Megatherium - MA PBEM. Started.

[LDiCesare]

Aran looks ok to me, although there are no water nations if I'm correct, so it may bias things a bit (someone starting near the coast with a wyrm or other awake ampjibious pretender could take all water regions for instance without being contested). I don't know of land only maps however.
Schedule's ok for me although I may ask more time for the first week end (actually depends on when turns are hosted but I'll be 36 hours without internet access).
Settings ok.

[Gregstrom]

Well, I guess we could go for a random map if necessary.

[LDiCesare]

There are eight gates and Infinite Sands on http://dom3maps.wikidot.com/system:newmed
that are usable for 8 land players but I'm afraid the latter is way too big and the former is quite big too (about 29 prov per player).

[Gregstrom]

29 provinces/player is rather too large, I fear. On 96 hour turns that'd take nearly forever.

8 Gates can be a VP game, can't it?

[LDiCesare]

I suppose it could be. I just browsed for maps without too much water. There are some which would be too small, most are too big.
Random maps can be ok, the only thing is sometimes two players start near one another and that can lead to a fast death in case of rush.

[Niarg]

We could just play Aran with the understanding that nobody enters the water before turn 20?

I think Aran is about the right size for 8.

[llamabeast]

Parganos is good for 8. I have a modified version that has less unfairness in the distribution of terrain.