New Pre-WWI Europe Scenario PBEM

Darius871 · May 1, 2002, 02:08

Hello, I am in the "Pre-WWI" scenario PBEM at civfanatics. It is a relatively new scenario, and therefore I hope there is a good enough amount of interest in it to get one going at Apolyton too. I find it a lot better than any of the other imperialist age scenarios I've seen so far, and PBEM play would make it that much better. I like and others like it because of the good map, great graphics, and units/techs that go as far forward as the WWII era. Here is the intro description:

Jan 1901 on

Weak-Worst
Medium
Good
Strong-Best

"War does not determine who is right, war determine who left" - Plato.

Its 1901, the Entente Corial between England and France has not been signed, and Italy-Austria-Germany are still holding there alliance together, Russia remains sided with France... will war break out or will peace and common sense prevail?

German Empire:
Army-1,000,000 Economy-Strong
Navy-Medium Rail Network-Strong

British Empire:
Army-250,000 (BEF) Economy-Strong
Navy-Strong Rail Network-Good

French Empire:
Army-850,000 Economy-Good
Navy-Good Rail Network-Strong

Russian Empire:
Army-1,200,000 Economy-Weak
Navy-Good/Weak Rail Network-Weak

Austrian Empire:
Army-800,000 Economy-Good
Navy-Weak Rail Network-Medium

Italian Empire:
Army-750,000 Economy-Medium
Navy-Medium Rail Network-Good

Ottoman Empire:
Army-800,000 Economy-Weak
Navy-Weak Rail Network-Weak

There is also an eighth "neutral" civ which takes the place of barbarians in this scenario, and in that they are of course unplayable. They control Spain, Tunisia, most of the Balkan Peninsula, all of Scandinavia, and the low countries. The beginning of the game is dominated by the quick seizing of these sitting ducks.

I would hope that seven people are able to do this PBEM if it starts at all, since any civ that is left to the AI will be carved up overnight.

And finally, this scenario is an anything-goes situation, and neither house rules or negotiation disabling will hold you to alliances or even alignments. You could have a Prusso-British alliance if you want; it all depends on the situation.

Here are the three scenario downloads, so you can take a look at it if you haven't seen it yet:

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads/HistoryFiles.zip

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads/HistoryGraphics.zip

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads/HistorySound.zip

That's about it, so here's the order which I will edit as (or if) people join:

Russian Empire: open/AI
French Empire: open/AI
German Empire: open/AI
Austro-Hungarian Empire: open/AI
Italian Empire: open/AI, hopefully me
British Empire: open/AI
Ottoman Empire: open/AI

I prefer the Italians, but I'm willing to play something else if needs be. That is, something else other than the Russians because I am playing them in the Civfan PBEM and although they are easy, all the micromanagement is too much to do twice.

Cyrion · May 1, 2002, 02:52

Darius,

There is already one going on at Poly: just check the "History" thread!!

It was initiated by Soundwave (the author of the scen).

BTW, I play the Italian Empire in that one

Darius871 · May 1, 2002, 19:02

Aw, damn. I looked around for a thread of this, and "History" didn't really stand out to me. I guess this is cancelled, unless surprisingly there is enough interest to start another one.

Wait a sec, I thought soundwave left! He made a thread saying goodbye, and left another PBEM, so I got the impression he was leaving the whole forum for quite a while. Is he still playing there?

Scott F · May 1, 2002, 23:12

No, he seems to have left us, at least for the time being. I think that his country might need a player. Not sure.

Darius871 · May 1, 2002, 23:19

He's left a lot of stuff but nothing has made it clear to me that he's left everything. Well, I call A-H Empire if he's not coming back

.

Cyrion · May 2, 2002, 02:49

Actually, he left for an undetermined time!!

And left me in charge (as a "sub") of A-H Empire till he comes back!! The idea being he takes it back when he returns (but when?? good question... between 2 weeks and 5 month, he said!!)

Actually, I think it would be better if the sub wouldn't already be playing another nation!!

So for me it would be perfect to leave A-H Empire to you (provided you promise to be nice to Italy

), but wouldn't you mind giving it back to Soundwave when he comes back??

Darius871 · May 2, 2002, 03:12

Oh, definitely. Just thought it would be neat for a while. Odds are anyway he might not want it back after having someone else do it though, just because it would be so far off what he would have done. But that's all his choice, I'll do whatever once he gets back.

Cyrion · May 2, 2002, 05:12

Excellent!! So welcome aboard!!

And the good thing is: you already know the password...

I'll check my past mails to let you know what the situation was between A-H and Italy (quite cordial, of that I'm sure!!)!! Not that you're not free to change that, of course...

Oh, and we will need you mail: post it on the "History" thread please...

Darius871 · May 2, 2002, 05:17

don't worry, Italy's the last country I want to have problems with.