New Year Casual Game Ideas

[Whosit]

I think that it's time that I make my exit from the sorts of MP games that tend to get played around here, but I'm not sure I want to quit Civ IV entirely just yet. I've had a couple of ideas rolling around and would like to see if anyone else would be interested. In order of my interest:

1) Team MP game (Humans vs Humans)

I'm thinking 2v2, maybe 3v3 if there's that much interest, on a mirrored map of some sort. Probably a PBEM. Ideally, each team would be balanced by skill as much as possible, and if time zones allow, I think turn orders should alternate between teams. BtS, restricted leaders only. No barbarians, no huts, no events. Final Destination.

2) Team MP game (Humans vs AI)

As above, except it's... humans vs AI. This version cranks it up on the casual meter.

3) Succession Game

Maybe with a quirk or gimmick, maybe just a straight up game. Settings would be voted on by anyone interested.

[spacetyrantxenu]

I've had thoughts about a casual team game too, humans vs AI. No specific parameters but just something fun to do. Maybe if it was a small human team (like three or four players max) it could be played in a blows session or few against the AI squads, if the players can line up play time. Being that the main line PB games are bound to be slow during the holidays now might be a good time to throw something together for the players who have less time stresses during the holidays but have found their existing games on hold. Anyone interested?

[Boldly Going Nowhere]

Xenu, you could finish up Boldly Mod and have a teamer vs. AI game. Ring map, team players in each corner, AI in the middle with isthmus/lane access from the inside to the players on the outside.

This was a mod that xenu started up more than a year ago where the AI has all traits instead of just two of them and has all units replaced with the UUs belonging to other civs. Same for UBs. I think where there are more than one civ with a UU (totem pole/obelisk/etc) that we combined the effects of the several buildings into one building for the AI to enjoy all the benefits. Could be like a boss mode fight vs. a super strong AI.

[spacetyrantxenu]

I could finish the mod? Sounds like a nice holiday project for you. :P

[Whosit]

Well, mod aside, a team vs AI in whatever setup would be interesting is definitely on my list there. We could try to set it up as a one-shot deal if we had the ability to coordinate it, but I typically don't have a whole day free. But 2-3 person team in PBEM might have a decent pace early on. I agree no more than 4 players max vs AI.

[AdrienIer]

I might have just enough time for this without it having effects on RL. I'm in !

[Whosit]

Well, that's 3 people with potential interest, so enough to get something started under these parameters. Would we be OK with just rolling something from a mapscript, or would you guys want an edited map from someone?

[Krill]

If you are playing against AI are you planning to play against AI teams and what sort of difficulty do you want?

[Whosit]

It would be against AI teams. If it's 3 of us, AI should be... I'm actually not sure how to balance AI Difficulty with number of AI on a team. I guess it could still be a 3v3, unless we want several teams of AI? I'd rather keep it simple with just Human Team vs AI Team. Xenu, Adrien?

[AdrienIer]

No opinion. 3v3 against AIs seems fun but if we can get at least 1 more player in I'd love to play a vs human team game.