Name of Game: WinMac Fantasy
- Organizer: David Theil
- Email Address: David.Theil@macconnect.com
- Level of Play:Intermediate/Advanced
- Number of Players Needed: We have 2 already and want 2-3
more.
- Game Platform: Mac-CD & IBM-Deluxe CROSS-PLATFORM
- Deadline for Replies: Reply ASAP
- Anticipated Game Start Date: Mid to late August, 1997
Scenario Parameters:
- Scenario to Be Used: Fantasy (on the CDROM)
- Army Set to Be Used: Fantasy
- Terrain Set to Be Used: Grassland
- City Set to Be Used: Fantasy
- Number of Cities: 58
- Fraction of Water: As per scenario
- Fraction of Forest: As per scenario
- Fraction of Hills: As per scenario
- Do Cities Build Allies? One city does in the whole scenario.
Let's see who can hold it!
Choosing Sides:
- How Will Sides Be Assigned?
- Submit Preferences. I will try to assign sides to ensure game
balance. (IE if dk blue, lt blue, green and yellow
and white are all human, yellow is really in the soup, but white will
spread like crazy. Of course a diplomatic
solution can fix that imbalance, too!)
- How Will Sides Be Named?
- Submit your own country name or scenario default
- Number of Computer Players?
- Enough to fill remaining slots, unless one player's starting
position is significantly weaker than the others as a result of AI
presence.
- Computer Player Settings:
- Warlord, Enhanced
Game Parameters:
- Neutral Cities: Active
- Quests: On
- View Enemies: Off
- Hidden Map: Off
- Razing Cities: Always
- Diplomacy: To be determined
- View Production: On (people who have played the scenario
won't have a big advantage).
- Intense Combat: Off
- Military Advisor: On
- Quick Start: Off
- Random Turns: Off
Play-By-Email Options:
- File Transfer Method:
- The
Warlords II Remailer
- Max File Turnaround Time:
- 3 days, weekends count as one day; two three day extensions per
player.
- Player Substitutes Allowed During Vacations/Absences?
- Yes
Directions for Interested Players:
Send me your email address, platform and some biographical info, along
with your time zone
(hr GMT)
for the Remailer, and instructions for your side if you should miss the
time limit.
I personally favor "civil disorder" where nothing moves and new heros
are hired, instead of
AI .
Additional Comments, Thoughts, Suggestions:
If you really don't like the scenario, I will consider Selentia, Hero's
Isle and Mythtec. The final
side color assignments must be approved by everyone.
The three day turnaround is a maximum. I really hope it is closer to
one or two
days to keep the game moving. If someone wants a vacation and everyone
else does
not mind we can suspend the game (personally I won't mind if the game
has been moving well
up to that point). The three day extensions are used upon
request.
No reverting please. We are playing a traditional game.
Read the communication
section
on the PBEM site. We will be using the "anything goes" rules and the
"bracket method."
Mac platform players have it rough in diplomacy ratings since none of
their
declarations stick. (See
Cross-Platfrom Play ) I am inclined to not have diplomacy unless
everyone else feels
strongly about it or if there are no computer (AI) players since they
are the only ones who
really react to the diplomacty ratings.
I have played PBEM cross-platform before, and once we work out the
initial encoding/decoding bugs
it should to go quite smoothly.