Once upon a time PBEM

[Mazinho]

GAME SPEED: Quick
MAP: Small; 2 Continents (Hemispheres)
CLIMATE: Temperate
SEA LEVEL: Medium
STARTING ERA: Ancient
DIFFICULTY: Noble
VICTORY CONDITIONS: All
GAME OPTIONS: No tech trading/brokering
WORLD WRAP: Cylindrical
RESOURCES: Standard
BTS 3.17

5 players, no AI.

This is my first time setting up a PBEM game, hopefully everything will go smoothly.

1 Mazinho - GMT
2 Dazz_G - GMT
3 Mikeyia - GMT -6
4 PieceOfMind - GMT +11
5 Burlicconi - GMT +1

 

[mikeyia]

I'm in....
Mikeyia
Random Civ
GMT -6

 

[burlicconi]

Burlicconi
GMT +1

Do we pick leaders or get it by random?

 

[Mazinho]

You can pick leaders if you wish.

 

[Dazz_G]

Dazz_G
GMT Random

 

[Mazinho]

Wow, 4 players already!
We'll wait for a fifth and hopefully get started sometime tomorrow.

 

[PieceOfMind]

I'm in.

Thanks for the invite Mazinho!

Name: PieceOfMind
Civ: I'm ok with Random but I'll probably pick if most players want to pick.
Timezone: GMT+11

EDIT
By the way this will be my first PBEM game so I'm not really sure how everything works.

 

[biplano]

I´ll be the fifth player if you accept me.

After all i´m big fan of Claudia Cardinalle in Once Upon a Time in the West...
Very interesting analogy

 

[biplano]

Sorry, i didn´t see the above post. Life goes on...

 

[Mazinho]

You can play too if you still want to, biplano. I think 6 should still be okay across 2 continents.

I might reconsider the game speed, I think I will change it to quick unless anyone has an objection.

The only thing I'm unsure of is the turn order:

1 Mazinho - GMT
2 Dazz_G - GMT
3 Burlicconi - GMT +1
4 biplano - GMT -3
5 Mikeyia - GMT -6
6 PieceOfMind - GMT +11

Maybe you could all state whether you tend to have more time to play a turn in the morning, afternoon or evening local time.

 

[burlicconi]

6 players on small map means very little space for expansion, so maybe is good to choose standard map then. Quick speed is good with standard map then.
I'll pick my leader after choosing this settings....

 

[Dreylin]

Well if you're moving to Standard and looking for extra players, I'd be interested....

 

[PieceOfMind]

Ideal time for me to take turns is about 9am or 10am GMT. Just letting you know.

 

[Mazinho]

Heh, 7 players and standard map it is, I think I'll revert back to normal speed though.

I hope everyone that's already signed up is okay with this change. I'll stop now before it gets unwieldy, if it's not already too late

 

[Dazz_G]

I fear 7 players is definately too unwieldy.

From my experiences of many PBEM's the optimum is 4. 5 at a push.

With 7 players you will be looking at potentially very slow turnaround. I have played 8 player games and believe me, they are SLOW.

 

[Mazinho]

I will defer to your greater experience on this Dazz - from my time playing, I've found the same to be true.

Time for a u-turn then!

 

[PieceOfMind]

What are you suggesting?

 

[Mazinho]

Turn order so far looks like this:

1 Mazinho - GMT
2 Dazz_G - GMT
3 Burlicconi - GMT +1
4 Mikeyia - GMT -6
5 PieceOfMind - GMT +11

I'm open to better suggestions if you can see any.
I think we all prefer to play in the evenings.

All I need now is your civ choice Burlicconi.

Edit: settings in the OP have been updated.

 

[Dazz_G]

Regarding turn order, you should drop 3 down to 5 and move 4 & 5 up to 3 and 4.

i.e. GMT
GMT
-6
+11
+1

There will always be a delay between -6 and +11 but that happens when you get two extreme time zone differences in the same game.

 

[PieceOfMind]

Regarding turn order, you should drop 3 down to 5 and move 4 & 5 up to 3 and 4.

i.e. GMT
GMT
-6
+11
+1

There will always be a delay between -6 and +11 but that happens when you get two extreme time zone differences in the same game.

Isn't the gap bigger from +11 to +1?

From -6 to +11 is 7 hours, but +11 to +1 is 10 hours.

But I agree with that turn order. It seems I will probably usually have the longest time to take my turn. It's the same as just moving the +1 guy up to number 1 spot.

GMT+0
GMT+0
GMT-6
GMT(-13)
GMT(-23)