Shurrock - MA Team-based PBEM game (Recruiting)

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

What era are you thinking about- and roughly what size?

I'm interested.

[Alneyan]

- Partners start next to each other, with one province between them to reduce the odds of insta-domkill.

- Size should be around 10 provinces per player, but given the scarcity of warparound maps, it may be difficult to find a map of exactly the right size. We used Inland last time, which was the closest fit in the 'small-medium' department. The much bigger Theater of War had also been suggested with a victory condition of 'hold most provinces in the central isle', to avoid giving birth to a monster game.

I've not seen any new map that could work out for that sort of game, so suggestions are definitely welcome.

- I've not made up my mind regarding eras yet; if someone would like a particular era, speak up and ye shall receive. If nobody has any particular preference, I'll let blind luck pick the era.

- A small fix about the nation assignment: I'll only do four rounds with three teams picking one nation per round to speed up the process (the first team names one nation, the second one two, and the third three).

[llamabeast]

What's this 'Theater of War' map? I've not seen that one. If it's for Dom 2 I understand it would be easy to fix up for Dom 3.

[Alneyan]

llamabeast said:
What's this 'Theater of War' map? I've not seen that one. If it's for Dom 2 I understand it would be easy to fix up for Dom 3.

Yeah, Theater of War is a Dom 2 map, but it works out-of-the-box on Dom 3. it has about 275 provinces and is designed like a clover, with six corners (having each 35 provinces or so) and one central isle with the remaining provinces. Works great for games with six sides and a victory condition.

For reference, Inland is also a Dom 2 map, with warparound and around 130 provinces.

[IndyPendant]

Just a comment, but wouldn't Theatre be a *terrible* map for this sort of game? If the partners started on the same section, only one at a time would be able to access the central continent--accross a narrow path of two consecutive single provinces. If they start on different sections, it negates many of the benefits of having a partner in the first place--early game, at least...

[Alneyan]

Right, it seems I forgot to bring that up about Theatre of War; each team would have to work out a way of securing that link to the mainland (it shouldn't be that difficult, but it could be an annoyance). It was more the sheer size of Theatre of War that allowed Inland to win the ballot last time around, though.

[Zeldor]

Any mods? CB? Worthy Heroes?

But count me in