Idea for an "SP Challenge" game

sansanjuan · #1 July 9th, 2008, 10:22 AM

All,
Thanks for the feedback.

JM - Great thought. A controlled environment would make a win much more meaningful. Llama? Gandalf?

PvK - Also a nice idea. We could call that scenario "Go ahead and reload".

-SSJ

Gandalf Parker · #2 July 9th, 2008, 10:54 AM

There have been a number of great idea threads. The game supports many more variations than most players ever experience. This is one of my favorite threads..
Sitting on the Fence

One that might work well for your idea would be a tower map. Really tall but only wide enough for about 10 provinces. All nations would be placed specifically with the player at the bottom. You would have to fight thru them one at a time (hopefully) and see how far up the tower you can get in xx turns.

I have created a few AI challenges and run them. I remember D.A.R.E. (Deadly Atlantis, Rlyeh, Ermor alliance) Where Ermor was in the corner of the map behind multiple castles, and allied with a water nation on each side of it. The players all could only start on the upper half of the map far from the deadly AI alliance.

Another created a bunch of little AI nations which were all feeding Eaters of the Dead. You were in a push to try and take as many out as possible before they broke loose.

Gandalf Parker · #3 July 9th, 2008, 11:43 AM

Oh I meant to add that YES I can host a challenge designed game if you want, and provide the winning statistics.

NTJedi · #4 July 9th, 2008, 12:46 PM

I've created two "SP Challenge" games, yet I haven't released them because at this time they encounter the commander and unit limitations.
These maps are 705 provinces or less and do not use the mass unit producing nations, yet they still encounter the commander and unit limitations.

This next patch might be enough to avoid the limitations currently encountered.

sansanjuan · #5 July 9th, 2008, 02:05 PM

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NTJedi said:

I've created two "SP Challenge" games, yet I haven't released them because at this time they encounter the commander and unit limitations.
These maps are 705 provinces or less and do not use the mass unit producing nations, yet they still encounter the commander and unit limitations.

This next patch might be enough to avoid the limitations currently encountered.

Awesome NT. I wonder if to get our feet wet it might be best to start with a small map. This might bring in more players. Might be useful to hand pick the AI opponents (including pretenders and scales) and bump up the supply feed (work around the AI starvation issue). Make the AIs/Scales as strong as legally possible. Throw down the gaunlet NT! What do you think about allowing players to play the same game more than once (though only the first one counts for score to minimize leveraging preknowledge of sites, etc )? I'm psyched. This migth involve significantly more SP players in the forum/community.

My $0.02,
-SSJ

sansanjuan · #6 July 9th, 2008, 02:08 PM

Thanks GP!

Want to stress that whoever submits the game makes the rules! Didn't want to sound like my suggestions are anything more than that.
-SSJ

Gandalf Parker · #7 July 9th, 2008, 03:36 PM

Totally.
I HOST games but I dont tend to RUN games. I think that most of the hosts end up in the same boat. Its enough hassle to do the hosting. Its VERY helpful if someone else starts the game thread, debates the settings, sets the rules, gets the players, checks the thread multiple times a day (or at least daily), and then is the one person who PMs me of anything needing a change.