YARG - Yet Another RAND Game [Isokron's Midgard wins!]

[WraithLord]

Yet Another RAND Game (YARG)

Hi,

Pasha's RAND games are so much fun that although I'm already playing in one I have decided to host another one.
It is the first time I host a dominions III game. I plan to host it on llamaserver so hopefully the server will make sure the game runs smoothly.

At this point the game is open for both sign-up and discussion.

The following are the settings I had in mind. The ones I don't plan to change are in bold font.

Map: Glory of the gods (multilayer version)
Hosting Pace: First 15 turns every 24h, turns 15-30 48h, turn 30-45 72h, turn 45-60 96h, turn > 61 120h.
Hosting is planned for busy ppl.

Since I plan to play as well I will not be able to grant extensions, I will ask a non player to serve as a co-admin and will try to stay out of his way.
Mods: No mods.
Renaming: off
Research: difficult
Graphs: on
HoF: 15
Indies: 9
Disallowed exploits: copying Bogus' orders and overfilling enemy lab to prevent his own forge.
Victory condition: 9 vps. Each capital has 1 VP.
Nations: All LA nations, excluding LA Ermor and R'lyeh. This means 19 players.

Pretenders should be given randomly generated names or your nations name to prevent unintentional disclosure of player ID.

As for the nation assignment I do not plan to do this myself of course. I will consult with Pasha (the master of RANDs) re. how he suggests to perform that.

EDIT:
-> Zeldor has graciously agreed to roll nations for this game.
-> rdonj will co-admin the game. He will set the player's email addresses on the server after I create the game and handle extension requests.
-> For those who are not familiar with the term RAND.
RAND - Random Anonymous No Diplomacy.
Nations are assigned randomly.
Player's Identity is kept hidden.
Diplomacy or any form of communication is not allowed and is considered cheating.
-> Most players want LA Ermor and R'lyeh out so to make it simple and save debate let's just go w/o them.
-> After all players sign-up we shall wait a week for pretender creation. Then we start the game.
-> Please refrain from sending any in-game messages. Also, don't post here anything that can reveal information regarding you or other nations. No diplomacy or communications of any kind is allowed between players.
If you lose your identity is revealed. This is part of the fun in the game, guessing and 2nd guessing who is who until ppl start falling. If you do lose, please also refrain from posting anything with information on the game.


Players:
1. WraithLord, Led Bogarus to the bitter end
2. ano, Danbo, Psycho. Led Pangaea valiantly until turn 53
3. Calahan, herode, Leader of Man. Defeated on turn 60
4. Ossa, replaced by jr77, Leader of Agartha. Defeated on turn 31.
5. Dimaz, Led Gath to the bitter end
6. Gandalf Parker. Leader of Jomon. Defeated on turn 41.
7. TwoBits, Led Pythium to the bitter end
8. Natpy. Leader of Marignon. Defeated on turn 20.
9. Frozen Lama. Leader of Caelum. Defeated on turn 40.
10. Dragar. Leader of Abysia. Defeated on turn 16.
11. Strabo. Leader of Atlantis. Defeated on turn 54.
12. Executor, subbed by Maerlande, Led Patala to the bitter end
13. Isokron, Led Midgard and has won the game on turn 76.
14. Raiel
15. WingedDog, Led Ctis to the bitter end
16. Slobby, Leader of Utgard. Turned AI on turn 67.
17. LumenPlacidum. Leader of Ulm. Defeated on turn 56.
18. Alpine Joe. Leader of Mictlan. Defeated on turn 72.
19. StrictlyRockers. Leader of Arco. Defeated on turn 36.

Subs: Maerlande, JR77, Herode, Danbo, Psycho
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[ano]

Damn
I wish I could participate but I can't because I recently created another game thread (the one you just copied one sentence from ). Probably, the time for my RAND game will come one day...

[Calahan]

Count me in please WraithLord. Big fan of your suggested settings for Indy's, research and schedule. My brain especially thanks you for the latter

Ideas for the game - If you are sticking with a no mods policy then no worries, but if you are open to suggestions I'd like to suggest making gem producing items unique like they are in Pasha's current RAND game. And maybe another one to change the cost of Tarts to at least 30 Death gems.

I hope both of these should help produce a different look late-game than is usually seen, and take a lot of the all too regularly seen strategies off the table a bit. Let's get those creative juices flowing again!

Edit: Can I also suggest having clear penalties for anyone who violates the principles surrounding a RAND game. So the consequences of sending an in-game message, or gems/items/gold etc. are known to everyone from the start.

[WraithLord]

This is supposed to be a game for busy ppl, so perhaps you can join anyway.
And thanks for your sentence. I liked it

[chrispedersen]

I wouldn't mind making a mod that

a: Increased the cost of path boosters.
b: Increased/removed gem creators.
c: Increased the cost of Tarts/Abominations, if desired.

I've had some of these things under thought for a bit anyway.

[Ossa]

Count me in

[ano]

2WraithLord
Reserve a spot for me, please. I will tell exact decision a bit later.
Also, I wouldn't want any game-modifying mods such as Calahan and chris suggest.

[Dimaz]

Ok, I want to play such type of game, and I agree with ano - no mods, please.

[Zeldor]

Wraithlord:

I won't join - not enough time for more games, but few suggestions:

- LA Ermor and R'lyeh in no diplo game is a bad idea, will make the game less fun
- CBM should be a must nowadays
- no game should go over 72h timer, ever, 96h in extreme cases
- 30-50% VPs max for the win, not 11 out of 12
- indie str 9 will make some nations really cry, may be interesting though [but combining that with RAND may be too much]

I can roll you nations if you need that.

[Gandalf Parker]

Home life VERY up in the air right now but I will sign up.
And I like the settings.