[NO PLAYERS] Here be Dragons: Lurker and Map-making Thread

[RefSteel]

Okay, in the interest of starting sooner, I figured out a way to roll second-round choices before all the first-round choices are in, with at least a good chance I could actually post them: I rolled from a pool of all the civs, excluding (all and only) those that have been already chosen or were already rejected by the player for whom I'm rerolling. If any of the results were among the first-round civs between which another player was still deciding, I would have held off on posting the second-round choices until that player makes a decision: If they chose a rolled civ, I'd reroll (only) that civ. If they didn't (including if they choose to reroll all three choices) then the originally-rolled civ would be included.

As it turned out, none of the still-being-decided-between civs were rolled, so I was able to save time after all! Thus, here are coldrain's second-round options:

Decius (Organized, Raiders) of the Bannor, with Cartography OR Fishing OR Hunting
or
Jonas Endain (Spiritual/Expansive) of the Clan of Embers, with no additional tech
or
Shekinah (Creative, Arcane) of the Sidar, with Mysticism

(Yes, the same leaders got matched to those civs as in the first round entirely by chance!)

Also: I realize if I want any comments on the map, I should be posting pictures of it. Unfortunately, my primary civ computer has not been functioning, and the process of getting screenshots right now is consequently much more involved than usual. Hopefully it'll work out okay as-is; I did warn that the map would be more random than the last!

[GeneralKilCavalry]

I've not lurked any of the modded pitbosses before, the diplo made this a fun little read thus far.

[shallow_thought]

Oh, FfH  /  EitB is always fun to lurk, so long as people are reporting. The extra salt from diplo is flavoursome though.

[Dantski]

Oh, FfH  /  EitB is always fun to lurk, so long as people are reporting. The extra salt from diplo is flavoursome though.

Players not reporting? Who would do something like that?

Happy to see these games still happening even if I never tried EITB

[Thoth]

It's turn 102. If the fastest units a player can field are 1 movers, that's not a mod or rule problem.

That's a player choice.

[BaII]

Have there been other games were people did a public diplo? Seems like it adds a pretty fun dynamic w/o having to do full diplo

[Tarkeel]

Have there been other games were people did a public diplo? Seems like it adds a pretty fun dynamic w/o having to do full diplo

I tried suggesting it for one of the regular CtH PBs but there was no interest.

[Qgqqqqq]

Enjoyable reporting for this game - and a very interesting public diplo thread - pity it's felt like a bit of a foregone for a while. Very well played by Auro, a bit of inexperience in the terrifying nature of water control and Lanun showing up for some of the others. I'm not sure I quite realised how much water and how interconnected it was until quite late in the piece.

I would like to say it in his thread, but I believe xist is missing that, as I understand it, religious victory counts cities with multiple religions partially only.

[xist10]

I would like to say it in his thread, but I believe xist is missing that, as I understand it, religious victory counts cities with multiple religions partially only.

I even tested this because that was my original thinking too.

   

Quick test showed that this wasn't the case.
If cities only count partial, I should have 70% Fellowship here.
Okay, maybe I should have ended the turn, but I thought F7 shows actual data.
F7 Influence is identical to the F9 influence


I do see now, you were right - I played the Malakim Into the Desert Scenario and didn't win when all cities followed my religion.

[Qgqqqqq]

Does that scenario allow religious victory?