PBEM game: The first step (Running)

[Shmonk]

Did I win yet?? Oh, I guess it's too soon to tell. That, and the fact that I'm currently at work and can't run my turn (hopefully the non-virgin chicken I sacrificed doesn't come back to bite me in the end).

Woohoo, turn 2 here we go.

[sushiboat]

Turn 2

Ermor announced Tagg Klatu the Censor as its prophet.

Pangaea announced Satyrica the Black Harpy as its prophet.

On the graphs, the Research rankings probably give a good indication of the amount of magical power (i.e., total number of path levels) of the Pretenders. The order is Ermor, Pangaea, Pythium, Machaka, Marignon, Jotunheim/Man (tie), and Arcosephale (at zero). Arco must have chosen something else for its Pretender to do.

On the other graphs, Arco is first in income, Ermor is first in gems and dominion, and Machaka is first in army size.

[En Forcer]

Argh! I'm surrounded by wastelands!

[Ironhawk]

En Forcer said:
Argh! I'm surrounded by wastelands!

Time to start searching for fire and earth gems!

[En Forcer]

Yeah, I'll have my Astral and water mystics get right on that!

[sushiboat]

I hope that we can play these early turns relatively quickly. Later, things will get complicated, but there's no in-game reason at the moment to wait until the 48-hour deadline.

[En Forcer]

He cranks out the turns as soon as the last person gets it in. The deadline is just to avoid stale turns and whatnot.

[sushiboat]

Yes, I understand that. I was speaking to the players, who I hope will not sit on their turns for the full 48 hours.

[Shmonk]

Yes, I'm hoping we get a few turns done this weekend, if at all possible, just to get this started. Though I have yet to submit my 2nd turn (still at work, argh!!) But in a few hours, it will be completed.

Now wouldn't it be an interesting twist for a game to be started by all players, but at turn 15 or so the host "switched" the players/races up, so for the rest of the game each would be in charge of a different race/pretender than they created? An interesting little twist, wouldn't you think, makes for a "different" approach to starting out, research and scouting-wise.

Just thinking out loud...

[Alneyan]

I am missing turns for Arcoscephale, Marignon and Machaka. Status mails will be sent once all mail-related problems are solved; until then, I will post on this thread instead.

To Machaka: you might wish to use my dominions2@yahoo.fr too, as that one will let you know when your mail is delivered (it will send a mail with a subject "Yahoo - Message d'absence" and a body of "Your mail has been received"). Using another mail account should do the trick too, or forwarding me a copy of your instructions in private, or a combination of the above.