Hi James!
great! I hope Naeco doesn´t object to this map (I know he likes it but he has already some games running with it - one with me
Since he´s playing the orcs there and I´m doing the Frostlings I would propose to switch and he takes Frostlings and I take Orcs but I´m fine with both.

I do also agree to your renaming proposal as indeed the similar town-names suck and make problems ingame when starting to send messages.
thanks for this.

last but not least - which version are you setting up? the one from the download´s section? probably....
I´m asking because we´re currently playing an old version but I´d like to use the new one obviously.

thanks!

Hoy folks,

At the very first versions I always had this "town name prob" which is annoying, I do agree.

You might have noticed that there is an updated version of "Herbststurm" (it is named "final22"). All towns are having names there. A lot of other changes as well, so I'd say this newest version is the nicest one. Maybe you wanna test..

Have fun!

With regards,
-Nephrati

Downloaded new version. This will save a lot of time. Just need confirmation from Naeco and I'll set up the game.

great

With The Groll out of the picture for an undetermined amount of time, I could deal with another game. James, guys, let me know if you wish to start a second game - although not on Herbststurm, I'd prefer.

I´m also fine with another map but minimum medium please

After speaking with Naeco by email, he'd be fine with Herbststurm if he takes darkelves. I'm fine with either frosties or orcs.

Or...

Another option would be to find a good 4 player map and bring Albsinscott in. If so, I'd suggest a medium size 4 player map with no AI wizards. Something like Anarchy and Treachery (though not A&T as I've played it too much now) where the action starts quick and the game focuses on strategies and alliances between the players. I really like games like that, not the least because they actually end in under a year and there's a good chance of starting and finishing with the same players.

Or both

no honestly I´m fine with either or.
But since I do also prefer coop games vs. against-AI-maps (although Herbststurm is a brilliant version of the latter) I´d prefer also the 4-player game with this constellation.
map-proposals?: hmm...
I´d like to play sth I haven´t been playing so far but don´t know what that could be
Or at least sth what I haven´t played that often... I´m free for suggestions. Prison break? I didn´t extremely like that map but it was ok. I´m not that familiar with M-maps...

OK. Searching the download´s section with my personal preferences (M, 4 players, PBEM) surprisingly leaves only 5 maps (Prison Break among them)

One of those is called "Brothers and Sisters" and it doesn´t sound too bad although the mentioned "customized Wizard special advantages" seem to be not too overly tested and thus might not be perfectly balanced but I personally would give a damn about that and give it a try? What do you guys think?

Prison Break, Brothers and Sisters, Fjordland, just a few suggestions - played only the first, and not to the end of it.

Hi again everyone,

We'll have to see if we can get Naeco to comment on this or look for another player.

Prison Break would be fun, since I'm a hero (and a king) on it, but it always looked really detailed to me which usually equals long game.

Brothers and Sisters on the other hand looks small even for my standards. I also don't want a map with only one race. I like variety.

I was able to find 19 maps on medium 4 player search, including Lost-Shipwrecked by Rheno, a map I started but never finished in pbem. Centraleon, an updated map from TWT is also a possibility. Again, played it a while ago but didn't get too far.

James.

Hi,
I wasn't able to be on the web to post except emailing.
I'm fine with any options as long as I'm not playing the same race on the same map at the same time.

lost shipwrecked rings a bell in my ear but I haven´t played it so far. would be fine for me.

How about we do Lost then?

Four races are:

Darkelves
Orcs
Archons
Elves

I'd like darkelves again, if noone minds, as they're one of my favourite races.

James.

I´m fine with any.

Lost is ok. I would pass the Elves, as that was my race in the 2 games I played over the map; any other race would be fine.

Will it be FFA or 2vs2?

FFA is my preference. Any race preference Naeco or Morgul?

While we're at it, I propose standard house rules with no spell trading or teleportation towers or abuse of saints, whatever that constitutes.

I have no race preferences or any other preferences. Just want to play

as I said, no preference so let´s get the damn thing started now - with my vacation in front of me (one week to go )
(but I´ll most likely take my netbook with me anyhow so we won´t lose the momentum before we ever gained it )

Ok, I will set up tonight and send it out.

Set up, played, sent on to Morgul and new thread created here:

http://aow.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action=ct&f=25,4411,,60

See you there.