THE Noble's Club Bullpen, MK II

[drlake]

NC 50 Augustus is up. I'm going to try to finish Churchill first, but like many people said, that's fairly tough and I might drop it if Praets sound more attractive.

I'm going to alternate those two. Churchill is now under control, so I'll play a session of AC, then play a session of Churchill, etc. until done.

 

[drlake]

Do we have another one of these coming today? If not, no biggie, I've got a few games in progress including a fun Gilgamesh Continents and Islands one I started last night.

 

[dalamb]

Planned for today, but might be tomorrow instead; my LotRO kinship (guild) is doing a fellowship (group) run tonight.

 

[lymond]

Have we done Hammy in this series recently?

 

[drlake]

Have we done Hammy in this series recently?

Look back a few posts and you'll see the leaders that haven't been done, which includes Hammurabi. I proposed a sequence that'll put Hammurabi up in 2 more weeks, assuming dalamb is following it.

 

[vranasm]

Hmm Mao...looks interresting...and even he has "PRO" which is discussed a lot lately...

 

[dalamb]

Yep, drlake's plan is it.

 

[dalamb]

NC LI (Mao) is up. Sorry for the delay -- LotRO binge these last few days.

 

[dalamb]

The next planned leader will be Hammurabi (Agg/Org) this Friday. That's less than 14 days from Mao but I was late with Mao and several people prefer to have the game available on a Friday because they want to start over the weekend. Let me know you have any suggestions for the map. Since his UU (bowman) doesn't require strategic resources, I wouldn't necessarily feel constrained to give us metals or horses if the RNG demons are unkind.

 

[CivilizedTiger]

Organized is a good trait for water maps, since it makes the lighthouse cheaper. In this regard, it also makes it a bit easier to get the GLh (although not as easy as Ind), so having a watery map and a coastal start might be very helpful for an easier game.

Hemispheres is a nice idea, although the maps are too predictable, and if you go with too many continents, the AI will be a pushover.

Big and Small is also a good idea if you accept the coastal game direction.

 

[drlake]

I've been liking big and small or continents and islands maps, lately, but for something different why not try inland sea? I haven't done one of those yet, and don't recall the last NC game using that map type.

 

[vranasm]

hmm archery UU... well maybe time for some archer rush? :-D Dunno if would people find it interresting

what about fractal? or it's too much of risk?

 

[dalamb]

Don't know much about fractal other than a vague memory of someone complaining. Bowmen are archers with +50% vs melee; at Monarch+ I seriously doubt a rush is going to work, but maybe it would at Noble. Which brings up Inland Sea: it's easier to rush a neighbour when you know you have exactly one on each of 2 sides. Plus you don't need Astronomy to reach anybody, though you might want it for better naval invasions.

 

[vranasm]

btw is anyone (as me) cycling NC maps instead of generating new and new random maps? I think I played Sury like 5 times at least... but have to say that biggest problem is with finishing games

 

[dalamb]

I have a lot of trouble finishing games, too. I tend not to cycle from the beginning, but I do reload from many dozens of turns back.

 

[CivilizedTiger]

Meh... inland sea makes some of the techs a lot less rewarding.

As far as I am concerned, I hate all maps that don't wrap and I find it boring to have maps which aren't Earth like in at least the sense that there are land masses surrounded by water. But that's just my personal subjective feeling.

 

[pzschrek]

Concur w/ CT. I do love the naval aspect of things...makes it a lot more interesting.

I don't know that I have ever played a non-wrap map though, so it might be interesting to try once.

 

[dalamb]

Does anyone recall if we've ever done a non-wrap map? I haven't played anywhere near enough of the games to remember.

 

[CivilizedTiger]

Wasn't there a Darius great plains game recently? I remember a great plains game, but I don't remember if it was NC or a different series.

 

[dalamb]

Right. Given your hint I looked it up: Darius was cas' Great Plains map, back in February.