[NO PLAYERS] Swimming in the Water, Lurking, and Laughing

[spacetyrantxenu]

Forum, go!

[Commodore]

I think I'll keep the map unrevealed except for my legion of checkers. I was initially tempted by Tiny Islands to try 7mod naval change but that's a bit too much a mandate exceed.

[Commodore]

Okay, here's a first cut at starts; anything scream at anyone?

[Qgqqqqq]

Banana looks weak, Fish/Wheat look strong. Good work of balance through difference though.

[spacetyrantxenu]

Are the civs going to be far enough apart that the defensive advantage of the capital's hill verses the two food bonus placements is apt to matter? The Boudica and Churchill starts have significantly more river tiles for the capital to use than the other players. Darius could use another forest or two. Darius, Wang Kon, and Bismarck need to be on fresh water, so some river or lake shuffling is in order there. Pacal and Churchill should probably have a usable resource moved inside the initial 9 square box for decent tiles to work before the first border pop.

Everyone should get desert wines because it's been said that plains wine is a "Xenu". Although a plains cow is known as a "Commodore", so there's that to consider.... Also, Hit Records under every capital to block the city billboard in every screenshot these guys take. These last few changes may not necessarily be for the best. The starts look varied and interesting, good luck.

[Krill]

Toroidal?

[Commodore]

Toroidal?

Cylindrical; eight players? It's easy.

[Krill]

Could have made it flat.

[WilliamLP]

(Gavagai) doen't seem to take into account that people are irrational and so he makes move that although look reasonable to him normally just piss off the other.

Parkin likes to do things his way. If you contradict him he won't argue much but just quietly start to disapear.

I love Retep.

[wetbandit]

This one is also a doozy.

Inside his start: Suttree makes equations that I think I understand but I'm not quite sure I do. I think that he being IMP I could see him whiping settlers early. The conversion food>hammers will be to tempting for him. I can see a second city around turn 26-28.