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[SETUP IN PROGRESS] Pitboss 33: Industrial Era start

A combination of my recent interest in Single-Player late era start games, and the staggering process of settings discussion in recent Pitboss games, has led me to draft up rules and a map for a late-era start game and then present it for signups, more in the vein of the RB Adventures than recent Pitboss games. I've put a sizable amount of time into the settings, leader/civ pairings, and especially the map, so I hope this idea is interesting to enough players and they find it as enjoyable as I hope. cool

The game is set up for 7 players specifically, if there is more interest than that I encourage interested players to team up. I've approached setting this up with a goal of as few modifications and bans as are necessary, while still being fun and balanced. If a lot of the players have an issue with a specific setting, I'd be willing to revisit it, but the goal was to get a complete setup ready to go for you to just join and play. nod

The only other thing I ask of players is if you sign up, please aim to report on the regular; this game will likely be shorter than normal Pitboss games and we haven't done many Late Era start multiplayer games so I imagine there will be lots of lurkers excited to see how this plays out differently.

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Sponsor: BRickAstley
Starting Era: Industrial Era
Players: 7 Player game

Game Version: BtS 3.19, No Mod
Map: Custom-built, skewed towards balance. ~160 tiles a player, a reasonable water presence.
World Size: Standard
World Wrap: Toroidal
Game Speed: Normal
Difficulty: Prince

Industrial Era Start differences from Ancient Start:
Cities: Are size 3 when founded, start with a granary, market, aqueduct, forge, (lighthouse, and harbor if coastal).
Settlers: Are about 3 times as expensive as ancient start games.
Starting Units: 3 settlers, 2 workers, 2 explorers, 2 rifles, 1 machine gun (Changed from a rifle to limit early all-in rushes).
Tech: Steam Power, Scientific Method, and Steel researchable, all previous techs acquired. Picture:
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Builds Available: See Pictures:
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(Theater is available, not sure why it is grayed out there.)
Civics Available: All except Police State, State Property, Environmentalism:
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Religions: On the 5th turn, each player will automatically found one religion. If you haven't founded a city by then.... Well you have bigger problems probably. (This is also partly why there's a strict 7 player slots, so the religions are spread evenly)

House Rules:
Banned: Nukes, Blockades, Active Spy Missions
No: Huts, Events, Vassal States, Tech Trading, Diplomatic victory

Leader & Civilization Selection Process:
I've put together a list of 14 pairs of leaders and civilizations, chosen to showcase civilizations and leaders with value in an Industrial Era start while keeping approximate balance. Players will make a Ranking List of their Top 7 choices, in order from most desired to least desired (I will give people a starting screenshot after teams are made to help inform this choice). I will then use Diplomacy/FFH leader processing rules:
The "top-most" choice (only) from each player's Ranking List is considered simultaneously:
As many players as possible are given their "top-most" choice.
If the same choice is listed as the "top-most" choice for more than one player, then this power is randomly assigned to one of these players. (via random.org)
All assigned choices are now crossed off from the players' Ranking Lists.
This process is repeated until all players have been assigned a power.

Leader and Civilization Pairings:
Asoka (Spi/Org) of Aztec , Settler is 322h.
Augustus Caesar (Ind/Imp) of Rome , Settler is 313h.
Boudica (Agg/Chm) of Russia , Settler is 332h.
Brennus (Chm/Spi) of the Vikings , Settler is 332h.
Darius (Fin/Org) of the Dutch , Settler is 322h.
Fredrick (Phi/Org) of the Holy Roman Empire , Settler is 322h.
Gandhi (Phi/Spi) of the Khmer , Settler is 332h.
Genghis Khan (Imp/Agg) of the USA , Settler is 332h.
Hammurabi (Agg/Org) of England , Settler is 322h.
Joao (Imp/Exp) of Carthage , Settler is 313h.
Julius Caesar (Imp/Org) of Japan , Settler is 322h.
Lincoln (Chm/Phi) of the Mongols , Settler is 332h.
Montezuma (Agg/Spi) of Germany , Settler is 332h.
Peter (Exp/Phi) of India , Settler is 310h.

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Team List:
1) scooter (& Sullla)
2) ReallyEvilMuffin
3) Pindicator (& mackoti)
4) Cheater Hater & Donovan Zoi (& greenline)
5) Dreylin (& Elum & OT4E)
6) Boldly Going Nowhere (& spacetyrantxenu)
7) Gaspar & NobleHelium (&Old Harry)

and a crapton of dedlurkers?

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Here's a rough sandbox file, with the game settings and map size and all built, if you want to play around with the Industrial differences, or make a sandbox for the game.

Thanks to the following for consult on settings and the map: Scooter (settings only), GermanJoey, Commodore, Bobchillingworth, Mardoc

In.

My history says I shouldn't start another game, but I really want to ded-lurk someone on this--it lets me figure out all the new challenges without the pressure of actually playing.

This looks great! Also interested in dedlurking, but may consider team member/player if we have a hard time getting to 7.

Not signing up, but just want to say how excited I am at the prospect of watching this in action!
Civ 6 SP: Adventure One 
Civ 4 MP: PBEM74B [3/4] PBEM74D [3/4]
-Dedlurker: PB34

Subscribed. Sorely tempted. Perhaps too many games currently. Will contemplate now.

The possibility for well reported battles with airplanes in them is definitely worth lurking for.

Seems to be a recurring theme here that everybody wants to lurk this game, but everyone is also hesitant to sign up. We're kind of breaking new ground with a weird setup here, so I say go for it if you're on the fence. smile

(March 8th, 2016, 14:27)ReallyEvilMuffin Wrote: Subscribed. Sorely tempted. Perhaps too many games currently. Will contemplate now.

Do itttttt.

(March 8th, 2016, 12:41)Donovan Zoi Wrote: This looks great! Also interested in dedlurking, but may consider team member/player if we have a hard time getting to 7.

(March 8th, 2016, 11:44)Cheater Hater Wrote: My history says I shouldn't start another game, but I really want to ded-lurk someone on this--it lets me figure out all the new challenges without the pressure of actually playing.

Team up!

I like the idea! Timing is probably off on starting a new game but I hope it works out!

I will also dedlurk someone if it gets off the ground, though I'm totally useless as a dedlurker except for getting occasionally useful motivation/always useless snark if you report regularly. Kappa
I've got some dirt on my shoulder, can you brush it off for me?

Screw it. Most of this is in the unusual set up so afterwards shouldn't be too bad and I will have time to think in the next few weeks. I'll sign up for a slot. I don't want to miss a trial of late game play smile



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