I have seen this discussed here a few times, and purchased it recently. I think some others might as well. If there is enough interest, I could start a PBEM game on llamaserver. Info on llamaserver can be found here.
Newbie--5 or fewer MP games. Can be adjusted if needed if there is not enough interest.
Early Age
Vanilla, no mods.
Diplomacy-keep your word, but everyone starts off at war.
Game name: Elementalists
Map Hieronica. Download map here.
Players.
wonderloss - Pangea
ElanaAhova - Yomi
LordXia - Tien Chien
louist - Arcoscephale
EmersonPF - Abyssia
Kamamura_CZ - Hinnom
Thranite - Agartha
igorCRO - Marverni
ReuelKB - Lanka
ghostwes - Ermor
I get in later tonight than I expected, and I have a commitment tomorrow evening as well, so I need to postpone another 24 hours.
Everyone knows the monkeys and giants are fighting the naked ladies in the west. What is going on in the eastern part of the world? Anyone at war, or is everything peaceful?
All turns in, and nothing. Did you switch auto-hosting off?
we are having the same problem with our Dom3 game. Seems to be a problem with the server, etc., and not auto hosting.
Ah, okay. It happens sometimes, but the "last checked" time usually stops.
From what I understand, llamaserver can get stuck in a loop where it keeps trying to host a game with corrupt turn file(s). It continues to keep updating, but isn't able to move onto the next game, thus freezing all of them. Llamabeast should be able to fix it. I think he's in the UK, so he should be getting up any time now...
Gehenna Gazette daily:
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On the sixth night after the Summer Solstice, fishermen living around the Lake of Vastness observed an unnatural, localised storm above the Lake. The whole Lake was restless, waves beating the shores, and lightning reportedly struck the water several times. Strange, eerie light was also seen coming from the watery depths that night, and the locals discovered a mutilated corpse of a huge sea troll washed on the shore, clad in a strange blue hauberk that was torn in half, revealing a gaping wound in the chest. The troll was allegedly equipped with all sorts of incredible magical items that vanished mysteriously before the local militia arrived to secure the scene. In connection to this incident, the local administration reminds the populace that all artefacts discovered on a field of battle have to be surrendered to the local Kohenim representative immediately for careful examination. Remember - unknown magical devices may be potentially dangerous to your health!
On a south-western shore of the lake, a bone-chilling apparition has appeared to terrorize the local populace. The invader was obviously a long-dead wizard or a king, animated by the most unholy magic, wielding a frosty blade. A hastily-called militia contingent was quickly scattered after the assailant quickly drained their life with powerful magic. Gehenna officials were not available for comment during the following week.
A peaceful, isolated mountain province of Kornburg, whose inhabitants consisting mostly of farmers and fishermen has recently experienced a sharp increase of religious fervor, has been massacred by a strange, unliving being resembling a decayed satyr covered with living, poisonous vines. This nightmarish monster has reportedly attacked several provinces before, choking life from people and cattle alike with highly toxic fumes. The Gehenna Kohenim Council responded by establishing a special task force called Supernatural Counter-Response Armed Militia (SCRAM) consisting mostly of specially equipped mages and undead-hunters trained to deal with diversionary enemy tactics behind enemy lines. Details about the funding or training methods are strictly confidential, as well as the chain of command of this new para-military government-funded body.
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Stay tuned for more news!
Could we please postpone 12 hours? I fear I won't make it this time. Thank you.
Okay, so no need after all, I managed to do it. It's past 3AM, now off to get some sleep...
Just a recommendation, for those of you with an account on the Shrapnel site, a PM there is much better for anything that needs an urgent response. I try to keep up with the posts here, but the Shrapnel site gives me an email notification when I receive a PM. I check my email much more frequently than I do here, so I am more likely to see your message sooner.
And if llamaserver does not become more reliable by the time we finish this game, any future games I admin will probably be through Gandalf Parker's hosting service.
Yeah, it's been a hiccup after hiccup recently. I suspect some exotic mods are to blame - but the service should be better programmed. An error in one game's processing should not derail the whole server.
BTW farms of plenty are bugged, they should give 50 supply and do nothing, and because of that, my poor archers are blind, mute, and bleeding all over from hunger! Shame on this shameful bug!
I never noticed. I never had an army parked there.
A pity about your archers though.
Lanka has requested a 12 hour extension, which has been granted.
Postponed another 6 hours. TC and Agartha, where are you?
Thought I will wait for the move to arrive, but with another 6 hours, I am going to sleep.
Six hours are gone, did you postpone once more? I would also expect an apology and explanation when someone misses a turn - otherwise, I think it's entirely fair to let them stale a turn.
Yeah, I did a last minute extension before going to bed. Unless I hear from Agartha, I will just let it go now.
Just a few miles northward of <censored> lies a rather gloomy country of <censored>. The Gehenna officials have established here a nice and quiet asylum for retired wizards who had some form of professional accident. The surrounding countryside is really quiet indeed, since the province has been void of population for several years after the last inhabitants have been <censored>.
As an ambassador, I have been given a tour of the facility and I have seen the most peculiar and sad sights indeed. There is this old Kohen whose arm has been chopped off by barbarians years ago - how are they supposed to heal him is beyond me. Recently, an allegedly powerful Baal by the name of <censored> has been brought in. Rumor has it he attempted the dangerous spell of <censored>, but his astral cord was severed and his brain literally poured out of his ears. The Astral Cap he was wearing was melted to his head, and up to this day, he just keeps on repeating the word "Preemptively" over and over again. Well, I hope he will get better soon.
The corridors are nice and tidy and specially trained Achas are tending to their patients day and night. They take their work rather seriously, which is understandable, because their fate depends on how successful they are with their therapies; one of the orderlies told me that the least capable of them are <censored> in <censored>, or worse yet, <censored>.
Tomorrow I plan to continue my journey to <censored>, which lies <censored> of here. I hope I will collect more interesting experiences for my journals there.
- from a journal of a visiting foreign official, edited for clarity by Kohenim Department of Information and Disinformation. The Enemy is listening!
Ah, yes. I guess he met one of the members of the Pangean Astral Defense Task Squad. There are a few of them floating around in the astral.
I will not be back at my computer before the turn hosts. I will not be able to grant any last minute extensions.
Postponed 12 hours. Where is everyone?
I sent my move in time (barely, as is my habit, but in time). As for others, I cannot say.
I've noticed how quiet this game has become since I was eliminated. Only the two of you ever post anything, other than Thranite a month ago.
See? You should have kept me around for this reason alone!
Marverni, Tienchi or Agartha seldom posted even when you were here. All the diplomatic niceties are over anyway. Now it's just a silent, desperate struggle for survival with few rules.
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