First Blood - Newbie game - Finished - Rotarr/Nightfall/Sephorin win!

[Valerius]

I'm starting another newbie game with the same settings as the recent Boot Camp game. Looking for players with 0-3 games experience for a friendly intro to Dominions MP, using standard mods and settings.

I wrote up an intro to Dominions MP and you may also be interested in some of the conversation from the Boot Camp thread.


Settings

Age: MA
Players: 8
Banned nations: water nations and Ashdod
Hosting: llamaserver - llamaserver FAQ is here
Hosting interval: 24 hours up to turn 20, 48 hours up to turn 40, 72 hours from then on
Mods: CBM 1.6 and EDM 1.1
Map: Parganos (dead seas version - this means you can conquer sea provinces but they will not provide gold/gem income)
Hall of Fame: 15
All other settings default

Note: Apparently PM's are turned off by default when you create your forum account. You'll want them on as this is a much quicker way to conduct diplomacy than the in-game message system.


Player Roster

Abysia - Nightfall
Bandar Log - cwkjc
C'tis - Groundworm
Eriu - attackdrone
Mictlan - rotarr
Pangaea - Sephorin
Pythium - mockingbird
Vanheim - Martin Trouman

Note: We have several players that I wasn't able to accommodate for Boot Camp and since they were first to sign up for this game they have already selected nations.

[TaoCuathon]

ill give it a shot with Acroscephale. ive almost never played non Indy 0 games on SP so it will be interesting to see if i can recall my early games on the demo versions where you actually had to build armies.

[TaoCuathon]

Originally Posted by TaoCuathon

ill give it a shot with Acroscephale. ive almost never played non Indy 0 games on SP so it will be interesting to see if i can recall my early games on the demo versions where you actually had to build armies.

woops. dont know how to edit.

anyways can i change my nation to jotunheim?

i just realized my pretender strategy i want to try works way better with them than with my previous choice.

so after making the post i noticed i can edit this one but not my previous one. never seen that before.

[Valerius]

Originally Posted by TaoCuathon

anyways can i change my nation to jotunheim?

i just realized my pretender strategy i want to try works way better with them than with my previous choice.

Sure, I've signed you up as Jotun.

Originally Posted by TaoCuathon

so after making the post i noticed i can edit this one but not my previous one. never seen that before.

Unfortunately, you can only edit posts for 20 minutes (or maybe it's 30?). The only exception is the first post in a thread you start. Which is a good thing or it would be real difficult to run MP games.

[Groundworm]

I'd love to join in as C'tis. Who doesn't like swamp lizards?

Thanks for hosting another newbie game, Valerius!

[Valerius]

Originally Posted by Groundworm

I'd love to join in as C'tis. Who doesn't like swamp lizards?

Usually most of their neighbors.

Originally Posted by Groundworm

Thanks for hosting another newbie game, Valerius!

You're welcome!

[TaoCuathon]

so, will you be playing in the game valerius, or do we still need 3 more players? im eager to test out my theory crafted multiplayer strategies in a non SP setting. had to make a few changes because i realized i had set my dominion to 1 instead of the 10 i needed, but not a huge deal. also, i guess i have to download CBM to see if my pretender strategy is viable in non-vanilla. any ideas as to where i can find the cbm mod?

okay i saved the mod files, but i cant put them in the dominions folder. how do i set up my game to use them?

[Valerius]

Originally Posted by TaoCuathon

so, will you be playing in the game valerius, or do we still need 3 more players?

Nope, I'm just here in an admin role so we need 3 more players.

Originally Posted by TaoCuathon

im eager to test out my theory crafted multiplayer strategies in a non SP setting. had to make a few changes because i realized i had set my dominion to 1 instead of the 10 i needed, but not a huge deal.

I think discussion adds to the fun and I hope we can have that throughout the game, but be careful you don't give any of your plans away. Though I will say dominion 10 for Jotunheim is an unusual approach...

Originally Posted by TaoCuathon

also, i guess i have to download CBM to see if my pretender strategy is viable in non-vanilla. any ideas as to where i can find the cbm mod?

Sure, I've linked to the CBM and EDM mods in the first post. You'll definitely want to check your pretender build with CBM loaded - there's a chance your build will cost less than it does in vanilla, leaving more points for use in other areas (scales, magic diversity, etc.)

[rotarr]

Thanks for helping out us newbies like this, Valerius!

[MartinTrouman]

I've been lurking a while and I'm ready for a MP game

I'll go with Vanheim