23-08-2003 11:31									#1
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Anyone interested in starting a play by email game? I'd like to be able to play against at least four players. Open to suggestions about game settings.

Quixote

	25-08-2003 02:37									#2
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I'm interested.

	25-08-2003 18:59									#3
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I'm in.

Settings.. I use random everything in my SP-games, this will be my first PBEM-game(apart from the demogames) so I will not be very stubborn about that.

Map size? I dunno, depends of the numbers of players?

	26-08-2003 03:24									#4
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Can I go, daddy?

It would be my first MP game too, so I donīt mind the settings.

	26-08-2003 04:02									#5
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I'd like to have a total of 12 players, up to 6 of which would be human. Map size? How about Huge, 80% water, and archipelagos? Monarch difficulty for AI's.

This'll be my first PBEM as well, so if anyone can share their experience with certain settings and other ins and outs, it would be much appreciated!

	26-08-2003 04:08									#6
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6 human players! Wouldnīt that be too long a game? Itīs just an opinion.
And about the map, I would select Large, and random in all other options. I always do it, as itīs the best way of getting out of doubts.

	26-08-2003 04:23									#7
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Well, I'm hoping we can stretch a game out to the end of October, before Conquests is released. Is that too long? I'm fairly patient, and am hoping for a well thought out, paced game.

Besides, I doubt that 6 people would play...it looks like we have 4 so far, and that should be plenty, right?

I'm willing to go random on barbarians, temperature, and age, but would like to play archipelago, or continents.

Oh and for civs, I enjoy playing with ancient era civs, so depending on which players pick which civ, I'd like to set the AI's to ancient era civs.

	26-08-2003 04:58									#8
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When you say you enjoy playing with ancient era civs, do you mean controlling them or fighting against them?

Random on barbarians sounds good. Continents or whatever, itīs up to you. Letīs see what the others have to say

Although my nick is very clear, I would really like to pick Germans


Wasnīt there a problem about playing in MP against AI? Iīm not on this very much, so I donīt know if it has been fixed.

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	26-08-2003 05:20									#9
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Just an opinion, I don't believe that a PBEM lasting less than 7-8 months is possible considering that you can play 200+ turns as minimum and the fastest PBEM I have seen is played at 1 turn per day speed. I am afraid that when Conquests will be released this game will be before year 0

Don K Hotay, great nickname

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	26-08-2003 08:20									#10
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You make a good point. I was really hoping to just get a PBEM game going, but considering it could take more than 2 months to finish, and Conquests is just just around the corner, it may not be worthwhile.

I am reviewing the other PBEMs that have been played out and those that are still in progress, because once Conquests comes out, I'll definitely want to get one going. Hope I get to play you all then, and I'm sorry for the tussle!

Quixote

	26-08-2003 13:15									#11
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I'm fine with continents.

Just guessing here but if you want a 'short' game shouldn't you chose 'standard' or 'small' map and less (AI)players?

	26-08-2003 16:38									#12
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Yeah, if you want it to last two or even three months, I think it would be great to play in "small" without AI.
Take in count that a whole game is 540 turns, and at 1 turn/day you would finish exactly 1 year and a half after beginning.
Btw, here in Spain Conquests will be available on 28 November, so I donīt need to hurry as much as you do
But PBEM games are veeeeeery slooooooooowwwww.

	26-08-2003 17:51									#13
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How many are we so far, 4? Then I'd go for 'small' map and no AI. Or 'standard' map with 4 AI at monarch.

If we end up with 5 or more humans I'd go for a standard map, no AI.

I doubt that the game will last the full 540 turns though. Maybe 2-300. That's still over 6 months worth of play

	28-08-2003 14:34									#14
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*bump*

Don, who's going to set up the game?

	02-09-2003 04:13									#15
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Looks like Don K has given up. What are we gonna do now?

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If you are still looking for people, please let me know.

	02-09-2003 12:49									#17
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We can start the game without Don.

Interested so far:
bongo
Kaiser Wilhelm
Iron Jackson
Don K Hotay(where are you?)
Paddy the Scot

Niessuh , were you interested or just offering some friendly advice?

4 interested, 2 uncertain or absent.

Game settings?
Continents, rest is random
Map size, depending on number of player(small with 4 or standard if 5 or more)
AI? I vote no.

	02-09-2003 12:56									#18
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sounds great to me

	02-09-2003 14:12									#19
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Forgot one, victory conditions? Normal? Like SP.

Any wishes about which civ you want?

	02-09-2003 15:58									#20
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celts, english or aztec thanks

	02-09-2003 17:43									#21
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I want carthage, china or scandinavia

	02-09-2003 18:45									#22
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Looks like we might get a start soon then

	02-09-2003 20:44									#23
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Iīm ready Iīll pick germans of course

	02-09-2003 23:40									#24
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Hey all,
Since we have quite a few players, I'd like to join back in. I'd like to go with Romans, Persia, or India.

Map settings: Standard Continents, 80% water, temperate, 5 Billion years old. Random barbs, no AI.

Quixote

	03-09-2003 00:25									#25
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quote: Originally posted by Don K Hotay Map settings: Standard Continents, 80% water, temperate, 5 Billion years old. Random barbs, no AI. Quixote

Settings look good. My favourite civ: Russia.

	03-09-2003 05:45									#26
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I agree, except for the age: I would rather choose random Earth age. OK, I know, I LOVE random

	03-09-2003 12:07									#27
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Ok so what is the next step

	03-09-2003 12:18									#28
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I'm also fond of 'random'. I usually choose 'ramdom-everything' in SP. Except for map-size of course(that could be interesting )

I would really like random for age, water-coverage, climate and barbarians.

Seems like we have a consensus on map-size(standard), AI (none) and land-shape(continents)

Civs
Bongo : carthage, china or scandinavia
Paddy the Scot : celts, english or aztec
Kaiser Wilhem : germans
Don K Hotay : Romans, Persia, or India
Iron Jackson : Russia

Amazing! No overlap

Edit: Cross-post, once we agree on the settings someone sets up the game and start mailing it around I guess?

	03-09-2003 22:05									#29
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Hi all,
So as it stands so far:

civs:
Kaiser Wilhem : germans
Don K Hotay : Romans
Iron Jackson : Russia
Bongo : carthage, china or scandinavia
Paddy the Scot : celts, english or aztec

map:
standard, 80% water
random barbarians
random climate
random age
random temperature

So I guess if we agree on map settings, we can start once Bongo and Paddy choose civs.

	04-09-2003 02:28									#30
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Hi, all!

I was just thinking about the order we play.

Don - based in Boston, Massachusetts ? -> USA
Kaiser Wilhem - Madrid, Spain
Bongo - Fetsund, Norway
Paddy the Scot - no idea
Iron Jackson - Dortmund, Germany

So we got 3 players in Europe - 1 timezone
Don, youīre 6 hours behind (Eastern time).
Paddy ?

Iīd like to propose this order:

Don
Kaiser Wilhem
Bongo
Iron Jackson

Paddy will fit in depending on his location.

Any suggestions ?

BTW: Random settings is o.k.