PBEM game: Song of the Blade (Running)

[Oversway]

I'd vote for Zen's spell mod, but like most of the options I don't feel that strongly about it.

Score graphs off sounds good. I'd say the element of the unknown makes the game more exciting.

Alneyan, should I PM (or otherwise send to you) my email? Also, you mention three email addresses in the first post but I only see the "message received one". Apologies in advance if I missed the other two.

One last thing. Random nations could very well mean a lot of us get nations we are not very familiar with. Which is great, but hopefully there will be a little extra time to test a pretender build before we start the game?

[Alneyan]

Well, it indeed looks like I forgot to put my mail addresses. They are alneyan[AT]fastmail[DOT]co.uk and alneyan[AT]dom2minions[DOT].com (replacing [AT] and [DOT] by @ and .) Please send a mail at either of these addresses, or drop me a PM to give me your own mail.

The dice will be cast soon, as all players are in. You will have at least a few days before the game starts, as there are still some settings to agree on, and the "uploading Pretenders" phase.

[Turms]

Hello,

I would prefer the following options

Random nations, theme can be chosen at will but must be announced.
No water nations for this map.

Increase the cost of all hoarding items/spells.
These are: clams, fetishes, sould contracts, vampires and
blood stones (just a little increase for stones)

I'd prefer to keep the mods otherwise at minimum.
Zen's pretender mod is however quite allright (doesn't change the feeling of the game).

Good luck with the dice to everyone!

Turms

[Alneyan]

Well, the die was cast, for the better or the worse. Here are the nations you will all have the pleasure to lead:

- Azhur: C'tis
- Blofeld: Vanheim
- Oversway: Man
- Panther: Ermor
- Quantum_Mechanic:Mictlan
- Rabelais: Jotunheim
- Steerpike: Abysia
- TheBirthdayParty: T'ien Ch'i
- The_Tauren: Ulm
- Turms: Machaka
- Alneyan: Arcoscephale

[The Panther]

Ah Ermor! Very nice indeed, for I have never played that race. Only once in SP with Ashen Empire doing a 1 on 1 on a tiny map, and never in MP.

Since we are announcing themes, I will state that I am going Broken Empire for the following reasons:
1. They say it is a very bad theme, and I want to see for myself. After all, my son is winning in the King of the Hill game using BE, so it can't be all that bad. Either that, or he is just good at the game.
2. I won't be spreading death and decay into my neighbors like typical for the undead. On a small map, people usually try to destroy Ermor early to avoid their lands getting trashed by the starting 10 dominion of SG or AE. But Ermor with a growth scale like my son is doing? Very funny indeed!
3. I have never once even looked at the theme, so it will be cool to try something totally different.

Anyway, I will need time to make a pretender and test out some things. Can I ask for 48 hours to do this?

[The_Tauren13]

Ah, excellent indeed. I have been wanting to try out black forest, but havent had the guts

[Steerpike]

Fantastic, I havn't played Abyssia before either, what luck!

[Alneyan]

Panther => A certain Broken Empire player has indeed been doing well in the Hill game, though victory is not yet his. It is the last step that appears to be the hardest, but we shall see if he manages to snatch the crown. On a side note, Broken Empire has peculiar mages: they have halved upkeep, but cannot be blessed, but it does not appear anywhere in their description. Your son pointed it out in a thread a few weeks ago, so that may be old news for you.

Feel free to use a couple of days before sending in your Pretenders; in the meantime, there are still a few settings waiting for a clear answer (such as the rankings).

I have already played Arcoscephale in multiplayer, and I have done surprisingly... Let's just say I was crushed both times (though I stepped in as a replacing player in one of the two games). Third time is the charm, or so they say: I hope there is some grain of truth to it. If not... Well, look at me going down in flames. Literally.

[TheBirthdayParty]

Could someone tell me which map we are going to use and if it needs to be downloaded? Thanks.

[Azhur]

Alneyan said:
Well, the die was cast, for the better or the worse. Here are the nations you will all have the pleasure to lead:

- Azhur: C'tis

Nice... the only nation, which I have never figured out. It seems to be strong in MP, but I just don't get it how. Seen all tricks and tips about it though... still an interesting nation to have.