Always war vets game?

[NobleHelium]

Novice is clearly trying to tell mackoti that he can do war after all...

[Krill]

Hey, Noble, why aren't you flying solo here See what you can do without the drag factor of Gaspar (sorry Gaspar, I love you too)

[NobleHelium]

I'm probably not playing another game for a few months. And I actually highly prefer having a teammate to not.

[Nicolae Carpathia]

So should I be the sexy badass to the staid robotic Nobes?

[SevenSpirits]

Sweet, four vets and one novice it shall be.

Let's discuss settings. I thought the pbem39 settings were just about perfect; I advocate using something similar to them but without the weird starts. Here they are:

Map and settings information

* Toroidal, Standard size, 40x40, players are all equidistant from all others.
* It's totally mirrored. (The tile that is (x,y) away from my capital is the same as the tile (x,y) away from anyone else's capital.)
* No barbs, no huts, no random events.
* Always war.
* Prince difficulty.
* While there is enough saltwater that ships will be important, there are not enough water tiles to make circumnavigation possible. (It requires at least 33% water tiles, and there are only about 25%.)

Rules recap

* No communication between players is allowed.
* Goes without saying, but play in good faith and put up a good fight.
* The only bans are:
- Spy missions.
- Great spy infiltration ability.
- Nukes.
- All UN/AP resolutions if AW doesn't automatically disable them.
- War Elephants

Since I made a map script that can pop out similar maps quite easily, our mapmaker could just focus on doing a couple tweaks to make sure it's interesting and wouldn't have to painstakingly construct another such map from scratch.

The main aspect of this IMO that could be seen as a flaw is the total mirroring. There is value in variety though also in equal starts.

What would you all like from the map/settings?

[Serdoa]

I'm fine with this Seven. I would like pre-placed improvements tbh and I wouldn't mind if somebody came up with some changes in your start depending on what starting techs you have etc. Similar to 32 (and I think 38 or 39 right?).

[novice]

Seems good to me. I guess I prefer no preplaced improvements but I don't mind either way.

[Gaspar]

Hey, Noble, why aren't you flying solo here See what you can do without the drag factor of Gaspar (sorry Gaspar, I love you too)

Your words hurt me.

[novice]

Where's the save?

[SevenSpirits]

We need opinions from Mackoti and Nicolae, and a mapmaker.