First tournament!

[Jtm]

3x Chaos (Hell Hounds and Eldritch Weapon)
3x Death (Black Sleep and Dark Rituals)
3x Nature (Web and Earth Lore)
Conjurer
Sage Master

In my opinion Web and Earth Lore make things too straight forward and potentially boring. To me one salt of this game has always been exploring (without Earth Lore) and playing without unbalanced spells if possible (well of course sometimes one must have fun too ). To be honest I've usually avoided using Magic Spirits for exploring, but maybe I'm just stubborn Anyway.

I liked Serena's setup proposal with 4 Death, 2 Nature and 2 Sorcery and the spells seen. Unusual setup in my point of view. Whatever you guys decide, I'll sign-up for this tournament

[Catwalk]

I'd be fine with not choosing Earth Lore and not using Magic Spirit to explore at all. Opinions?

[luddite]

I'd be fine with not using earth lore/magic spirit for exploring. Although, if we start with hell hounds, those are almost as easy to explore with.

[Catwalk]

I think Hell Hounds are more balanced, they can't cross water and they move slower. They are a very good early game summon, though. When rebalancing creatures in Catnip, Hell Hounds are a pretty good benchmark for strength/cost relationship.

[Catwalk]

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3x Chaos (Fire Bolt and Eldritch Weapon)
3x Death (Weakness and Dark Rituals)
3x Nature (War Bears and Giant Strength)
Conjurer
Sage Master

You may choose any arcane race, I'll be uploading 9 save files and you just need to pick out the correct one.

Hard difficulty
Medium land mass
4 opponents
Normal node strength

Objective: Reach a power base of 200 (excluding conjunctions and moons) as soon as possible, using any means necessary!

Variant rules:
- Magic Spirit may not be used for exploration!
- You must capture at least 3 cities from a wizard before attacking his fortress

Almost final! Decided to tease you a bit with suboptimal spell choices, encouraging early research to get something useful. Also semi-reimplemented the rule against fortress strikes.

I will be finalizing this later today, you have until then to protest loudly.

[I like Serena]

- You must capture at least 3 cities from a wizard before attacking his fortress

Does an outpost without garrison count?

[Catwalk]

Nope! For that matter, let's say pop 5 or more

[Catwalk]

Time is up, no more protests! I will upload the saves tonight, and people can start playing. I'll also post some guidelines for writing a good game report without too much stress. Happy gaming!

[Catwalk]

Sorry, the files will have to wait until tomorrow. Was busy spending quality time with the wife instead

[Catwalk]

Wrestling with it now! Not terribly succesful so far, Serena is trying to help me out.