[Spoilers] PBEM3 Map Planning

[darrelljs]

Sandover
1. Boudica
2. Hatshepsut
3. Louis XIV

No overlap!

Darrell

[darrelljs]

Final settings from scooter:

Game Settings:
-Highlands Map
-All other map settings/design are up to you
-Balance Resources checked
-No Tech Trading
-Quick Speed
-Raging Barbs
-Noble difficulty
-No Huts
-No Random Events
-No Vassal States
-Restricted Leaders

Other game rules:
-No Mods
-No Spies
-No Fin/Phi leaders
-Choose your top 3 leaders and PM them to darrell.
-Map trading allowed before paper
-Contact with X is allowed once you have either met X, or met another civ that has met X

Here's the play order... It would probably be best to randomize who goes first, so long as the order itself is maintained.

SleepingMoogle - 9am-noon GMT
TT - GMT flexible
Sandover - GMT + 1-2, preferably 5-9pm
Bob - EDT 5-10pm
scooter - EDT 5pm-midnight
timmy - PDT: evenings

[darrelljs]

Turn order (first selected by Matlab):

Sandover - Boudica
Bob - Augustus
scooter - Zara
timmy - Sury
SleepingMoogle - Brenus
TT - Bismarck

Darrell

[mostly_harmless]

When deleting Ivory, the UU of Sury is not available, right? That does not soud very fair. maybe put the ivory on the island.

Also, lesson learnt from PBEM1, make sure that the late game strategic resources are somewhat balanced. Oil (onshore), coal, aluminium.

mh

[Ruff_Hi]

If you want a hand drawing rivers with WB - I am an expert!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu3bV_cJTaQ

[darrelljs]

Okay, this was a bit harder than I thought it would be. Making room for the sea meant moving players, and balanced made that annoying. First I want to post the starts to make sure they look "fair" before I go on to add the sea:

Bismark (had to move the furtherst, and normalize the most because there was a lot of tundra).



Brennus



Zara



Sury



Augustus



Boudica



Mini-map after border pops:



Looking at it now, I realize Boudica coudl go a bit N, Rome NE, and Sury maybe a bit SW. I've attached the world builder file if you want a closer look. Once the locations and capital environs our blessed, I'll add the sea and rivers. If you have an opinion on the shape and size of the sea, now is the time to give it . I am currently thinking burrito shaped, with a bit of a bend due to some of the leader locations.

Darrell

[Krill]

Are those the before screenshots of the starts?

[darrelljs]

Are those the before screenshots of the starts?

Those are the screenshots after I moved the capitals. I didn't do any normalization except convert tundra to plains for Bismarck.

Darrell

[regoarrarr]

Per M-h's point, the late game resources (Coal, Oil, Uranium, Aluminum) are not really balanced

Bismark: No Oil or Aluminum
Brennus: All 4
Zara: No Oil
Sury: No Uranium
Augustus: No Oil
Boudica: No Aluminum

[darrelljs]

Let's see...Bismarck lacks Oil and Aluminum. Zara lacks Oil. Sury lacks Uranium. Boudica lacks Aluminum. Those are all easy to fix .

Any thoughts on the locations? Food? Resources?

Darrell