Old World Succession Game

[Alhazard]

Hey anyone interested in a succession game for Old World?  I would really like the map to be on small size because in my experience, larger maps cause huge performance issues. Adding additional AIs doesn't seem to affect performance for some reason. I would be willing to be flexible with anything else except no games on Northern Ocean, that map script is too boring.

Roster:

Alhazard
yuris125
Domino
your name here2
your name here3(?)

[GeneralKilCavalry]

I was planning on getting the game, so I might join this, but perhaps it is better I just lurk? Something new to try out!

[yuris125]

I'd be happy to play on small seaside, it's the default map script which will be the first map most players encounter, and it changed a fair amount since early days

[Domino]

Success! I have an account.

I would be interested in playing. Small/Seaside is fine. I haven't done a succession game before, so you'll have to let me know if there are any finer points than "I play one character's reign as king".

[Alhazard]

Welcome.

Usually its 30-20-10 then 10 turns or some variant where the player who plays from the start plays out a longer set but since old world accelerate so fast, probably only 10 turns for each player then rotate. The expectation is to report to not only help the next player, but for the readers as well so they can learn.

[yuris125]

I think Old World turn sets should be 20-10-10-10, and we may need to drop to 5 turns per set in mid-game. First set is longer because in Civ there's usually little to do in the early game - definitely not the case in OW!

Which difficulty level do we want?

[Domino]

I would survive the 30-20-10 format (or any other), but since we have an in-game mechanic representing the succession of the ruler, wouldn't that be a neat way to do it. I think picking your ambition on your first turn would be a nice way to sort of orient yourself and have a goal for your reign.

[Alhazard]

well the main problem is the variability of ruler reign and would feel bad if some players got to play more cause of it

[Domino]

I would have no hard feelings if I got short-changed on turns. The whole appeal to me for this style is roleplaying and I have single player after all. That said, I can only speak for myself, and I would not want to play by ruler if anyone else had a hesitation.

[yuris125]

Playing entire reign of a ruler, which can last 30+ turns, is too much imo. I can play & report 10 turns in a single evening, 30 turns would require finding a long block of time, which would cause delays, which would lead to loss of interest