Game parameters:
Difficulty: Deity (of course)
Map size: Standard
Opponents: Random
World set-up: All random
Win conditions: All standard ones enabled
Civilization: Persia
Variant rules: No contacting any other civilization at any time, for any reason. If another civilization comes to us with a deal, we must either accept the deal offered or reject it outright (no using ESC to try to just cancel the deal). This means NO contact, not even to see what techs/cities/etc. they may have.
Repercussions (for those who may not have thought it through): No 2-fer or 3-fer tech deals. No buying tech. Only local luxuries. No alliances of our choosing (no dog-pile). No beating techs out of people. No peace on our terms at all. Heck, we can't even decide to make peace. That's all up to the AI.
For those of you who think that another major handicap like not controlling our capital would be possible, I heartily disagree. I think this game will be nearly as tough as always-war, in a lot of ways. I fully expect to be at least an age-and-a-half behind in tech.
Proposed roster :
Arathorn
Gothmog
Charis
JMB
T-hawk
Sorry for the delayed start,
Arathorn
Difficulty: Deity (of course)
Map size: Standard
Opponents: Random
World set-up: All random
Win conditions: All standard ones enabled
Civilization: Persia
Variant rules: No contacting any other civilization at any time, for any reason. If another civilization comes to us with a deal, we must either accept the deal offered or reject it outright (no using ESC to try to just cancel the deal). This means NO contact, not even to see what techs/cities/etc. they may have.
Repercussions (for those who may not have thought it through): No 2-fer or 3-fer tech deals. No buying tech. Only local luxuries. No alliances of our choosing (no dog-pile). No beating techs out of people. No peace on our terms at all. Heck, we can't even decide to make peace. That's all up to the AI.
For those of you who think that another major handicap like not controlling our capital would be possible, I heartily disagree. I think this game will be nearly as tough as always-war, in a lot of ways. I fully expect to be at least an age-and-a-half behind in tech.
Proposed roster :
Arathorn
Gothmog
Charis
JMB
T-hawk
Sorry for the delayed start,
Arathorn