In Progress Dominions 6: ProfessionalThroneSitters III: Late Age Edition

[Malakal]

Also I will too join this game, picking a nation.

 

[Johannes]

The small caves are good imo.

 

[Malakal]

The small caves are good imo.

Yea, 4-5 pockets of 2-3-4 caves would be best, so that everyone has a chance - some spells use them too.

 

[Andnjord]

Done some testing of Gath and I'm teeeeeentaively switching to Vaettiheim, Wolf King Jarldom.

 

[Tanaka]

So when are we getting this party started?

 

[Optimist]

Let's do it. I'm sure this time it'll go great for me, unlike the previous times

 

[Popot]

I don't know what to pick. Recommend me some nations, the sillier the better.

 

[BING XI LAO]

I don't know what to pick. Recommend me some nations, the sillier the better.

Pythium is silly, and probably not too dogshit these days either.

 

[Tanaka]

I don't know what to pick. Recommend me some nations, the sillier the better.

Feminie the all girl nation

 

[Optimist]

All three Ind successor nations are taken, though, and ready to be unified by Piconhe.

LA R'lyeh is quite silly and annoying to play against.

 

[Baron Tahn]

2nd R'lyeh they seem like theyd be fun to play.

 

[Malakal]

2nd R'lyeh they seem like theyd be fun to play.

They're not, you get a ton of freespawn but it sucks and used to cost upkeep (not sure if it stil does), your troops all suck and mages now got diluted with G randoms...

The only cool thing is horrors from beyond that you can summon.

 

[Dayyālu]

I don't know what to pick. Recommend me some nations, the sillier the better.

Jomon. A billion summons and I still have no idea how the nation can work decently. Maybe it's me.
Erytheia. Do you like your sister? Like, like your sister? Also enjoy your premiere mages literally killing each other, if I remember right.
Phlegra. Just wait for the boom.

(Just pick LA Atlantis and murderfuck everyone, I would have taken it but wanted the dog paladins)


I'll close up the sign-ups tomorrow and start checking for nations and settings. Also I'll be ready to suffer for the goddamn map. If someone wants to join, now or never because I'm not going to upload the maps too many times, it's horrific.

 

[Sinilevä]

Erytheia. Do you like your sister? Like, like your sister? Also enjoy your premiere mages literally killing each other, if I remember right.

Hey! That's taken already!

I don't know what to pick. Recommend me some nations, the sillier the better.

Pythium. So you could gas everyone.

 

[Popot]

Thanks for the inputs, I pick Pythium.

 

[Malakal]

Wasnt Johannes playing Pythium?
Can we get an updated player and nation list?

 

[Dayyālu]

Wasnt Johannes playing Pythium?
Can we get an updated player and nation list?

Working on it.

Dayyalu: Andramania, Doge Republic
Optimist : Piconye, Legacy of the Prester King
Baron Tahn : Agartha, Ktonian Dead
Sinilevä Erytheia, Kingdom of the Two Worlds
Popot,Phlegra, Sleeping Giants
Hag Ulm, Black Forest
coldcrow Pyrene, Cambion Kings
Andnjord Vaettiheim, Wolf King Jarldom
Tanaka Ctis, Desert Tomb Wyrms Spam
TheDarkUrge Abysia, Blood of the Humans
Trash Player , Feminie, Sage-Queens
Johannes, Pythium, Serpent Kult
BING XI LAO , Utgard, Well of Urd
Malakal, Gath, Last of the Giants


Popot , Pythium is sadly taken. There's a lot of quite strong and easy nations still up for picks (chrissakes, Ragha is still free), but not a lot of silly and unconventional ones. There's stuff like Patala and Jomon that I've never seen played (more of a proof of the too few LA games I've played, probably) but from what's left I reiterate that the one with the most peculiar mechanic is Phlegra. Don't know how viable it is, but between the Cyclops doing their Gigantes larp, the Oppressor setup and the explosive surprises there's a lot of fun stuff going on.

Malakal, did I miss your pick?

 

[Popot]

Sorry, I forgot Pythium was already picked. I'll go with Phlegra.

 

[Malakal]

I am kinda waiting if the Agartha picker changes his mind, if not then probably Gath - have to combat anti semitism in fantasy worlds!!! Its NOT TRUE that jewish giants eat people and perform blood sacrifice!!

 

[Sinilevä]

Didn't Hag change his mind regarding Xibalba? Something about not being "first on the chopping block".

 

[Baron Tahn]

Malakal if you want Agartha heaps Ill switch, do something else Ive been wanting to figure out.

 

[Malakal]

Malakal if you want Agartha heaps Ill switch, do something else Ive been wanting to figure out.

Agartha and Gath are my long standing LA interests so I'm fine with Gath.

 

[Hag]

Didn't Hag change his mind regarding Xibalba? Something about not being "first on the chopping block".

Yeah, I'll go with Ulm. Did a couple test games and I think I can leverage it, even though pretender creation was for once very straightforward without much room for creativity.

 

[Baron Tahn]

Okay as Ive spent a bit of time trying to develop a plan with Agartha Ill stick with them for this one.

 

[Dayyālu]

Welcome. We have 14 players.

The votes on Diplomacy, if I got 'em right, make Binding Diplo the winning option.

It seems that we'll have Cataclysm, and I'll evaluate on my retarded take when it's proper. We had a suggestion for turn 80, but maybe it's too far. Or maybe it's now.

Mapgen... Custom Map won.

I'm not particularly inclined to download and playtest a shitton of maps from Blitzserver, so I did a bit of search on the workshop. We're 14 players so 210 provinces is the "gold standard".

Edowyn (174 land, 43 sea)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3148993859&searchtext=

It's a Pymous map. So it's pretty as fuck and probably a complete PITA to play. Also 43 sea provinces ffs

Floating Arcipelago (169 land and 20 sea)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3213514239&searchtext=

A tad too small for our interests, also pretty as fuck and probably also completely fucking unplayable.

Orania (provinces: 259 land and 20 sea)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3264772717&searchtext=

It's a ported Dominions 2-era map. I quite like it and it looks playable. It's a tad too big for our interests and it would result in a 19 province expansion par player, changing somewhat the initial expansion routine.


Please make your opinion heard. Also if you found some better options I'll be delighted to include them.

Regarding Mods, Worthy Heroes has a handful of votes. I'd like also more votes on the Gem Longevity Mod (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3270479661). I can understand why people like it, but I personally find it iffy and I'll need to test it on a lobby for compatibility issues. But if the majority wants it, I'll gladly concede.

PLS REPLY I VALUE EVERYONE'S OPINION ON THE MATTER