Naming scheme

[kjn]

Now that the game is opened, the most important question is what we will name our cities, workers, and other units.

I've proposed naming our capital Junta, after the boardgame set in Republica de los Bananas, and continuing with other classic board games.

I haven't seen any other proposals, but feel free to add more of them.

[kjn]

Reserved for names of cities:


Adventure One
Always War
Arise Ethiopia
Bakumatsu
Beyaz Peynir
Brick By Brick
Catherine
Colonization
Ditchdigger
Doppelgänger
Dutch Maze-ters
Eastern (Gem) Dealers
Farmer's Gambit
Focal Point
Forbidden Fruit
The Gauntlet
Gourmet Menu
Hannibal's Muse
Hill Valley
Holiday Wishlist
Honest Abe
Horse Feathers
Impi Zisshun
The illuminati
King of India
Legionnaire
Let It Snow
Mach Five
Mano y Mano
Mansa's Muse
Mao's Muse
Oh Mista Hart!
Pax Americana
PETA Crusaders
Potluck
RB Sweepstakes
Rising Sun
Sack of Rome
Santa's Workshop
Seven Tribes
The Simple Life
Sixth Column
The Sky Gods
Speed Racer
Stagnation
Starfall
This Is Sparta
Tree Hugger
The Warlords

[kjn]

Reserved for names of units

Workers:

apple
black cumin
broad beans
carobs
celery
chick pea
colocynth
coriander
cucumbers
cumin
dates
durum
endive
fenugreek
figs
garlic
grapes
horseradish
jujube
leeks
lentils
lettuce
melons
nuts
olives
onions
peas
plums
pomegranates
quinoa
radishes
sycamore figs
tiger nuts
water melons
ziziphus

[mostly_harmless]

For the record my suggestion of famous starships:

"Heart of Gold" to begin with.

And I would not name units.

mh

[SevenSpirits]

I would not recommend naming cities after their map features as that potentially gives away information to attentive teams. It being not-always-war, I do like naming cities alphabetically, as our opponents have diplo screen access regardless to see the full list in founding order, and it makes it easier to remember which city is which.

[kjn]

Board game theme, alphabetical:

Avalon Hill
Backgammon
Catan
Diplomacy
Enchanted Forest
...
Imperium
Junta
...
Kremlin

[Kyan]

I would not recommend naming cities after their map features as that potentially gives away information to attentive teams. It being not-always-war, I do like naming cities alphabetically, as our opponents have diplo screen access regardless to see the full list in founding order, and it makes it easier to remember which city is which.

I agree with Seven that giving away any unnecessary information should be avoided. Apart from that, I mind not what we do. Board games is kinda fun (although i'm sure that was done in PBEM 10 or so?) but that doesn't make it a bad idea.

[fluffyflyingpig]

Or we can copy Ruff Hi and name all cities Madrid to minimize unnecessary information revealed.

[SevenSpirits]

Or we can copy Ruff Hi and name all cities Madrid to minimize unnecessary information revealed.

I'd consider that unsportsmanlike at best. Let's not.

[Kyan]

Or we can copy Ruff Hi and name all cities Madrid to minimize unnecessary information revealed.

Makes micro/turn instructions a bitch though.