Sponsor: Sirian
Opening Date: Monday, July 22
Duration: Three Weeks
Map Generation: Random

Difficulty: Emperor
Civilization: RANDOM
World Size: Standard
Opponents: Seven
Terrain: Pangaea 80% water
Climate: Arid
Barbarians: Restless
Rules: Standard
Victory: Any

Variant Rules: None

Special Rules: You MUST sign up in the Sign Up Thread to participate in this Epic. Why? Because you're going to have your civ assigned to you at random by the game itself from these eight possible selections:

I generated a random map through the editor, then chose eight civs to be eligible for this game and locked the start points to the specific civs. Every civ will start in the same place in each player's game, but YOUR civ will be randomly assigned. I've taken the liberty of pre-generating a baker's dozen of randomly generated starts. For example, the first four players MIGHT all be playing the same civ, or they might all be playing different civs, or whatever the PRNG threw out there. I don't know who is going to sign up or in what order, and nobody is going to know which civs one another is playing. We're all playing the same map, though, with the civs in the same places, so that should make the discussions interesting when report time comes around. Here are the files I've pregenerated. If more than twelve players sign up, I'll generate additional random starts as needed.

Oddly enough, it took me five tries with the map generator to get a true Pangaea. That new editor minimap is a godsend. So that I can play in this one on even terms, I'm posting the minimap here for all to see. The start points are marked on the map with the tiny X's. Those who sign up IN THE SIGN UP THREAD will be assigned zip files in the order they appear.

The starts, civs, terrain etc, will not be absolutely fair, but this is fair as I can make it with a random map and randomized civ assignments.

Scenario Goals: To play the first post-patch Epic under loose conditions to let everyone get some experience before we return to more stylized variants and scenarios. I hope the comparison of games played from different points on the map, along with the "play the hand you're dealt" feeling, will be a worthy endeavor. Not knowing WHICH civs the others are playing should add some spice to report day, as well.

Scoring: None
Closing Day: Monday, August 12. Reports due on August 12 or 13.

Download the Epic Eight scenario file.

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