[PBEM game] Entwined Destiny (Over)

[The Panther]

Hey, I am not playing in this game, but I just want to applaud Alneyan for hosing Dominions games for other players. It is guys like this who make the MP community a success for all players.

Also, 6 teams of 2 is a really nifty idea. It is a nice change of pace from the standard FFA games.

As for the team draft thing, reversing order in the second round is a good plan. We do this in my scratch golf league and it really evens out the playing field for all teams. The first guy to pick will get his/her best race but then the teammate has to select from the dregs of whatever is left over. A good way to balance the teams.

I wonder if a single team will get Ermor AE/SG and Pan CW? That would be a very interesting combo indeed.

As Yvelina mentioned, Theater of War seems designed exactly for this type of game with its 6 independent leafs plus the middle for everybody to fight over. No one can really complain about bad starting positions on that map.

Anyway, good luck all and I hope you guys and gals post in this thread on the game progress plus any good battles.

[YellowCactus]

The suggested order of picks reminds me of the board game "Settlers". If it works there, it'll work here.
-Yc

[Alneyan]

Heh, thanks for the kind words Panther, but I find organising games to be more fun than actually playing these days. Go figure.

Theater of War is a bigger map than I had reckoned it to be (about 270 provinces, all land). There is about 30 provinces on each isle, and one hundred on the mainland, though the latter provinces are likely to be contested. If you feel strongly about the size of the map, please say so.

[alexti]

Alneyan said:
Heh, thanks for the kind words Panther, but I find organising games to be more fun than actually playing these days. Go figure.

Good! Thanks a lot for doing that!

Alneyan said:Theater of War is a bigger map than I had reckoned it to be (about 270 provinces, all land). There is about 30 provinces on each isle, and one hundred on the mainland, though the latter provinces are likely to be contested. If you feel strongly about the size of the map, please say so.

I think I feel strongly about the size, and about the layout too. It looks like a perfect setup for the game to drag into infinity. Not only, it is too big, the layout is actively discourages wars - by the time your army reaches enemy capital, it will be hopelessly outdated My forecast for such a game is a massive raid and hoard-fest.

[Alneyan]

Two of the three teams have made their nation picks, but I am still waiting for the first one. Once it is done, the three other teams will get to choose their first nation.

On another news, there is now an opening in the game. TheBirthdayParty did not give any sign of life (though he was on the forum at least twice since he signed up) for the past few days. So unless I get a very good excuse from him, someone else will take his spot in the game.

On the matter of the map, I am waiting for more opinions to settle on the size of the map. However, I will be setting set starting points so that all teams will have roughly comparable starting locations; it will not be perfect, but at least it should ensure nobody starts surrounded by the five other teams.

[Tuidjy]

About the map.

I think the map will be ok if we change the victory conditions to something like
80% of the central isle, with holding a castle counting as possession.

[Aku]

I like the idea of the fighting to the Last team. No need for an 80% land victory because if one team gets that much the other teams may concede the game to that team or may want to fight it out to the end. I always find the fighting to the end part the most fun.