Modern Times: a new GMR game?

[Onan]

No penalty for skipping turns, beyond the AI messing up those turns. I won't even set a timer unless it becomes a problem.

 

[Slvynn]

Good, so ok, my cast for more water on map and including Naval battles and Denmark into the picture
Tho i think just continents map could provide enough of it

Ski infantry moves are saved upon landing, means it could move on land regaining all embarked moving points, means ~4 moves that era, and all this using crazy hills moves which allow it to move deep inside landmass and do bad things - pilage movement cost = 0.
Crazy, add there Drill I and Amphibious using Barracks and Armory - and you have Amphibious Monster who goes up kill stuff and pillage.
Ah, they do save all their feautres upon upgrade.


(here i go, telling my nasty secrets)

 

[Onan]

Thanks for sharing, I'm sure whoever gets the Danes will use them accordingly!

We can do strat balance for resources. Nukes on, and in game deals re their non-use, limited use, whatever are fine.

I've looked through the thread and these are the picks I can see:

Japan
Denmark
America
Austria
Netherlands (was that your pick, Foffaren?)

If I'm right, Wyrda (btw, welcome!) and EEE have yet to choose? Russia is obviously solid given the doubled resources and extra production.

I'd advise everyone to run a test game or two before starting this. All policies trees are open, you get four policies right away, there are several wonders available to build, specialists you can assign, national wonders to build as well, and which tech will you choose? Plus you start with three settlers, two workers, and five muskets.

 

[Wyrda Edocsil]

I say Ethiopia for civ, and vote no nukes, if I'm not already outvoted.

 

[Onan]

I say Ethiopia for civ, and vote no nukes, if I'm not already outvoted.

Possibly a good choice, but are you aware that religion is automatically OFF at this era start? I know, it's a little strange, but that's how the game does it.

 

[EEE_BOY]

My pick is Sweden.

Ethiopia's rifleman UU and UA should be fine to fit into late game fighting if he chose to be defensive.

Since we have 7 still small map or standard? Maybe wait for 1 more player?

 

[Onan]

Sweden is in the mix.

I'm fine with Ethiopia, as long as Wyrda is aware there's no religion side, and that someone else will probably get the civ!

Will be standard as the game requires, and I'm fine to run with 7 if no one else posts before we're ready. Still need to send invites after creating the GMR game and all that.

 

[Wyrda Edocsil]

I know there's no religion. They seem like they'd work well, though.

 

[Onan]

I know there's no religion. They seem like they'd work well, though.

Cool! I'll probably set this up later tonight. I'll check this thread first, tho. If anyone else wants in, post with your civ pick, too! Once I randomise the civs, it'll be too late to join, unless everyone is fine with the latecomer actually picking their own civ (re-randomising wouldn't seem right).

 

[Foffaren]

Yeah sure. I pick the dutch. So far I've never had a good game with them and its likely I wont get them anyway if we random and thats just dandy!

 

[EEE_BOY]

Yeah sure. I pick the dutch. So far I've never had a good game with them and its likely I wont get them anyway if we random and thats just dandy!

I wish I don't get Dutch or Ethiopia, had them in other games already.

 

[Slvynn]

Same here.... i actually don't think either of them could be so useful, esp. Ethiopia... Dutch for polders though
I'd prefer Germany or Iroquois (if no arid climate) added to the list.....

 

[Foffaren]

It's because of polders that the dutch are good. Floodplains are just insane.

 

[EEE_BOY]

It's because of polders that the dutch are good. Floodplains are just insane.

It's situational, in one of the naval games, I had none of flood plain or marsh. Same as forest, maps tend to give jungles in G&K nowadays. Didn't you just play as William in one of the live games? Still not satisfied?

 

[Foffaren]

It's situational, in one of the naval games, I had none of flood plain or marsh. Same as forest, maps tend to give jungles in G&K nowadays. Didn't you just play as William in one of the live games? Still not satisfied?

I usually end up on floodplains when I play. Very seldom marsh or jungle.

Yes. I did play as William but it was balls.

 

[Onan]

Same here.... i actually don't think either of them could be so useful, esp. Ethiopia... Dutch for polders though
I'd prefer Germany or Iroquois (if no arid climate) added to the list.....

I might chuck Germany in instead of America for my pick. Or any other civ we've not remembered that really would suit the era. Iroquois, I get what you're talking about, but I guess I just like the UU etc to match the era.

 

[Foffaren]

If we're looking only at UU to match the late game then there's only Panzers, B17 and Zero to chose from, no? Foreign Legion, is that Rifle or Infantry?

I didnt count rifle as late game, it feels more of a middle game unit imo but if we add rifle and muskets for upgrade then we can add a few more civs such as France, Ottoman, Sweden, Ethiopia, Denmark, Austria for Hussars and Russia for Cossacs.

Did I miss any?

 

[Onan]

Industrial era start is pretty much mid-game.

I changed my pick to Germany because bomber cheese is bad enough, no need for B17s too...though seeing America's other UU was Minutemen almost tempted me to keep them in. But then Panzers, reduced unit cost (awesome war machine), and Furor Teutonicus sucked me in.

Anyway, interesting result:

Onan - Japan
EEE - thiopia
TiVO - Denmark
Slvynn - Austria
Foffaren - Netherlands!
Wyrda - Germany
NQCarls13 - Sweden

I'll be setting up the GMR game and sending out invites via the site shortly.

 

[Foffaren]

Do we join as those civs or were you going to randomize it?

Or wait. Is it randomized already and I just happen to get the civ I fail the most with anyway?

 

[Onan]

Invites sent. That's the randomized list, using the randomizer thingy Islandia used for his G&K game in his thread. Lined up the players by when they joined, and civs in the thread by when they were picked, then ran the numbers, and that's what came up.

So yes, please join and pick your civ based on the post above.

I had trouble picking my civ with IE9 (I think it's 9??), so I switched to Chrome and it worked fine (apart from Steam wanting to verify I was the same person using a new browser).