PBEM17 Organizing Thread

[darrelljs]

So, PBEM2 is finally over, and PBEM4 is essentially over for me . I'm looking for a new PBEM. Six or fewer players, settings TBD. I am going to promise that a) I will have a spoiler thread, and b) that I will update it every turn, no matter how boring.

Darrell

[Krill]

mod or no mod?

[darrelljs]

Well it turns out I had agreed to play in another PBEM with regoarrarr and Kyan, and it was a no mod game. I completely forgot about it .

Darrell

[Lewwyn]

Well it turns out I had agreed to play in another PBEM with regoarrarr and Kyan, and it was a no mod game. I completely forgot about it .

Darrell

Does that mean you're not trying to start a new PBEM? lol

[regoarrarr]

Right. As darrell pointed out, we already had one set up. When I reminded him of this, he said

There didn't seem to be any momentum :P

To which I responded

BECAUSE ONE OF OUR PLAYERS WENT ON VACATION FOR A MONTH!

i.e. him

So, we have 4 players already and need one more

1. darrelljs
2. regoarrarr
3. Shoot the Moon
4. Kyan
5. ?

I'll reserve the last spot for Krill if he wants it.

Here were the basic settings we had agreed to

* 5 person
* No leader / civ restrictions (unrestricted leaders), snake draft
* No active Espionage (great spies must be settled / GA)
* No nukes
* No Tech trading
* Custom Continents, one continent per player
* All continents are galley reachable by every other player, without having to go through a 3rd continent
* No coastal capitals
* "Lush" settings, with extra resources (maybe each continent has at least one of every resource?)
* Continents are not exactly the same but are balanced
* No War Elephants / Elephant UUs
* Events off
* No permanent alliances
* No vassal states
* Default Starting Units
* The Heroic Epic and West Point can only be built once you have a qualifying unit that has always been yours, and if joined to a GG, the GG was one you spawned yourself
* No restrictions on settling only on "your" continent


Settings up for discussion
* Any other intermediate islands between continents?
* I'm thinking toroidal wrap - main reason is that I don't see any good way to make it so everyone borders everyone else otherwise.
* Monarch-ish difficulty / maybe lower if we do toroidal
* Normal barbs
* Huts on?
* Contact only upon in game meeting?
* No map trading / screenshots till paper?

[Krill]

After playing PBEM4 I'm not that interested "buildfest" games, but thanks for the offer.

[Lewwyn]

I'll do it

[Lewwyn]

Ah, I've been advised to retract the offer as I'll "burn myself out."

Guess I won't do it... Sorry for the premature hand waving.

[Shoot the Moon]

I'm still interested. Might have some thoughts on the settings we still have yet to decide later, but for now I'm just checking in.

[Kyan]

Checking in, but warily so. Was hoping this wouldn't start until either pbem4 or 7 ends. However, the first bits are fairly quick so i suppose i can multi-task.


*becomes a woman*