PBEM11 Organizing Thread

[luddite]

Main virtue of Inca is Terrace. Quechua's are not that great against humans.

Here is Tatan's list of nations have been chosen more than twice
5 India [PB1, PB2, PB3, PBEM8, PBEM9]
5 Inca [PB1, PB2, PB3, PBEM8, PBEM9]
4 Byzantium [PB1, PB2, PB3, PBEM8]
4 Mali [PB1, PB2, PB3, PBEM9]
3 Ottomans [PB2, PB3, PBEM9]
3 Rome [PB1, PB2, PB3]
3 HRE [PB1, PB2, PB3]
3 Maya [PB3, PBEM8, PBEM9]

We could use this alhtough arguably they are not all that better than some the nations left out. At least it gives some variety to the games.

Alright, let's just ban all of these civs, then. That still leaves 26 civs to choose from, so there's plenty of variety.

[SevenSpirits]

My votes:

Leader restriction? Top 16 from Tatan's list are banned. (All with 2+ plays)

Civ restriction? Top 8 from Tatan's list are banned. (All with 3+ plays)

Screenshot exchange? Don't care

Messaging? After in-game contact

Differences from established defaults of no building Spies or War Elephants, no tech trading, no random events, no barbs, no vassal states, unrestricted leader snake pick? No

Other? I like the rule "No gifting another player a city if either player is currently at war with a third party."

Also, I like the rule "You may only build the Heroic Epic if the enabling unit passed the experience threshold while under your control."


Did I miss anything?

[Ruff_Hi]

anyone using a mac? If so, the admin password option is out.

[luddite]

I don't have a mac.

Sevenspirits- those rules look good to me. I think we should allow screenshot exchange, with the caveat that screenshots might be misleading or photoshopped.

[Amelia]

Not a mac.

[Adlain]

Adlain feel free to have my spot

Thanks jowy.

As for the rules, I agree with what Severn spirits posted with the only exception being I personly like huts on but it's no deal breaker if they are left off.

And no Mac here.

[SevenSpirits]

I forgot to mention difficulty level. I am fine with leaving that up to the mapmaker (to be announced before leader picks though). If not, I guess my vote would go to monarch, but I am fine with anything.

[Tredje]

Is anyone playing interested in having a teammate/advisor? The game filled up before I even was aware of its existence. I have been following some of the PBEM games and it looks like a lot of fun. Lurking isn't bad, but I'd like to try my hand as a player. Perhaps playing alongside someone else would be a good beginning. I have no experience from multiplayer or PBEM games, but I usually play on Emp/Imm in single player.

[Mardoc]

SevenSpirits, I can already tell we're going to get along - your preferences pretty much exactly match mine for game settings and the like. Luddite, go ahead and change his 0.37 votes to a full vote

Windows here. Also, Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5), best availablity is evenings.

On a side note - given the interest level in this game - might I suggest the unlucky late ones start PBEM 12? It looks like you'd be halfway to a full roster just from this thread, not counting those who saw it was full and didn't post.

[Gold Ergo Sum]

All that SevenSpirits posted seems fine to me. My only caveat: wouldn't it make more sense for the Heroic Epic rule to go something like this--"No gifting of a unit with more than 7 XP unless the giftee already has a HE-eligible unit or has already constructed the HE?"