[PBW] A House Divided - Discussion thread (PBW Setup Online!)

[General Woundwort]

Step right up, I got enough positive feedback to ask for sign-ups! (see thread I'm Feeling Ambitious... for background)

Interested players
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Starting resources: special
Starting planets: special
Home planet value: Good

Score display: All

Technology level: Low
Racial points: 2000
(All Humans, rock/oxygen, no racial techs)

Quadrant type: Mid Life
Quadrant size: Medium

Event frequency: Low
Event severity: Medium

Technology cost: High
Victory conditions: 200% of second-place empire/team AND conquest of Imperial Homeworld

Maximum units: 20,000
Maximum ships: 10,000

I anticipate using Universal Strategies and PvK Balance, do the interested players have any other suggestions?

I anticipate having one shipset for all (with player-submitted race and main pics for their factions), but I wouldn't stop someone from using a separate shipset if they justify it.

I anticipate a game heavy on the diplomacy, roleplay and treachery (with a separate news/story thread to accompany the game), so plan accordingly.

[ May 22, 2004, 19:35: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

[Randallw]

I was following the other thread. I for one would be interested in joining. For now I am off to bed, I'll check progress tomorrow.

[Alneyan]

Treachery, betrayal and plotting! What an appealing prospect indeed!

So I would be interested by such a game, and I would only have one suggestion for now: what about using a mod such as the one in Strange Races, in order to make some changes to balance the game a bit? (For example, weakning the strength of the Three, DUC, PPB and APB in this order)

And speaking of mods, I would second your mention of PvK Balance Mod as well, especially if you decided to make varied Empires as it was aluded to in the other thread.

[General Woundwort]

Interested players
1. Alneyan
2. Randallw
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5.
6.

One vote for StrangeMod.

Any ideas/suggestions for a shipset?

[TerranC]

Sign me up.

[Loser]

I want in.

I'd lean against modding the techs, but it's not a terrible idea.

I vote for a nice, simple shipset: Stock Terran.

The portraits... that'll be fun. If we're going FASA on this one I want dibs on Steiner.

[ April 26, 2004, 22:28: Message edited by: Loser ]

[Joachim]

Ohh Ahhhh, treachery? diplomacy? backstabbing?

Mee too!!

I would love to play this one.

[General Woundwort]

Interested players
1. Alneyan
2. Randallw
3. TerranC
4. Loser
5. Joachim
6.

One slot left! Step right up!

As far as race pics go, if you want FASA Steiner (or whatever), go right ahead. One vote for stock Terran, any other suggestions for the shipset? Speak now...

I was leaning against using a major tech mod myself. Colony mod is irrelevant given all players will be human. Racial techs are out, same reason. However, Strategies Mod and Balance Mod would be most useful for our purposes IMHO.

[ April 27, 2004, 01:47: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

[Randallw]

Incidentally, I just realised I read a book recently with this situation.Praxis. Its a large empire with conquered races. The heads of the empire all commit suicide (apparently when you make yourself immortal you run out of space in your head to remember things after a few hundred years). With the rulers dead the different races decide to keep the empire, but the oldest conquered race reckon they deserve to be the new leaders and civil war breaks out.

Edit: If we go the Inner sphere route, I grab Kurita.

[ April 27, 2004, 09:18: Message edited by: Randallw ]

[General Woundwort]

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