@DryaUnda: Yeah those alliances would be really strange...
@llamabeast: Actually I think your idea is really good since it ties together thematically a lot better. I started off on the Good vs Evil track because I had this huge Lord of The Rings campaign in mind, but I think it would require a more complete set of modded nations. It just feels weird with the Dom 3 nations because no one is really that "good".
However I'm wondering if the O X O X setup would be a good idea since it would give each team an incentive to gang up on one or two players and eliminate them quickly. I sort of like the idea of having a "common front" for each team, with some territory swapping between teams as necessary if someone gets cut off from the front. But of course since there is so much interest we can experiment with multiple setups to see how they work.
@Tuidjy & otthegreat & Hoplosternum: The common theme here seems to be humans vs the non-humans of various varieties. I think hosting a number of smaller parallel games is probably a good idea.
I'm not sure the game mechanics are available for one victorious army to make a gateway into make a gateway into another game, but this is a pretty cool idea. It would almost be like a strategic MMO, without the shortcomings of MMOs.
Does anyone have suggestions on good 4v4 maps that we could get started with? I'm going to look through my folder of downloaded maps and see if I can find the one that I had in mind.