New SS6.4 hotseat

[phonicsmonkey]

hey guys

With Glorious Achievements about to finish up we need to get a new Grand Campaign hotseat started.

I think we should just play a game in SS6.4 with as many players as possible and stick to the standard VCs...Dogs of War 2 maybe?

BUT, what if we used this save which is one of the test games I made for the WotK2 game. The Mongols won't arrive in this one because I stufffed up the script, so it's perfect really.

Let me know who's in and what you think of using that save as a starting point. We could draw lots for faction picks again to make it fair, have a grace period for reorganisation etc.

[Nightbringer]

I'm in, and in full support of the save and drawing lots!

[Zim]

Here's a quick screenshot of the map for anyone who's interested.

[Nightbringer]

MMM, I can almost taste the awesomeness that the Moors could be. Venice is also incredibly good in that save as I remember, lots of territory and huge armies.

[Zim]

I do like the look of Venice (Sicily also looks like it oculd be fun, if not nearly as powerful). Then again, I seem to be on a Norway kick my last few games.

[Myth]

Venice, France and ERE are all good here. My pick will be determined by whether this is AR or lead battles. I'm against drawing lots because that's how I ended up as the K-Shah in WOTK2

[phonicsmonkey]

I'm against drawing lots because that's how I ended up as the K-Shah in WOTK2

don't trust your luck, huh?

I'm thinking we fight battles in this one.

[LooseCannon1]

There are definitely some factions that should NOT be in the lottery. Leon/Castile and Aragon and HRE should be excluded. Those could be destroyed too quickly for anyone to have fun with them. With no Mongols, I'd volunteer to play K-Shah on that map. Are the save files modified the same as in WotK2? That way I could use them in my second install of SS6.4 and I'd be in. (Hate to have a third install)

[phonicsmonkey]

Are the save files modified the same as in WotK2?

Only the script is different and you told us last time that didn't need to be modded by anyone other than the game starter, so you should be fine.

[Visor]

If I were to join, I'd take either Spain, HRE or Aragon.

But I'm not. Good luck!

[deguerra]

I could be convinced. Give me one of the small factions any day. What would I need to do SS 6.4 wise. I have it, I just mean in terms of settings?

[phonicsmonkey]

If I were to join, I'd take either Spain, HRE or Aragon.

But I'm not. Good luck!

C'mon, you wouldn't have posted here if you weren't tempted....what are you going to do when GA finishes? C'moooooon

deguerra, I'm not sure you really need to do anything actually. the descr_strat file was modded just to make all factions playable but if we're not going to have any of the usually non-playable factions human controlled (eg. mongols, timurids, pope) we may not encounter any problems..

to be safe, I'll post the modded descr_strat file so people can use it. It's actually already in the first post of the WotK2 thread.

[Visor]

C'mon, you wouldn't have posted here if you weren't tempted....what are you going to do when GA finishes? C'moooooon

Sorry, but I was replying to Loose, I like the smaller factions, makes for more of a challenge. And, I still have FN and WoTK.

[ArcturUs]

I'm in. I would like it if we could choose factions by lots, I wouldn't mind if i was left with bad options :P Just trying out my luck

[LooseCannon1]

Only the script is different and you told us last time that didn't need to be modded by anyone other than the game starter, so you should be fine.

I wasn't sure. Good to know.

Sorry, but I was replying to Loose, I like the smaller factions, makes for more of a challenge. And, I still have FN and WoTK.

I've thought of setting up a "Toughman" challenge where you could only choose from among the small factions using Gracul AI and having fought battles and, of course, choosing factions by lot. It would require starting at turn 1 of early era SS.

[slysnake]

Count me in :)

[CROPrasec]

I must think about it cause i'm in 13 hs's right now :P

[Myth]

Lol I trust my luck. There's an online game board where my luck is dubbed legendary :D But what I don't want to happen is be stuck in a hotseat where I've said I'll play yet I get a nation I have no passion for.

[Rougeman]

im in

[SilverShield]

sounds good. just checked the save some are in very good shape others are dead already. picking in a fair way is getting hard. lottery probably is most fair. better was we all agreed on who pics what. negotiating somehow

[Ignoramus]

I'm interested.

[phonicsmonkey]

Great, that's 11 players already, so we're pretty much done!

It seems like most people are tolerant of the idea of drawing lots but maybe instead we can just negotiate. Could those of you who haven't expressed a preference please take a look at the save and maybe post your first, second and third choice factions?

Then I'll see if we can accomodate everyone without the random draw.

[Nightbringer]

1st choice the Moors
2nd choice England
3rd choice Fatimid Caliphate

[Zim]

1st England
2nd Sicily
3rd Kiev

[Myth]

The Mongols do arrive for me Monkey. They are playable as well. Also, next turn is when the TO emerges. Here's a SS of the Mongols



I also want to ask whether we will use crusades/jihads or not.

Right now my list is:

1. Mongols
2. England
3. Siciliy

If we do use crusades/jihads, then:

1. Teutonic Order (with Crusades and no way to be killed. Just a funny nation to play) <<<

[Rougeman]

1st Kwarzemians
2nd Cumans
3rd Aragon

[ArcturUs]

1. Moors
2. England
3. ERE

3rd Aragon

[slysnake]

1st Denmark
2nd France
3rd England

[SilverShield]

so are the mongols in or out?

if the mongols are in its

egypt
moors
sicily


if the mongols are out its


1 kwarz
im all kwarz this game then




2 egypt
3 moors

[phonicsmonkey]

so are the mongols in or out?

I'll check this later