GBM01 - ANZAC PBEM (Australia/New Zealand)

Since it is almost impossible to play a good, fast paced PBEM against a player from another country, I have decided to start a PBEM for Australians, or people in timezones between Australian West Coast time, and New Zealand time. (If any Asians can speak some good Engrish, they can join. I doubt any will be here, but they are welcome if they are, as long as communication is possible)

So far I have decided on these conditions:
# of players: always an odd number, to make sure there are never two equal sides. Preferably 5 players
No computer opponents.
Small or standard map size, maybe even an overcrowded map.
Level of Barbs: the one less than raging
Difficulty: Does it matter? well, tell me what it means for human only games, and I will decide.
Variant rules: up to discussion
Patch: 1.21, as the Aussie/NZ version is the same as the US version.

Possible terrain:
Dry/Warm/Flat/Pangaea/minimal water (suits Australia perfectly )
Wet/Cold/Hilly/Archipelago/minimal water (New Zealand, I think, and Archipelago with minimal water coverage is pretty much continents with lots of choke points)

May I really suggest Archipelago with low water coverage. I had the most interesting game on this, where the continent encircled the entire world, and there where about half a dozen choke points on the way. It also had a Terra Nullius continent, colonised in late game.

However, if there is mass disapproval of Archipelago, lets just go random.

I would like to join. I live in Melbourne and can play about one turn a day during weeknights (7-8pm+ is when I am free after work) and more on weekends.

My email is bladester81[AT]hotmail.com.

Great! We now have two players. Maybe I could PM any australian/NZ players if I come across them.

I was thinking, we may need a chat room if there are more than three players. Bladester, you have hotmail, which means you have MSN. Do you use it? or should we use something else?

I am happy to use MSN for a chat room.

Great. I'll try to advertise this a little better. Maybe wait a while to see if anyone else will join.

Hi there,

I'm from Wellington, New Zealand and would lke to join in..
I can probably guarantee a turn a night but, some nights get quite busy for me. Also I think Im 2 hours ahead of you guys so better take that into account

my email and msn are stewart.r(AT)inspire.net.nz

Great, that'a three players.

It would be great to have you on board. Will there be some nights that you can play more than one turn? This will be important for the first set of turns, from 4000BC until 1000BC. Otherwise I think many of us will only be able to play one turn after that date, as turns require much thought from then on.

Also, as you are a new member, please dont disappear on us. Try to check up on your email every day, just to make sure everything is alright. It's ok if you cant every day, we just dont want to be waiting for a week without notice.

And also, this thread will be used for propaganda. Feel free to zip a .jpg image, and attach it to the end of your post, in confidence that the other players wont look at it. If you need help in a difficult situation, or just want to brag, this is the way to go.

And two hours ahead of us? Dont worry! That is soooo much better than playing people in the USA, who are 12-18 hrs behind us. I think we'll be fine.

And again, welcome aboard, Checkmate.

Cool, 3 players and counting

maybe we could get sirp?

Gingerbread,

Although I have hardly posted (due to only finidng this site in the last month or so .. GOTM rocks!) I now often trawl through the forums collecting good strategies and advice.

ATM I am currently playing PBEM with a few of my friends and have found the length of turns frustrating so a propely organised game well go down well.

So thanks for the warm welcome and I look foward to long exciting game.

OK, I guess we will be starting. any new players can join, just not decide on maps and such.

A few questions -
1)there are two world types I'd like to do:
a)Dry/Warm/Flat/Pangaea/minimal water (suits Australia perfectly )
b)Wet/Cold/Hilly/Archipelago/Max water (New Zealand)

2)For world size we could use
a)Tiny, with no AI players
b)Small, with two added AI players

3)Barbarians:
a)Sedentry - only in goody huts
b)Roaming - in small emcampments

Personally I vote:
1) B (New Zealand)
2) A (Tiny, No AI)
3) B (Roaming)

If these votes cause anyone to quit, I will take them back.

I like those choices. It makes for a fun game without AI to worry about

Sounds fine,

Although I'd like to point out that not ALL of NZ is cold wet and hilly. Just where Im living.

It does sound like an interesting map - I assume we are playing on emperor level then in terms of free content citizens?

I'm not fussed how many free content citizens we get really - just curious.

Well, we are all agreed then on world type.

Checkmate - Yes, but most of the rest of the world (e.g. me) just makes blind assumptions.

I was thinking monarch level.

So, please submit your Civ, and any name changes, titles (e.g. General, Sir/madame, etc) or city lists you want.

My civ will be the Glorious Chinese, or 2nd preference Iroquos. I will be King GBM of the Gingerbread Men, from Gingerbread Mania. The people shall be called the Gingerbread Mennish. I will be male.

Monarch sounds good to me.

My civ will be Unstoppable Persia, 2nd prefence Japan.

I will be Prime Minister Checkmate of New Zealand, from New Zealand. The people shall be called New Zealanders. Male for me as well

Will there be any specific times where we can all play about 10 turns within an hour? Maybe we could post the hours we can play, and maybe set aside an hour a week, where we can all get to the computer and play. This is just to keep up the pace.

OK, here are all our emails, so we can add them to MSN. I will type them differently so spam finders cant use them. (Certain programs scan websites in order to find emails for spamming) I encourage you two to type your's this way, and maybe edit your previous posts to fix this.
Gingerbread Man: sthurlow(AT)tpg.com.au
Bladester: bladester81(AT)hotmail.com
Checkmate: stewart.r(AT)inspire.net.nz

replace the (AT) with @.

My good hours are:
4pm through to 11pm Sydney Time on weekdays
12pm to 11pm weekends
Exception - Tuesday (no time, too busy)
All times are flexible.

My name will be King Bladester of the randomisers. Random civ.
I have never really played a full game of monarch but it sounds fine to me.

My good hours are:
7-8pm - 11-12pm weekdays
weekends anytime

I'll be male too.

Edit: my times are melbourne/sydney times

Is it too late to join even though you wanted an odd number of players?
If yes than I'm in Sydney and can play for at least 1 - 2 hours nightly with the exception of tuesdays night and wednesday night when I am at uni.
Email is mandmyoung(AT)optusnet.com.au

It's never too late to join. In that case, there are now four human players, and one AI player, the map is now small.

Thanks for joining! Please read the whole thread for what information you need to submit, and what is happening.

Are there any rules you guys wanna play by?