Well, I’m only in one game at the moment, and we seem to have some interest, so…
… I’ve been wanting to play a big game on the World map. So unless people think it’s a bad idea I say let’s give it a try. The game is for as many people as can sign up before Saturday.
QT3-World
Current players:
JM: Vanheim Jason Lutes: Arcosephale JamesG: Ulm Senator Cthulhu: Abysia Brandon Clements: T’ien Ch’i LokeUtgaard: Caelum Carnifex: Ermor Cabbage: Jotunheim Rob O’Boston: Mictlan GuildBoss: Pangaea Ben: Pythium Dave Perkins: Machaka Infinite Jest: Man NatCox: R’lyeh Bakov: Marignon crit: Atlantis Foom: C’tis
The map can be found here and the fixed mapfile here*. Again, if people would rather play a different map, then we can switch, it’s not a problem.
Settings will be defaults / score graphs off. 48hour forcehost+quickhost is preferable but I’m flexible on that (wahey)
[size=2]*[edit] To play this you’ll need to download the world.zip (my first link), extract that to your dom2 maps dir, then overwrite the world.map you’ve extracted with the one in the 2nd link. [/edit][/size]
I find this game so compelling, but I have to pass it up. The thug I hired a few days ago has tied me to a chair and threatens to crush my toes with a sledge hammer if I sign up. So, have fun, guys.
I’m in the same boat, game overload. Still, it’s a happy thing to be part of a community with so many Dom2 games I have to start turning some down. Means when I get out of some of my current games, replacements will not be hard to find :D
World is pretty huge. Illwinter lists 10-17 players recommended for this map, and has one “world war” map variation that gives each player 4 or 5 starting provinces (kinda themed around the nation), along with 2 forts.
Upper limit is um, the number of nations in the game, I guess. Obviously if we dont fill all the slots in the next day or so then we’ll just get cracking with what we have.
I’m running out of nations to play. I have ulm, atlantis, ryleh, arcosphale, and mictlan left to play for the first time in a multiplayer game. May I have the mictlans please?
N00bs welcome? If so, I’ll take any empire that’s good for n00bs as I’ve played only Jotunheim thus far and don’t have any experience with the others. Marignon or Pangaea any good?
For a new player, I would recommend Ulm. It’s hard to go wrong since almost all of Ulm’s troops are good. Expensive, but good. For the benefit of those who haven’t played Ulm, I’ve pasted my Ulm players guide in below.
Nick Walter’s Ulm Guide
Make prophet
Buy troops
Research Flaming Arrows
Buy lots of crossbowman and cast Flaming Arrows on them a lot.
