'Beta' PTW epic pbem proposed

bathsheba666

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Game started:

Hawklord (GMT) England
Kwibus (GMT+1) Germany
McLMan (GMT-5) Vikings
Salte (GMT+1) Babylon

Kwibus replaced Azzaman333
Azzaman333 replaced big mazy for turn 78.
Hawklord replaced Bathsheba

Everyone got both their first and second choices of tribe.
The first for you, the second for the AI.

Order is not completely intuitive from timezone, but big mazy plays later than I do in general.

Emperor level:
Huge Continents 60% water
4/4ai
3 settlers, 3 workers, 3 spearmen to start
AI get 1 spearman and 2 warriors instead of 3 spearmen (so I cheated! - live with it)
{I assume at Emperor level, AI get their bonuses on top of this setting
- but I don't know, not started at this level before}
Raging baa-baas
Starting cash 20 to pay for these units until we settle
AI respawn on, culturally linked locations off
Climate, age, etc on middle settings.
 
Any settings would be fine with me.

GMT -5

I should not have any problem with a turn a day, played between 01:00 and 05:00 GMT.
 
Everything is up for discussion...

Of course you can have 3 - but you'll need to settle more quickly so the cash doesn't run out....(unless we have a bit more cash?)

{And, unfortunately, I can't manage complimentary - my workers are all mildly sarcastic at best ;) }

Any suggestions on:
difficulty level
barbarians
layout
other game options
how long we wait for a fourth,
then do we go ahead with three players?

If you (or later newcomers) are interested, please PM me with your email and/or timezone and time of playing, if I don't have one of them already.

I already have McLMan's info.
I can see Salte is Norway based
(voted best place to live in the world - I saw recently)
- but don't have email or play times.

...looking forward to it...

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After we have agreed on the land layout,
(for example, if we only have three players, do we still want continents?)
- then:

- everyone - please PM me your list of 4 tribes you want, in order of preference
(first in list, or lowest number is highest preference).
I'll publish them later, once resolved.
Resolution is, compare first preferences.
If duplicates, this tribe becomes unavailable to all.
Go to next preference.
 
difficulty: i'd vote emperor if all human players are comfortable with that
barbs: plentifull and angry
layout: continents are fine
I'd hold out a bit longer for a fourth player.
Will send you a PM shortly bathsheba

*edit* other settings: no scientific great leaders please
 
Salte said:
*edit* other settings: no scientific great leaders please
Click to expand...

Not an issue, since this is PTW.

I now have Salte's tribe preferences.
Awaiting McLMan's, and a fourth player.

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btw, two other points:

1)
Bad start - I propose to use a random map, with just the rules tweaked for the extra units and cash.

Although 3 settlers should even things up, it's possible people have a bad start.
Given it's a huge map, and the game will go a long time, I think people should be able to complain if their start is BAD.
I propose players should warn on move 1, and decide by move 3 if they want a restart.
We can find a friendly independent soul to judge this.

2)
Rules: Exploits/ Cheats/ anything else.

If anyone wishes to propose things we can/ cannot do....now is a good time for this before we start.
 
Emperor would be a nice challenge. In single player I'm only up to Regent right now, but have been playing well at that level and should probably move up.

I think that GOTM rules on cheats/exploits should start as the base for the rule set. (GOTM 47 will be my 1st attempt)

Raging barbs on Emperor worries me a little bit. Especially with 2 extra Settlers running around at the start (& 3 workers?)

I'm not picky, so however the masses want to set things up would be fine.

I'll PM my tribe preferences soon.

I'm looking forward to it!
 
hi...well if you all are up for it i could be your fourth player...
 
Welcome big mazy,

Please send me via PM your email, timezone, playing times, and tribes of choice.

Please post in this thread any comments on the options and issues discussed above.

I can kick this off as soon as I have your input.

:)

Oh, and does everyone have latest PTW patch???
 
pm is well on it's way...
PTW 1.27f...ok
concerning rules...
difficulty level:emperor is fine...me,myself also usually plays on regent,but it's a nice challenge....so i vote for emperor!
barbarians:raging...oh yeah,but probably on emp. they are going to rush to the players
starting loc. as soon as posible so if they dont kill some of the settlers..they will probably pillage as crazy so...propose little extra cash with,for example,3 spearmen and two warriors...simply to defend and start on wright foot...
layout:continents...ok
other game options:if possible no victory point locations...dont like them very much...
 
big mazy said:
...propose little extra cash with,for example,3 spearmen and two warriors...simply to defend and start on wright foot...
Click to expand...

I'm for a little bit of cash, but feel that too many offensive/defensive units at the start would take away from the spirit of the game. Depending on the civ you pick, you can start with a warrior anyways.
 
would take away from the spirit of the game
Click to expand...
agree with you,just thought it would be easier to defend three settlers/towns than with one warrior...since in best case scenario you could get three more only after five turns...
anyways...I'm up for whatever majority decides.....looking forward to this game!!!
 
bathsheba666 said:
Emperor level:
Huge Continents 60% water
4/4ai
3 settlers, 3 workers, 3 spearmen to start
AI get 1 spearman and 2 warriors instead of 3 spearmen (so I cheated! - live with it)
{I assume at Emperor level, AI get their bonuses on top of this setting
- but I don't know, not started at this level before}
Raging baa-baas
Starting cash 20 to pay for these units until we settle
Click to expand...
:woohoo:
I like the settings. Thanks guys.
LLLLLLLLLets get ready to rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrumble!
 
me,myself agree with the rules...so...
when do we begin...when do we begin?
 
And we're off.. :D

Please re-check the opening post for settings.
I decided to leave ai respawn on, through sheer devilment.

Please explicitly confirm in this thread when posting your first gps, by listing your starting unit counts, so I know I haven't screwed up, and everyone knows they have the same - except expansionist versus not, of course.

Everyone had their first choice of tribe, and your second choices are roaming under computer control...
{I thought of turning this around, then restrained myself}

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England spawns upon a green but largely featureless landscape. Nowhere takes our fancy, and we delay settling. :)

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This is the second PTW pbem I kicked off. The first one notched up 100 moves in 103 days. Let's see if we can beat this... :cool:
 
ok...played mine and passed on...
...got 3 sett.,3 work. and 3 spearmen....
Green around me,some hills....everything OK!!!
 
Got the save fine, played my turn and sent it to the Babylonians.

3 Settlers, 3 Spears.

Scandanavia begins it's existence with many...many...choices. Some green, some forest, some water, some hills, some mountains.
 
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