New Civ4 Pitboss - season 8 AI championship map

[Mjmd]

I've been thinking of a map like this for a while, so when I saw I knew I had to put forward this idea eventually. My idea is to use the AI survivor championship map, but modify it a bit. I mainly want to separate the tip of each peninsula into an island (optional, but I like including AN island for each player); other option is to just delete a lot of the ends to make it somewhat smaller. Do some balancing / moving of resources around where the peninsulas meet so those spots aren't quite as important and instead push more towards the middle for more chaos. Probably delete some of the lakes in the middle and replace with more river to give even more chances for blood.

Obviously the map is known, so if you don't like the balance of a start speak up OR make changes yourself. Just try to communicate so we don't have people working on at same time / doing weird things. I'm not looking for strict balancing, but close enough so you don't care where you start. Idea is to random the starts instead of as part of the pick process (will NOT be leaders / civs that were in actual match).

If we get enough signup can do two of them. One I'm in will be CtH. Other settings will do a voting spreadsheet for eventually as normal.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...sp=sharing

Default Settings:
- Mod Close to Home 5.0.1
- Monarch
- AI Diplo
- No barbs
- No spies
- No events, huts, unit gifting
- No score mod

Sign ups
1. Mjmd
2. Bing
3. Superdeath
4. Civac2
5. Xist
6. Tarkeel

[GeneralKilCavalry]

I'll dedlurk someone.

[scooter]

I've long had a desire to play a King of the Hill pitboss where there was a well-fortified barb city or whatever in the dead center of the map, and the only win condition was to capture and hold it for X number of turns. And it occurs to me that this map would be perfect for it with a few tweaks.


This isn't what you're suggesting at all, but I wonder if there'd be interest in it?

[Mjmd]

I'm not opposed to it, but neither am I super into it. I have to admit I was thinking of it more towards the spectrum of the old age of empire maps where the center has a lot of gold (in the case green, rivers, and the luxury metals that are currently at the corners). Plus lots of converging nations for hopefully lots of fun conflict. I'm willing to put it to a vote. It would work on this map as an eventual win con and I do have to admit to having some fear it would turn into a peace fest like the real AI game did (although I think that pretty unlikely).

[superdeath]

[Mjmd]

DO IT!

I'll start editing the map as soon as I get a couple people confirmed.

[BING_XI_LAO]

I'll sign up. In fact I'm just looking for a new pitboss game in general, is this the only game forming right now? Are there any sub positions?

[civac2]

I would like to play as well. Open diplomacy sounds good.

[Mjmd]

I know Greenline in a different thread mentioned wanting to do diplo, but I hadn't planned on it for this game (unless everyone else wants to, but I mean everyone else). I am open to a straight vote on if we want to make it king of the hill. I think if we were to do, this would be a good map for it.

I just got a new job, so some more of my time just opened up. I'll try to start work on the map soon then if people feel more needs changed they can suggest / do.

[civac2]

Only trade table diplo is also fine.