Twice as Nice PBEM

[pompeynunn]

I am going to start a new PBEM game with a little twist (assuming I manage to get the settings sorted on the scenario editor OK).

The game will have the following settings:

Map : standard, temperate, old, continents
Difficulty : Emperor
No. Players : 8 (4 human, 4 AI)
Goody huts only (i.e. no roaming barbs)
Accelerated production

The twist will be that each player starts with 2 settlers instead of the usual 1. That will enable players to have a bit more to do in the early turns. No roaming barbs will mean that the 2nd settler will be safe for a while.

This game has now closed and has started.

Players signed up (and play order) :

Pompeynunn : Egypt : pompeynunn at hotmail.com
AI : Chinese
Dogboy : Spanish (sorry!) : gkgreene at earthlink.net
AI : Mongols
Killer : Scandinavia : geology_henry at gmx.net
AI : Iroquois
Melifluous : Arabs : stevebroad2002 at hotmail.com
AI : Ottomans

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

me! me! me!

 

[DogBoy]

Sign me up. Random civ. gkrgreene@earthlink.net

 

[pompeynunn]

Managed to sort out the scenario last night. Just need one more player to get this game going - any takers?

Killer, any preferences for starting Civ?

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

Scandinavia would be nice

 

[Melifluous]

Hey add me please?

I would love to be hmm, the Arabs!

Thanks

Melifluous

PS. stevebroad2002@hotmail.com

 

[pompeynunn]

Welcome to the game Mel.

I will get the game off tonight, just in time to screw up all your Valentines Day plans tomorrow with your worse halves!

I will make the play order Me, Dogboy, Killer then Mel.

I was going to hand pick the AI opponents, but that might have limited Dogboy's chances of getting a decent Civ.

 

[DogBoy]

I wish you would have handpicked the civs, then I might not have gotten Spain Oh well, I did the workaround method but for some reason I couldn't set the difficulty to emperor. It just wouldn't let me mess with it at all, I don't know why. I sent the game to Killer.

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

DogBoy: re-do it, this time:

choose PBEM
choose Emperor
choose: load game

then, it works!

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

I didn't get the game!

 

[pompeynunn]

Oh well, let's see if Killer's game is set at Emperor still.

Here's my starting position - the founding of the fledgling Civ of Egypt through building its capital Fratton Park.

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

nice start! but I DO NOT HAVE THE GAME!!!!!

 

[pompeynunn]

Better than I thought at first. When I started the game, and could only see the first 9 squares, I did consider starting again but thought that wouldn't be in the spirit of the game. Just goes to show that honest people prosper in the end!

Better than my start in your 2nd game Killer - possibly worst start ever in a game for me! (maybe post an image tonight).

Guess we'll have to wait until tonight now for Dogboy to repost (unless he's a 24 hour a day Civ player like yourself ).

 

[DogBoy]

Killer, I don't know why you didn't get the save. I will post the save here so we don't waste time. I want you to send me an e-mail, and I will reply so we can establish a good e-mail chain. gkrgreene@earthlink.net Here is the save.

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

I got the safe this time.

sent!

 

[pompeynunn]

Mel, can you resend your turn please. The mail you sent me only has a file with a size of 0kB.

Edit : ignore this - got your re-sent file now.

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

what happened to this game?

 

[pompeynunn]

I checked my emails again last night, and I had sent the 2nd turn to Dogboy on 17th Feb - which he acknowledged receiving.

Did you receive a turn from Dogboy after that date Killer?

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

no, I never got anything

dogboy, please (re-)send the game

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

please state your patch status here:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46158