Warhammerama - Running

[Sombre]

The idea behind this game is that since we are on the cusp of having 4 good quality warhammer nations (Lizardmen, Ogres, Skaven, Tomb Kings) we should have an all warhammer nation game to celebrate! :]

llamabeast and myself will play though we have not yet picked nations, so we are looking for two additional players. Preferably these players would be able to make the time commitment, hopefully be familiar with Warhammer in some way and /possibly/ enjoy a bit of roleplaying. The races have a lot of backstory and are geared to play a certain way, which very much fits in with ways they could be roleplayed.

Ideally I'd like to see scheming sneaky Skaven, aggressive pillaging Ogres, territorial and impenetrable Lizardmen and,.. well maybe llama can fill you in more about the Tomb Kings. Essentially they want to regain past glories and recover stolen artifacts though, so they're sorta similar to the Lizardmen.

I'd also like to play on a No Indy map, because this puts the focus far more on the races and the warhammer nature of the game.

Thoughts? Interest?

llama edit3: Players:

Lizardmen - llamabeast
Tomb Kings - rdonj
Skaven - RadioGibbon
Ogre Kingdoms - Sombre

llama edit: Attached map.
llama edit 2: Attached mod.

[RadioGibbon]

Hello,

I'd be happy to take part if a general lack of experience doesn't bother you too much. I'm reasonably familiar with the Warhammer world so long as it hasn't changed hugely in the last few years, and also enjoy roleplaying.

First choice would be lizardmen, but I'd happily play any of the other races.

[rdonj]

I have the feeling I'm going to regret this, but jumping on the general lack of experience bandwagon (I have 0 multiplayer experience) I'd be willing to give the Tomb Kings a go. If someone else wants them though I'm willing to just watch the thread and see how it all turns out. I don't really know the others well enough right now to play them.

[llamabeast]

My first choice would be lizardmen. I'd rather not play Skaven or Ogres for this game.

I'm up for a bit of RP. I reckon I can be impenetrable.

[Sombre]

Lack of MP experience doesn't worry me in the slightest - as long as you have interest and can spare the time then I'm glad to have you in the game.

I will play whichever nation is left at the end - I don't have any preference. If two of you can't decide who will take Lizardmen I suggest we flip a coin or something.

Are there any four player maps that are particularly suitable? Something with a nice variety of terrain would suit the different survivals and abilities well. And of course with minimal water. Once we've decided I'll NI it.

[RadioGibbon]

I'll take Skaven then.

[llamabeast]

Nice, sounds like we're sorted with regard to players and nations then.

A quick look on my map and mod browser reveals the following reasonably suitable maps:

Ander (42 land + 20 sea)
Caves and Corners (82 land + 8 sea)
Cirlani (69 land + 16 sea)
Fourmageddon (41 land + 0 sea)
Isle of Thrones (63 land + 0 sea)
Ossya (49 land + 12 sea)
Sha Bay (68 land + 12 sea)
Three Isles (85 land + 5 sea)
Urgaia (51 land + 8 sea)
Yalun To (58 land + 34 sea)

On maps which have an excess of sea, we can just set the seas to have no population or magic sites (I believe I have a script to do that), so that they no longer really matter. They still have some strategic significance, which makes amphibiousness still useful.

My preference would be Ossya, although I haven't looked at it closely. Actually maybe I'll do that now.

[llamabeast]

How do you want to host it Sombre? I must admit my preference would be to do it on the LlamaServer, since it's easy to administer, but I know you're not too keen on PBEM.

[llamabeast]

Okay, I've tried Ossya now. I think it's pretty cool. The terrain assignment is a little inconsistent though - some bits which look like forests aren't, and vice versa. Also I'd be inclined to turn a couple of the Border Mountains into Mountains. That's all very easy to do though.

[Sombre]

The llamaserver will be fine, as will Ossya.

I'll do a NI version shortly - point me to the provinces you think should be changed llama.