Shared AAR Experience (pre-thread) (game initiated- see game thread)

[Immaculate]

game thread:

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showt...807#post799807

First off start with acknowledgements: THANK-YOU to Feinne who set up the start positions for the map we are using.

Some of you may have read a few of the multiple-player point of view after action reports that have been posted:

Doomed to Fail

and to a more limited extent:

Dominions 3 Newbie Game


There are other examples out there but some you have to pay to see (because the threads are old and 'archived') while others i can't seem to find.


Regardless, the idea is to get a couple of handful of dedicated players to play a group game (everyone together in the same game to clarify) and to post descriptions of their turns with screenshots and analysis as well as their thoughts on how things are progressing. To prevent other players from abusing that information, we would not post our turn details until about 20 or so turns after the turns actually take place.

Ultimately we create a story of the battle for the lands as told from many different players perspective.

So this thread is to invite players who think they can dedicate the time to not only a game but to a write-up of said game to share in an experience of that nature. If we can get at least 7 dedicated players, we will proceed.



Questions and thoughts?



Players with some level of commitment:
Corinthian, LDiCesare, Jotwebe, Greyjoy, Excist, Bluemage142, Warhammer, and Immaculate

New players are welcome to join during this planning stage.

Nations Selected:

Corinthian: Formoria- "I have an interesting build in mind"
LdiCesare: Pangea- "Pangaea could be funny, but the maenad micromanagement may well be a pain. I think I'd go with Pangaea"
Jotwebe: R'lyeh- "prepare to be probed by your new tentacled overlord"
Roland Jones: Helheim- "Because why not"
Bluemage142: Maverni- "Try Something Different"
Warhammer: Caelum- "Cue up Ride of the Valkyries, ah... er... Helheim's in the game... right... OK, let's go with Thunderstruck instead then"
Excist: Abyssia
Immaculate: Acrosephalae



Game Link

Map Link

[parone]

id love to join in on this immaculate. but i am in 3 games now. i can write, but i really can't play. makes me a good fit. if i am eliminated any time soon from these other games, i am in

[Zywack]

My thinking is the same as parone: AARs are great, shared AAR are even better (at least the few I've read), but I'm currently saddled in two games. As with parone, I'd love to join if one of the two finish soon, but it's unlikely unless the recruitement for this game takes a long time... I'll make sure to read this AAR religiously though, and I give the idea a big thumbs up

[Immaculate]

Okay, so maybe we should just come back to it in a few months or something...

[curtadams]

I was thinking about an AAR in my current game, but I've made so many lame-brain mistakes I'd be too embarrassed now. Maybe next game.

[Corinthian]

I could be interested in such a game. After all, I started playing this game in the first place because of one of those LP's on the SA forum. And I have always wondered what I would write if I was playing in their stead.

Still, a game like this requires more planning than a normal game. Both for me and for the game in general. It has to be something special and I have to find a crazy fun build to style in front of the veritable camera.

Also, the players playing in such a game must not be complete noobs either. Its always best if the readers can learn something from the game after all.

[megawidget]

I am intending to keep notes in the three newbie games that I'm in. Hopefully something fruitful will come of it.

[Immaculate]

So to clarify, the project would involved a game we all play in at the same time and we all post our AAR here on this forum. Not seperate games. So everyone gets to hear the tale of the great battles for this land from different perspectives. and what prevents others players from knowing what you are up to? a 20 turn delay...

hope that clarifies.

[megawidget]

Originally Posted by Immaculate

So to clarify, the project would involved a game we all play in at the same time and we all post our AAR here on this forum. Not seperate games. So everyone gets to hear the tale of the great battles for this land from different perspectives. and what prevents others players from knowing what you are up to? a 20 turn delay...

hope that clarifies.

I'll have to second parone then. I'm in three games currently. If I get eliminated early I would be up to doing AAR in a new newbie game.

[jotwebe]

Hmm, those threads got me into MP after a hiatus from mostly SP. Color me interested.