Small/tight always-war Civ 4 game

[superdeath]

So, i suspect Rome/Mali will be top picks by everyone, along with Boudica/Chuchill/toku as leaders. Along with i guess America as well. Curious why the FFA always war death match. Id almost like a standard/large sized donut map... like Sulla's Always war donut he played vs the AI as boudicca. and just kinda play it out like that? Idk, i just really wanna play a donut i guess.

[Cornflakes]

So, i suspect Rome/Mali will be top picks by everyone, along with Boudica/Chuchill/toku as leaders. Along with i guess America as well. Curious why the FFA always war death match. Id almost like a standard/large sized donut map... like Sulla's Always war donut he played vs the AI as boudicca. and just kinda play it out like that? Idk, i just really wanna play a donut i guess.

Change of pace. Low micromanagement with only a few cities. Certainly may not appeal to everyone ... but I have no desire to play on a donut so I understand

[superdeath]

lol. i have to keep up my rep as the player of all pitbosses... so if this ever gets going im in.

[Cornflakes]

So signups to date:

Cornflakes
Yuris125
Superdeath
GeneralKillCavalry??
Scooter??

Could we get 4 confirmed for Australia? If so I can take a first stab at balancing the starts.

[Cornflakes]

Due to the corona-lockdown (and the slowly starting PB49) I've decided to proceed with tweaking of the Australia map for a 4 player game. Here are the settings proposed. I'm open to altering these, but in the interest of expediency and getting something off the ground I will make the final executive decisions on all settings.

- 4 players
- sequential PB or PBEM (to be decided)
- Turn order determined by play window/timezone. Once the play order is established, Player #1 will be randomly rolled.
- 3-round snake pick. You can chose starting location, leader, or civ in any order as you see fit. Pick order to be 432143211234 (give last player first pick).
- Bug-latest mod (PB48, including PBSpy fix) ... ivory is luxury only, no longer required to build any unit.
- start with settler, scout, and CG1/2/3 archer (or UU replacement) to prevent warrior rushes. Settle in place required and starting archer must remain fortified in the capital until T50.
- always war

- Difficulty: Monarch
- Speed: Normal
- Era: Ancient
- Spies: Allowed
- No tribal villages
- No barbs

Signups:
1. Cornflakes [6-8 am eastern time US]
2. Superdeath (I took the liberty of putting you down since you explicitly said you were in)
3. yuris
4. scooter

Map below - we'll call this 90% draft. I'll take suggestions for balancing still, I was rushed a bit at the end so haven't done a thorough check. But map will be locked prior to start of the snakepick. I'll trim out the rest of the map and post better views of the few tiny islands that will be accessible for expansion.

   

[Commodore]

Yuri was solid, AFAIK

Scooter, would a dedlurker induce you?

[superdeath]

Reason that it isnt basically mirrored?

[Cornflakes]

I'll reserve Yuris as #3 until confirmed either way.

Reason that it isnt basically mirrored?

To keep it interesting ... and give you more choices during the snakepick. If it was mirrored then your starting location pick wouldn't matter. Also I see this as a more casual game and not ultra-balanced-skill/micro-match. I can buff/nerf some of the starts if you have any thoughts. The eastern spots don't have guaranteed mainland to expand, hence the grass/plains-hill metals (and the southeast just has 1 island compared to about 3 for the others)

[yuris125]

Yes I'll play. Thanks Cornflakes

[Cornflakes]

Yes I'll play. Thanks Cornflakes

what is your preferred primary play time? And also Superdeath? I put mine down as 6-8 am Eastern US. I’m flexible other times but I can can (almost) always play in that window.