Decline 30: Kinder Surprise

[Infinitum]

(Someone want a stab at photoshopping a suitable picture, contact me)

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The short of it

Dominions 5, Middle Age game, Dominions Enhanced mod v.1.45, open for all, Water/Ermor restricted, standard codex fare otherwise, sign up in this thread

The long story

Game info
Name - Decline30 (Yet to be created on llamaserver)
Type - Llamaserver PBEM (Play By EMail)
Schedule - 25 hours per turn initially; will be extended by request once turns takes longer to finalize.
Players - However many signs up. I personally prefer 6-8 but am flexible.
Players Skill Level - Any. We all float down here.
Diplomacy - Trades are Binding, Diplomacy is not.
Age - Middle Age
Nation Selection - Land nations only. No Ermor. I'd prefer no Sceleria but am flexible.
Map - I'll generate a few w/ Cartographic Revision once everyone's signed up, then we pick one (or I just pick one I think looks balnced-ish).
Independent Strength - Default
Research - Default
Magic Sites - Default
Money - Default
Resources - Default
Supplies - Default
Random Events - Common
Story Events - Minor
Re-naming - On
Score Graphs - Default (thus spying etc. is possible but score graphs are not showing without intelligence means)
Hall Of Fame - 20 (bring on those mighty heroes

)
Globals - 9
Artifacts forging - Default (one Artifact per turn per player).
AI - Difficult
Cataclysm - Turn 100
Mods - Dominions Enhanced 1.45
Victory Conditions - Depends on # of players signing up. I'd prefer uniform throne strength (to minimize luck-of-the-draw).
General Rules - These seem sensible.
Start date - To be decided we get at least 5+ players, preferrably more.

Current Players:

1. Infinitum - Ulm
2. Isiloon - Ashdod
3. BING XI LAO - Agartha
4. coldcrow - ???
5. Popot - Phlegra

Game created on llamaserver - Submit your pretenders

Map Files

 

[BING XI LAO]

Agartha please

 

[Infinitum]

Noted! I'll leave this up for now, see how many filters in.

 

[coldcrow]

I am in, not sure about the nation.

 

[Infinitum]

Looks like enthusiasm wasn't all that this time. I'm fine with playing a smaller game, you guys up for a 4-of?

Isiloon
coldcrow
Bing Xi Lao

 

[BING XI LAO]

Ja

 

[Popot]

If you guys need a sacrificial lamb, I offer myself as Phlegra.

 

[coldcrow]

Alright.

 

[Infinitum]

If you guys need a sacrificial lamb, I offer myself as Phlegra.

Consider yourself in, sacrificial muflon.

 

[Infinitum]

Alright.

What are you playing as? Unless we get more last minute joiners I'll get to making a map/game tomorrow. Aiming to get started this weekend.

 

[coldcrow]

Which map are we playing on?

 

[Infinitum]

I'll random up a few alternatives in cartographic revision and post them later.

 

[Infinitum]

Allright, here's a few alternatives (6-player map so approx. 18 land provinces/player). If you vote none of 'em make sure to post your own alternative.

1

2

3

Voting map 2 myself.

 

[BING XI LAO]

I also think map 2 looks best there.

 

[Popot]

Another vote for map 2.

 

[coldcrow]

Can we play on Peliwyr?

 

[Infinitum]

Yes, but then we'd have 25 provinces per player (and 17 water provinces for Agartha). I prefer the random maps tbh, if only becase there's less water provinces.

 

[Infinitum]

Well, added the map files to the OP so you can test it yourself. Also, the game is up so go ahead and submit your pretenders, people! Aiming to get started once I get home on Sunday (need to download the 1.45 DE and don't want to waste mobile data on it).

Isiloon
BING XI LAO
coldcrow
Popot

Testing out 6 level 1 thrones, 4 required for victory (the thrones start adjacent to player starts). There's also another spot still open should a 6th player still want to join in (tell your friends).

 

[coldcrow]

Err, count me out. Too busy at the moment.

 

[Infinitum]

Aww. Oh well. Does anyone else want to go along with a smaler game or do we wait for more players?

 

[Popot]

Dominions Enhanced got a new release:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/722060/discussions/2/1727575977537869414/

I would wait for more players.