Friday Night NA Game VII: Rumble in the Jungle

[Barca]

This is the discussion thread for Friday Night NA VII. As the name suggests we play on Friday nights beginning at 10:00 EST, and usually play until around 2:00 AM. Despite the name, participation isn't strictly limited to north Americans, but if you live far away you'll probably need a broadband connection to play with us. Also, we generally take one Friday off each month.

This game is played with a laid back attitude, and RP is encouraged. We fight limited wars for limited gains. You are also expected to announce your reasons for war and your demands when you DoW (demands are of course subject to change). Most importantly though, always respect others.


This post was made by PP, and I think it sums up our playstyle very well:

1) Religion should play big role in your diplomacy.
2) Keep balance of power in Europe. Do not form uber alliance that can smash everyone else.
3) Do not make other player nation unplayable. good example was Poland-Russia situation 2 games back. The goal is to for all players to be able to play all the way till 1820.
4) Diplomacy between games is very important. In there you should describe your changing views on other kingdoms so there be some base for war. We are not looking for situation where Poland has good relations with Austria but is attacked by Austria at the time it is at war with Sweden or Russia. That is a opportunistic war without diplomatic base which makes the game unrealistic. At the same hand we do not expect you to tell your enemy that you will attack him next Friday. Just post in AAR thread that your nation is looking worryingly on developments in other nation and you may do something about it. ALWAYS try RPing when posting diplomacy.
5) Never call another player names or be rude, example (PP you suck or CC you don't know how to play). You can use RPing for doing it. example (Tsar of Russia thinks very lowly about Sultans ability to rule) This way we avoid people getting personal.
6) Use ARR thread for diplomacy and this thread for regular talk about game schedule, rules, votes ect.
7 There is no GM in this game. All decisions are voted by the perm players.
8) Make the game fun and interesting for every player all the way till the end. This is where diplo and balance of power comes in. It is fine to fight huge war which cost you a lot of cash and troops, defeat your enemy and then only take 1 prov or cash to keep other nation playable. Barca is very good example how to do that.

The Players:
Barca - Sweden
CC - Russia
Sterk (?)-
BlkbrryTheGreat (?) -
Stonewall - France
Strix - Spain
Habs - Perm sub
RD - Austria
Frank - Ottoman Empire
Daed - Perm sub
Dyno - Brandenburg
PP - England
Sitting Bull - Portugal

The rules:

No maptrading until 1600, no maptrading with AI ever.
Maximum 3 european provinces taken from one nation per war. CoT's count as 2. Non-European provinces count as 1/2, unfinished colonies count 1/10th. Cores count as 0.
An nation or alliance can take as many as five provinces from an alliance (but not from one nation).
AAR's will be rewarded by -1 inflation.

The first session will be Friday, October 14.


AAR Thread

Stats.

 

[unmerged(11294)]

:d Rumble In The Jungle

 

[Stonewall]

I'd like to propose the additional of a common colonial culture for everyone. Aborigin worked perfectly for the last game, not that there were a lot of colonial wars to take advantage of that.

 

[unmerged(44386)]

Stonewall be a good chap will you and start a new thread for AAR's and diplomacy, so that the humble Austrian Empire may send forth her diplomatic envoys to the great kingdoms of Europe and state her honourable intentions and goodwill to all .

 

[unmerged(334)]

I guess colonial culture can encurage land swaps in the rest of the world insted just Europe. But it will not work with China or India. That would make it too easy for Portugal or Spain.

 

[Ccbasin]

I'd like to propose the additional of a common colonial culture for everyone. Aborigin worked perfectly for the last game, not that there were a lot of colonial wars to take advantage of that.

Now Stonewall, I fought 4 colonial wars. Thats more than you see in some games.

 

[Frank XIV]

I suggest to open Persia and India lands to all nations instead of, by example encouraging OE to bash prematurlarly on eastern Europe countries.

We can count on twelve players now that is pretty huge comparativelly on what we had on our previous games. Some extra-space needs to be opened to the jungle.

 

[unmerged(334)]

we always start with 12 players but they quit after few weeks and then we are short on ppl.

I do not agree to Persia India open to OE. Ottomans need to be involved in Europe to gie France some chance vs SPA-AUS-ENG. If OE is free to take on PER-IND then he will not try to fight for poor european provs. It will also create huge AUS by events which in turn will have free rule of all Germany.

 

[unmerged(11294)]

I agree with frank, will also give OE more rivals than the usual AI, austria and russia.

 

[unmerged(334)]

From our games, Russia and OE are almost aways allies. Aus-SPA are the enemy.

 

[Stonewall]

I guess colonial culture can encurage land swaps in the rest of the world insted just Europe. But it will not work with China or India. That would make it too easy for Portugal or Spain.

PP,

We did the common colonial culture last game. Since you were Russia, you may have noticed that all of your colonies in the Far East were aborigin cultured. It has absolutely no effect except to make it more profitable to fight for colonial provinces. The effect will probably be more noticeable since you'll be England in this game.

 

[Stonewall]

I really hope that the people who have signed up to play will stay the whole campaign. Europe crammed so full of players will ake diplomacy and wars so much more interesting.

 

[unmerged(334)]

Stony, I have no problem with aborigini culture in colonys that we create. I was thinking that you plan to change culture in all provs outside of Europe. (India, China, Indonchina) which would make taking over INDIA easy for Portugal or Spain..ect.

 

[Stonewall]

Stony, I have no problem with aborigini culture in colonys that we create. I was thinking that you plan to change culture in all provs outside of Europe. (India, China, Indonchina) which would make taking over INDIA easy for Portugal or Spain..ect.

Oh, heavens no. That would destroy the game for all the non-colonial powers.

The only thing I propose is giving aborigin as the first state culture to every tag in the game. Its the same setup as last game. I've got a modified PE-1492 that has this implemented.

 

[Sterkarm]

So what scenario are we going with? Sorry I haven't been active at all, but I've been really busy lately and the concept of 10 PM EST is starting to worry me. I may have to move into the role of perm-sub...

 

[BlkbrryTheGreat]

So what scenario are we going with? Sorry I haven't been active at all, but I've been really busy lately and the concept of 10 PM EST is starting to worry me. I may have to move into the role of perm-sub...

PE 1492 I believe.

 

[unmerged(334)]

So what scenario are we going with? Sorry I haven't been active at all, but I've been really busy lately and the concept of 10 PM EST is starting to worry me. I may have to move into the role of perm-sub...

I think this is becoming a rule for you You start but never can finish :rofl:

 

[Stonewall]

If Sterk can't take Poland, that leaves a huge gulf in Central and Eastern Europe. C'mon, Sterk, suck it up and play with us!

 

[Lethke]

Hojo's "Lonely Texan seeking MP" thread has spawned it's seventh incarnation already.

 

[Stonewall]

Hojo's "Lonely Texan seeking MP" thread has spawned it's seventh incarnation already.

Yes. And we'd love you to come back and play. Hojo too. Now that he no longer holds Dallas Stars season tickets, he has no excuse. And you can tell him I said so.