Michkov

Re new"Bak2Bak" PBEM: Seems we have to choose normal leader/civ combos.
What R your thots? Shaka/Zulu?(good 4 war & pillaging early) MM/Mali?(good finance+religion) Darius/Persia (finance+great UU) MehII/Ottoman(5 half price bildngs+excellent mid-game UU)
Note: This new player, Really Evil Muff seems like a sure war-monger. Others all seem good, smart, balanced players... unless U know otherwise?

Please send me the excel file. I've got to look over the options but if we go with islands mapscript the Vikings would do well I think.

Also for further discussion send me an email, I check there more often than CFC

Re: Bak2Bak set up choices...
i'm thinking Tokugawa=Aggressive(Combat1, 50% barrack) & Protective(City1+Dril1, 50%wall & castle)
India=(Mining+Mysticism) Fast Worker (0/3/60) (+1 move) &Mausoleum (jail) +2 happy

What are your thots? If desire, i can pik a Financial/Culture leader/civ & U can do the military stuff?

OK teamate what R your thots both how to approach this contest?
What sort of mixture of civ UU & UB's & leader traits do U like/think we should ask/go for?
I have a rather useful matrix of these done in MS Excel which can help choosing. If U'd like, i can email to U.
I definitely like Financial trait & early UU's & someone that gets half-off buildings. Since it seems there will be no limitations on city swap/gifting, 1 of us can build half-off buildings & then gift city back. (;-]
Be smart to have at least 1 of us with Protective &/or Aggressive for producing good military units while other focuses on research & culture(?).
I will ponder on a choice for me & report bak here.

about the Triple A game:
Do you have any preference for which Axis power(s) to be? I think someone should play Germany+Italy and the other person Japan.
Do you have any Axis&Allies game experience? If not, I could send you a saved game of me vs. Illram, we've played 2 games now. You can "view history" and see what we did - which was pretty smart on both our parts in the last game, I think.