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[Il Palazzo]

Nah. My first ever dom3 MP game was locking horns with E.Albright's Atlantis(in round 1), so there's that sentiment, but I really don't want to get myself involved in another game.
Cheers though. And watch out for the seafood.

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

Aw and I was hoping to christen all these new players in the fires of war against you.

   Anyway sad you won't be joining in but here's to this being a good game to watch. Maybe my second time behind the wheel of EA Tien Chi will find me a better Dom3 player then my first game. I figure if I actually have a plan for mid and end game I will be infinitely better but thats beside the point.

[Antur]

No idea about the balance but Shadowshore looks pretty awesome.
The Old Kings map is not a wraparound right ? And i guess starting in the middle would be weird.

[E. Albright]

I feel slightly lazy picking Atlantis again, but I haven't done a multiplayer since the Quadrillion-Man Army of Marverni made its bid for power in round 6. So yeah, I'm a bit rusty, and Atlantis is like a comfy old glove.

All the maps I suggested have a working download link on Llamaserver or here. Old Kings is actually Land of Legends (which is non-wrap, yeah), doh. I'm partial to Shadowshore, but any of those looked more-or-less reasonable... although none will be a treat to play as an aquatic. Indeed, I could very well get locked into a loss on worldgen.

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

   The Shadowshore map looks good. If no one complains I think we will use that. The coloring may take a bit to get used to but the layout is fine and as long as your alright with it Albright seeing as your the water nation then we should be good.

[bulborbish]

Roughly 13 provinces per player...

Ok, I'm cool with the Map. also scatters about enough water to allow people to make grabs at the Water Queens that aren't Atlantis.

[EuchreJack]

What version of CBM are we using?

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

   The latest one which should be 1.94 and if its not I will need to check the newest one before I can decide. I will be updating the OP once I gather the needed links.

Edit: I updated the OP with links to CBM1.94 and the map

[Mrhappyface]

What level are indies at?

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

   Default. I won't mess with that setting because if I make it easier then the people who are good will just stomp them and conquer more map then they should be allowed for game balance. If I make it harder for those who are good enough to deal with that then the newer players would end up having a hard time just leaving their home province and create basically the same problem of making the indies easier except slower. I find that because default is default everyone has about equal experience with it and knowledge from singleplayer transfers somewhat easier for the early game indy stomping then mid and late game does.

[EuchreJack]

I'd be interested in a slightly larger, slightly more colorful map.

Playing a test game on Shadowshore, I found that I started with only three starting border provinces, two west and one east.  The eastern province had hordes upon hordes of undead.  I was pretty much cut off from eastern expansion.  Also, there aren't a lot of forest provinces, and far too many swamp provinces, from what I've seen.  Overall, the map seemed a little too cramped for my liking.

Of course, I can work around these problems if I'm the only player who would prefer a different map, above all I'm flexible.

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

   It is a small map. It sits right between small and medium as far as the randgen that comes with the game is concerned and it was picked because a few people in the game wanted to try a smaller map rather then big. I went along with it as while big maps are fun I am in round 14 and that map is overdose on large maps.
   As for starting with only 3 neighboring provinces that just should not be. I know this may seem like a stupid question but are you sure it was only 3? If you press 8 the game will show you all province connections. I ask because I just setup a couple of games with 10 people on the map and the only person to get only 3 border provinces was Atlantis and looking at it I think they have a lot to work with though they need to do something early on to really take advantage of their position. I will open up the map in the editor and see what I can see though so we might be able to fix this if it is something.

[EuchreJack]

I'm sure it was 3.  I've opened up a subsequent game, and started with a generous 5 provinces in all directions, so it was probably bad luck.

I'm mainly just asking to wait on map decision until you hear from the other half of the players (only 6 have commented thus far).  If those other four love the map, I'm certainly fine with it.

EDIT: Unrelated, but anyone know how to get javelins to work?  My nation is heavily dependent on them working properly, but I just can't get my soldiers to use them.

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

   On the map you got luck screwed. There are exactly 2 provinces that have only 3 border provinces and can be started in, 60 and 111(this one technically has 4 but one is a water tile). Also I am waiting for the others to chime in. Thats why the game isn't up yet. I generally let at least a day pass or until everyone has commented until I finalize anything as important as the map.

[EuchreJack]

   On the map you got luck screwed. There are exactly 2 provinces that have only 3 border provinces and can be started in, 60 and 111(this one technically has 4 but one is a water tile). Also I am waiting for the others to chime in. Thats why the game isn't up yet. I generally let at least a day pass or until everyone has commented until I finalize anything as important as the map.

I believe it was province 106.