Hobbes.

As has turn 6.

Ditto for turn 7.

And turn 8 has come and gone.

This is going fairly well, turn 9 is on the go. Lets see if we can get a few turns done today (saturday)!
Good luck all, hopefully we'll meet soon and then we can conspire

Turn 9 has come to me and been passed on

As has turn 10

If i get it back before 11:30 I'll take my next turn immediately, otherwise I'm out until about 2 PM Pacific.

I am just on my way out for a few hours. I should be back around 1 PM PST. Turn 10 hasn't reached me yet. so I will have to play it when I get back.

Turn 11 is now making the rounds, hopefully we'll meet up soon!

Turn 11 has reached me and passed on.

My civilizations wise men are concerned by the sight of water in almost every direction.

Persians were not meant to be confined to an island.

Ha, i'm sure the vikings are pleased.

11 is making the rounds.

Turn 11 completed.

Strange thing with turn 13, I thought I had taken my turn and passed it on normally but when Hobbes got it, turn was still on me. I reloaded the sav and sure enough it was my turn. I took it and before passing on tried it and it opened at Hobbes civ so I think everythings ok and i guess i was just dilusional when I thought I took my turn the first time.

Anyway, turn 13 passed on.

Things are bound to happen from time to time, lets try to get at least a turn done a day though! I'm around most evenings and play my turns as soon as i know i have them, and IIRC everyone else was around in the evening.

GLA --- soon we will meet and negotiations will ensue... (we need a borg mod!)

Turn 14 has come to me and been passed on.

Originally posted by Quillan
Things are bound to happen from time to time, lets try to get at least a turn done a day though! I'm around most evenings and play my turns as soon as i know i have them, and IIRC everyone else was around in the evening.

GLA --- soon we will meet and negotiations will ensue... (we need a borg mod!)

Has anyone met yet?

Nope, no meeting for me yet. I've found the mongols in stalin's game though... I tell ya, i'm chomping at the bit to get some turns done! PBEM is a little slow for my liking.... i think when MP is fixed i'll try to get a few guys to play maybe an hour an evening or something along those lines, no marathons, just consistancy.

I agree, wish I could play a little more. I'm in 6 PBEM's that run between 1 and 3 turns a day each though. I'll probably have plenty to do around 1000 AD :)

Seeing as I'm stuck on a 56k it may be a long time before I can do any MP except PBEM so I guess I have to get used to it.

Oh, and I've seen the romans in stalin's game but havent made contact yet. Nothing here or in any of my other PBEM's though.

Turn 15 played and passed on.

Is everyone going to load the patch?

already did, i played some MP last night... if anyone wants to play a game in the evenings, let me know via email.

I have installed the patch as well.

Turn 17 has come to me and been passed on.

Still waiting for turn 17. Does anyone know if Hobbes has been around today?

I have not got turn 17, could you resend it to me.

OK, had a glitch there but turn 17 has been passed on now.

Turn 18 has also come to me and been passed on.

Ditto for turn 19.

Has this game died? I haven't received a new turn in 11 days.

I don't know, this PBEM doesn't seem to last, all my games have gone by the wayside, and not just over xmas...
take care, see you in the real mp game.
Quillan