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Sponsor: Sirian Difficulty:
Emperor Special Rules: You MUST sign up in the Sign Up Thread to participate in this Epic. Why? Because you're going to have your civ assigned to you at random, from a list of pregenerated games, based on the order in which you sign up. You'll get a civ from these six possible selections:
Terrain,
Game A: Pangaea 70% water Terrain,
Game B: Archipelago 70% water Scenario Concept: Potluck was the most popular and most played Epic, and it's back! With a twist, of course. Victory conditions will be assigned based on the civ you randomly draw. Each of the five victory conditions will be assigned to a civ trait. Each civ has two traits, which will determine which two victory conditions that civ must pursue. There are TWO MAPS for this Epic, two games to be played. You will play the same civ in both games. Your civ must win its two victory conditions, one on each map. Your choose which goal for which map, and in which order you tackle the two games. If you like, you may load and examine each start before deciding which one to play first, but you are required to play one of the maps all the way through before you begin to play the other one. Militaristic
- Conquest The six civs for this epic are: Aztecs:
Conquest and Cultural I had to avoid any industrious civs, and also try to avoid recently played civs. I managed to come up with a mix that avoided the civs from Epics 15, 16, 17, and still have each victory type assigned to at least two civs. That's the reasoning for these selections. Please note, with each game separately generated at random, for both maps, that even playing the same civ, there will be some differences. Each game will have its own random seed to start the RNG, so huts may pop different results, even on the first turn. The five opponents are all the same, but they will be assigned to each game in a random order, meaning that the civ that goes second in your game may go last in someone else's game, and this turn order shuffle may affect things in minor ways. Certainly your graphs will look different, with colors and civs in different order. Yet with all this randomnity, each civ is assigned to the same start points on each map for all players, which will make for a lot to talk about come report day. The more who play and report, the more fun for all involved. "Play the hand you're dealt" is the theme of Potluck. We hope you embrace the challenge.
Scoring: Victory through an assigned victory condition is considered a Win. Victory through any other condition, not matching your pair of assignments, is considered a Draw. Defeat is considered a Loss. Retirements or Incomplete games will earn no score. Results of both games will be combined to determine your final score. If you are defeated, you need to play it out to the bitter end to determine the type of defeat. If you are defeated by way of one of your two assigned victory conditions (eg: Romans lose via diplo or conquest), then that's a Hard Loss. Losing by any other means is a Soft Loss. Win:
5 pts Results will be posted civ by civ, with comparisons made only vs others who played the same civ. Tiebreakers will be determined by fastest combined finish. Unlike last Potluck, where I revealed the map so that my own results could be included, I'm leaving the maps a mystery here. I'll still play, but my results will count only as a shadow. I have generated three dozen pairs of game files, but will make more if needed. Apply in the Signup Thread, and Griselda will email you your game files on Opening Day. Signups will remain open until November 10th. Special Thanks to CarbonCopy, who inspired the idea of "two games combined into one". Closing Day: Monday, December 2. Reports due on Dec 2 or 3. Download Epic Eighteen Scenario Files. Read Epic Eighteen Results.
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