ShatnerMA Noob to Intermediate (Running)

[shatner]

Walter's Wobblies has ended so it's time to dust ourselves off and start a new game.


General Game Information

Name of the Game - ShatnerMA (Llamaserver Link)
Type - llamaserver PBEM (Play By EMail)
Players - 5 to 9
Open To - Newbies and Intermediates
Nations - Picked on First Come First Served basis
Victory - Hold 5 capitals for 3 turns, or by vote
Invasion Thread (http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/...?showtopic=606)
Shrapnel Thread (http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=47940)

Mods
CBM Complete 1.92

Schedule - 36 hours forever.

Map - Blackwald_For_ShatnerMAv3

Age - Middle
Independent Strength - 5
Research - default
Magic Sites - default
Money - default
Resources - default
Supplies - Default
Random Events - Default (which is Common)
Re-naming - On
Score Graphs - On
Hall Of Fame - 15

Non-Agression Pacts and Deals are binding.

1) Shatner: Atlantis
2) babebibobu: T'ien Ch'i
3) Diceman: R'lyeh
4) Cowbird: Ermor
5) green cat: Marignon
6) thistlechaser: Agartha
7) Winner: Shinuyama
8) Nimeria: Jotunheim
9) triqui: Ashdod

[shatner]

There is still room for 3 more players and sign-ups from the other forum have tapered off, so I'm opening it up here. If you do decide to join this game, it might be wise to set up an account over on the Invasion boards (http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/index.php) as well so everyone can engage in PMs and keep up with the forum banter.

[Thistlechaser]

Could I get in as Agartha?

Posted on the other forum as well

[triqui]

I sign as Ashdod

[shatner]

Alright, that's enough players. I'll update the main post and start putting map suggestions forward in a bit.

[shatner]

We have 9 players total: 7 land and 2 water. With a desired 12 to 15 provinces per player that gives us the following requirements for our map:

84 to 105 land and 24 to 30 water

Feel free to promote any maps that fall more-or-less within that range.

[shatner]

Click the map name to see an image.

Bering looks like it might fit (http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=39550), though I'm not sure if it has ports to allow the land nations to go from land mass to land mass.

Galadia is really nice but a bit larger than desired (http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=43594)

[shatner]

Ooh, and Pangaea looks like it'd be spot on (http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=32248).

[shatner]

I am strongly leaning towards the map Winner pointed out to me, Blackwald, because it has 144 provinces - 105 land, 32 in the big ocean, and 7 in various lakes (http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/...?showtopic=325). That is exactly the right number of land provinces and that ocean is just the right size for two water nations. The lakes can be anyone's game since CBM 1.92 makes getting land nations underwater a lot easier.

This beat out Pangaea because the terrain is more varied and has better choke points. So, is everyone okay with this map? Do you have any other maps in mind?

Now, I've never hosted a game before and I'm unsure of what, if anything I need to do to ensure the capitals are placed more-or-less fairly. We want the land nations pretty evenly separated and we don't want either of the water nations to start in a lake. How do I do that, exactly?

Any tips from those in the know?

[triqui]

I m ok with the map, but havent hosted either and have no clue about the process, so I can't help.

I know there are some things you can force about capitals, like having a minimum number of provincaround (it's not fun when you get a capitol in a corner with only two adjacent provinces, specially with high resources nations