Players needed for an experimental game

[Nagot Gick Fel]

1) I won't play, for obvious reasons.

2) Game will start using 2.12, no mods. Indep strength 6, HoF on, public scores off, everything else set to default. Expect 5 turns/week in the beginning, but we'll probably use a slower schedule after a while, or if many players participate. After all, it's an experimental game.

3) Every volunteer will have to email me at jacquesvidalZhotmailZcom (replace the Zs with the relevant characters) with:

* A list of the 17 available nations (or as many as possible, the more the better), listed in order of preference (most preferred top, less preferred bottom).

* The 2h files for every listed nation, zipped in a single archive. Again, I'd prefer you to send as many nations as possible. Please leave the nation files UNPASSWORDED.

* Optionally, the password you want to use in this game. When your nation is chosen, I'll create a new nation file for you using that password. If you don't provide a password, I'll choose one for you.

The subject line of your message must start with [dom2exp] (including the brackets), for convenience.

4) DON'T POST YOUR RACE CHOICES ON THIS FORUM! It's very important you keep your nation secret until I explain what the game will be about!

5) When I have enough volunteers (15+), I'll post the victory conditions on this board. I WON'T ACCEPT NEW NATION FILES AFTER THE VICTORY CONDITIONS ARE MADE PUBLIC. At this point, I expect a few players to retract and refuse to join the game because of these conditions, but that's OK. If I have more than 17 volunteers left, I'll start 2 games instead of one. The map will be chosen at this point, depending on the number of players. Expect ~10 provinces/starting nation.

6) Then nations will be allotted to the remaining players using the following algorithm:

(a) start with N = 1
(b) if a player Nth pick is a nation that's still unowned, and noone else listed it as his Nth choice, give that nation to the player, cross the nation and the player off
(c) if there are still players without nations, increment N and go to (b)

If this isn't enough to resolve ties (people submitting the same list, say), I'll let a flipped coin decide who gets what.

7) Because of the atypic victory conditions, veterans aren't guaranteed to get the sharp edge they usually have over newbies, so the game is open to players of all levels. Further, these victory conditions are likely to make pre-game alliances utterly useless, if not worse - You've been warned!

8) No restriction on nations, strategies, tactics, diplomacy, whatever.