MP Game, Early Era, Random Nations, Victory Points
 

I'm starting up an early era game with randomly assigned nations. The game settings will be at their defaults except for:

Random Map: 10-15 provinces per player.
Renaming on
Standard Research
No house rules
48 hr quickhost
The winning condition will be to control a number of victory points equal to the number of players. Each capital will count as a victory point. There will be a number of other victory points spread around the map. The amount of these victory points that are spread around the map will be one less than the total number of players.

My games tend to run slowly, and I prefer to give people a chance to complete their turns rather than force hosting, so expect an average of one turn every two days.

The Players and Nations are:
Stossel: Kailasa
Meglobob: Niefelheim
Agrajag: Ermor
RamsHead: Yomi
josh_f: Oceania
Potatoman: Vanheim
Ighalli: Caelum
tibbs: Arcoscephale
Maltrease: Helheim
Shmonk: Marverni
Tyrant: Ulm
Graeme: Atlantis
Korvin: T'ien C'hi
Baalz: Mictlan
Jayded One: C'Tis
Aramayan: Agartha

That makes 16 players, so I'll close the game, and start up the server later this afternoon.

IP: 68.148.8.147 port: 10101

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I'm up for it

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Sounds like fun and a 2 day turnaround is just my kind of pace.

Put me down for...errm...a random http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Just got the game, so I'd love some hot MP action http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
Default indept settings?
TCP/IP or PBEM?
etc.

Either way, I'll play, I just want to know http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I haven't played any MP yet so I may need to be told how we set this up, but I'm in.

(I sure hope I don't get Mictlan) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

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I always enjoy your games, so count me in.

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I'd like to play, but it would be my first game of MP dominions ever. Is that alright with you?

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I'd like to join in.

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Sign me up.

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Fingers crossed for Agartha as my random. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon46.gif[/img]

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I'm in.

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Sign me up!

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I wold like to join. (you going to play this time Graeme or just host for us ? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif)

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That makes 13 people, which should be a good number to start off the game. I'll set up the server once I retrieve my Dom3 disc from work tomorrow. Player assignments to each nation are listed in the first post.

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Any chance to squeeze me in your game Graeme Dice? I would enjoy playing the game with you and with others, and I like your settings. I do have time for another Dom3 MP game in addition to the one I am playing ATM.

However if you feel it would be make the game too crowded that's fine though, I would understand.

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As long as you don't mind playing T'ien C'hi, you're in.

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Heh. I've heard they have been somewhat improved from the probably the least popular Dom2 theme, is it right? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif (crossing fingers)

Sure, count me in. And thank you Graeme.

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OMG Korvin, you're so lucky. If I knew TC would've been the last nation for Early Era, I would've swung in. -.- (hint hint, f9/w9 bless or mass archers ... and take some growth for your CM's too)

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Sounds interesting. I may try some quick SP game with S&A this weekend if I'll have time, to prepare for this MP better. They do seem to change quite a bit from Dom2.

BTW how badly CM have it with thier old age? Is it really a big issue for a player? And how beneficial growth domain for their old age status?

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It's a pretty big issue ... my build was a Mother of Rivers, f9/w9, order: 3, sloth: 3, heat: 1, growth: 2, misfortune: 2, drain: 2, dom: 4, imprisoned. You can probably do with a less extreme just plain w9 bless however.

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Water 9 works very well for late TC.

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Awww, I would've loved Ermor at LA, but I'm a bit stuck as for how to use them EA.
Well, I'll hopefuly get over it soon (or I could always just lose early http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif ).

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I'm game if there's still room.

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Likewise interested if any slots still available.

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Interested too if there's any slot left!

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Could I possibly have a different nation since Abyssia has a bug with its sacred troops? (the encumbrance is 10, should be 2)

Maybe a mod to fix this instead? I'd really rather not have my only sacred troops crippled.

I checked that this was an error over here.

/whine

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I've switched you to Caelum.

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Should we be sending you something now? Or are we still waiting for you to startup the game. I'm not trying to rush the game I just want to make sure I'm not dropping the ball.

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We're waiting on him to setup the server, then we can upload our pretenders. No hurry from me, but that's what we are waiting for next.

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The server is now up at ip: 68.148.13.231 port: 10101

Log in, upload your pretenders, and make sure that you've password protected them, and don't click on anybody else's nation.

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I might have to pull out. The area that I live in had a freak snow storm and my house is without power for anywhere between 1-7 days. So if you can find a replacement that'd be great. Sorry about that, was looking forward to playing.

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Unable to connect. Server not found.

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Try not using the numberpad to type in the IP address.

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Uploaded. Thanks for switching me by the way!

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I didn't use the numberpad. Let me try this again.

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Ok. I am connected. I must have mistyped the address or port.

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Well, I finally came up with something interesting that might just work (though with odds of 1:16 I don't expect to win http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif), I'll see how it holds up in game, because I'm a bit sick now and don't really have the energy to test it SP http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif
*wanders off to upload pretender*

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because I'm a bit sick now and don't really have the energy to test it SP http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Diseased, lose 1/hp a month, http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/stupid.gif

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Luckily I'm a pretender, so I can always just be called back http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Cool, just avoid horror marks, those S2 mages strike fear into all...

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Any set start date for this? I see 13 nations have uploaded so far, only 2 more to go I believe.

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We are currently waiting on C'Tis and Kailasa. I'll be starting the game whether they have uploaded or not on Wednesday the 18th at 8:00 AM MST.

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I suppose that I should let everyone know that as a general policy for my games, I don't like to run too many turns on weekends because many players have other committments. If there's a Canadian long weekend coming up, then expect the turn to possibly not process until late Monday night. I'll try and let everyone know ahead of time in this thread. If there's an American long weekend that doesn't have a corresponding one in Canada (Like thanksgiving), then let me know here or in a PM, and I'll also postpone the turn processing.

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The game has now started, and you have 48 hours to make your first turns.

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http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/redface.gif I had to restart the server as I forgot to add both the master password and the victory points.

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I have done my 1st turn.

Is everything ok to continue? Or will we have to restart completely by submiting pretenders in again?

Cheers for hosting Graeme. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

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You'll have to redo your first turn if you did it before my announcement this morning. I backed up all the pretenders before starting the game, so it won't be necessary to resubmit them.

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Woohoo, 1st turn submitted.
A prime opportunity to thank our host Graeme Dice http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I would also like to echo the thanks to Graeme Dice.

I must say though, that I think it would be much less humiliating for all of you if everyone just submitted to the will of Ushi Ushi, great God of Yomi, now instead of dragging things out. Why delay the inevitable?

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That seems reasonable... /submit

I trust Ushi Ushi because he told me to! ^_^