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[llamabeast]

Good stuff guys, I'll add you to the list. Chantillary, Dallan's giving you good advice!

Now, we have a choice of maps. Obvious choices are Parganos (8-9 players), or Cradle of Dominion (12-14 players). Pros and cons:

Advantages of Parganos:
- Might be a bit less dauntingly large in the end game (doesn't matter earlier on since people will not have that much space each)
- Need less players

Advantages of Cradle of Dominion:
- I think it's a nicer map
- At least two players are already playing on Parganos
- I think a larger game is quite exciting

Do people have any thoughts? My own inclination is to wait a bit and see if we can get enough for Cradle, but I'm open to suggestions.

[Dallan_Invictus]

For myself, I'd like to wait and see if we can fill up Cradle, but I'll play Parganos if people want to get a quicker start. Like you, I find the idea of a large game thrilling.

[Aristander]

I am happy with Cradle of Parganos. I just think 22 sea areas is not very many for 2 sea kingdoms. . . especially since I am playing R'lyeh.

Not trying to hijack the thread but are Cradle, Parganos and Desert Eye the most common maps for multiplayer?

[Shuma]

I'll give it a shot, any non-water nation is fine.

[Torquemada]

I'm brand new to the multiplayer..so any map is fine with me.

[J Henry Waugh]

I don't like the looks of Parganos… …I can't read the province names, and province type clumpings really seem to be unevenly distributed (i.e., waste squares all together, big splotches with no resource generating provinces, etc.…)…

[llamabeast]

Aristander - you might be slightly cramped, but if we get as many players as I'd like the land nations will only have 15 provinces each anyway, and sea provinces are generally more valuable. I think it will probably be okay.

Shuma - Cool, I'll add you to the list. It's good you're happy with any nation, but go ahead and try to form an opinion if you can. I suppose I could pick for you, but chances are my tastes and your tastes differ a bit.

J Henry (is that what your friends call you?) - I'm a bit inclined to agree.

I reckon we should wait a little longer for more players. Probably more will turn up at the weekend if not before.

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

If Agartha is free, I'd love to take a slot. I'm more familiar with their simpler race than with the complexities of Shinuyama. I've already formulated a loose gameplan- nothing detailed, but better than Shinuyama, for whom I had ZERO late game ideas, and my starting strategy involved goblins dieing by the hundreds just to expand a few provinces.

[parcelt]

Never played MP before, but have to start sometime. So count me in! Can I be Machaka?

I agree with J Henry re the Parganos map

[Shuma]

Lazy Perfectionist, your heartwarming story about Shinuyama has convinced me to try them out! Hopefully goblins will be dying by the less-than-hundreds. Hopefully.