I was reading some of the thread from the last game and while I find the concept interesting, it seems that there is not enough time given for players to communicate and make decisions.

Will the next game have the same set up, timing wise? Also, CB, if people can come and go as they please, won't it make things much more difficult? If a group has the votes to accomplish something, it would suck to get 9/10ths of the way there only to have a couple people jump and throw off the balance of power.

*jump in...

Moderator: CommanderByron
Players
1. KingCyrus
2. bo_sox
3. TrPrado
4. Peregrine Falcon
5. ND
6. Jamiet99uk
7. Steephie22

@trip- while it could cause that problem, if people have IRL issues they'll leave regardless. what I am trying to do is set this one up with means for continuity. I believe abge offered a similar means of exit and entry in the prior rendition.

Bear in mind that columbus made many journeys back to Europe after establishing his first settlements. It isn't against realism. And my hope is that people will leave for a turn or two and return fairly soon after.

timing wise I am going to try to space shipments (which will be the backbone of the timing) out every week IRL. A shipment is 6 months in game, however if I see that your colony has come to consensus well before the week is over I will pull a card from one of my pile, and add an issue for you all to debate. With the amount of things you will all have to agree on I feel that I should rarely have to do this. I will also add my card drawings for the next phase will happen well before the next phase, this is because some of my cards can delay a shipment or expedite a shipment. Give me a few minutes I will clarify a bit asap.

First Phase (Pre-Launch) - 1 week IRL, council members will draft their charter, select from a list of experts, and stock their portion of the ship.
Second Phase (Travel) - 1 week IRL, council members will face the hardships of cross oceanic travel. Cards will dictate how smooth the expedition will be and what challenges the council will face. It is suggested the council use this time to discuss broader goals.

Third Phase (Arrival)- 1 week IRL, council members arrive and must set up their colony using the items on board their ship. cards will dictate what challenges they face or what blessings they receive. Council enters their requests and the ship departs.
Fourth Phase (Survival) - 1 week IRL The king has sent a shipment without any requests this shipment will include basics of survival and colonists to join the colony. The colonists should place a request and handle the card given issues they now face.
Fifth Phase (Survival)- 1 week IRL, The first requested shipment (requested in P3)arrives.
Sixth Phase (Survival)- 1 week IRLThe second requested shipment (Requested in P4) arrives.

Perhaps it makes sense if the player entering the island late isn't automatically given much rights, since he's 'just' an immigrant. Should add an interesting dynamic.

from their we will extrapolate with the patter that odd phase requests come on odd phases and even phase requests come on even phases.

@steephie- The council will be given autonomy in deciding how players are treated and what rights are afforded players. That will be something you will have to try to get put in your charter.

Alternatively, the new player could be a native 'stepping up'.

Perhaps it's just me, but I struggle to imagine many people keeping up with something like this for 6+ weeks. Weeklong discussions might occur for the first couple of phases, but as activity naturally tends to peter out, I think 7 days is pushing it a bit; maybe 5 days would be better.

I'm interested in playing again, but unsure I can commit yet, so I'll keep watching the thread for a specific start date and check my schedule.

Looking forward to it. When will the start date be?

@steephie the cards may dictate that. I really have no control besides what the cards say but what I have done is given the cards so many functions on my end that even I am excited to see what happens each phase. With the rare card combination that affords me autonomy and allows me to pick an event (which should help the game from getting too dry) every combination is a predetermined event; natural disasters, plague, native raids, and sooooo many more are all possible. my cards are in 3 groups. The groups are: Negative, Positive, and Economic. Economic cards will either increase or decrease production or be trade offers from tribes or the playdipian empire. When new issues are presented for me to moderate I will pull from my deck a card which will guide how i moderate. this is really exciting.

@HR- I will be more than willing to reduce the time as the game progresses, I want to really provide everyone enough time to discuss and debate. At first I will simply throw a curveball midphase to spice the game up. but given time I may find it useful to reduce phase length.

When it comes to the start date why don't we get some suggestions? I know steephie can not start until after the 23rd March. and KC wants this to start after Mafia closes (which I do not follow Mafia enough to know when that is) but besides that our start is pretty open ended. I will also start trying to recruit more players like I did with steephie, I think a solid base should be over 11 players.

Wow you're making some serious effort there.

No more suggestions from me, I feel completely safe leaving this in your hands.

I'm hoping after April 2nd :)

I'm pretty much in full agreement with steephie. It looks like you got this completely under control, so I'm gonna give it a whirl.


Moderator: CommanderByron

Players
1. KingCyrus
2. bo_sox
3. TrPrado
4. Peregrine Falcon
5. ND
6. Jamiet99uk
7. steephie22
8. trip

So an April start date looks best. I would prefer to adjudicate phases every Monday so please if everyone who joins can select from the 4th 11th or 18th that'd be fantastic. I will go with the most agreed upon date bearing in mind anyone can join later.

add the date next to your name in the sign-on sheet

Moderator: CommanderByron

Players
1. KingCyrus- 04APR
2. bo_sox
3. TrPrado
4. Peregrine Falcon
5. ND
6. Jamiet99uk
7. steephie22
8. trip

Don't know yet.. I'll let you know when I know :-)

I'm a maybe depending upon start date... Been thinking about doing another Mafia but think I'd rather do this

In that case, you might want to state your preferred starting date.

Moderator: CommanderByron

Players
1. KingCyrus- 04APR
2. bo_sox
3. TrPrado
4. Peregrine Falcon
5. ND
6. Jamiet99uk
7. steephie22
8. trip- 04APR

Moderator: CommanderByron

Players
1. KingCyrus- 04APR
2. bo_sox
3. TrPrado
4. Peregrine Falcon 4 april
5. ND
6. Jamiet99uk
7. steephie22
8. trip- 04APR

Bump.