I'll take acorns if noone else wants them. I mean archons. I like commanding big armies.

IIRC MPE doesn't add any new units, so there's no problem playing SM maps on MPE.

I think I shall start the game soon with Jamesede on Archons, you on Orcs.

The other races are Dark Elves, Humans and Dwarf-Draconian, if people wish to announce a preference. I may put Mimo on humans since they're 'Hard mode' apparently.

Some units are changed though, especially builder units. Also the author might be using subtle tricks with the scripts events that break and we could notice it only months late... I think it's super easy to use the unmodded game, one needs only to use the old shortcut which is still there. If this is the case I'd use a prudent approach and use the vanilla game. As it's a very long one we'll probably keep playing the shorter maps with mpe in parallel.

Is this a coop or team map, or ultimately There Can Be Only One?

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!

Fixed that for you. :)

I'm in for whomever you so deign to assign me in any map these days. Going to be in lock down mode for awhile it sounds like, so my epic bicycling adventures are taking a hiatus. More time for gaming I guess...

Bah, I'm losing all the time recently. Tales of my competence are exaggerated. Arnuz is mopping the floor with me these days. But I do hope to reverse the trend eventually...

I believe that'd be the orcs, which I proposed for but I'm happy to play the dark elves instead - I'm just interested in some bad guys.
Starting to see that anyone who acts too aggressively at the start is doomed... In the previous matches you were, now in Shipwrecked I am. Food for thought!

I think allied victory is implied by the story in Drums of Death. The Prince and the Dwarf in particular are allies at the start. Of course that doesn't mean it needs to be played that way.

Also, would it be ok if i switched to Darkelves? Unless noone else wants the Archons. I just can't resist playing evil races, and I think I'd prefer a position that's out of the spotlight a bit. Last time I played the Goblins and I enjoyed expanding on the horizon. As I recall, the Archons and Humans start off immediately at war, while the other three are a bit more removed.

Busy today, will start this tomorrow

I guess we can always decide later about the legitimacy of allied victory.

Woop woop!

I've compiled preferences so far: (anyone correct me if I got yours wrong)
- Thereunto: "I'll be your squire" - one of the minor factions?
- James: DEs. Archons if no one else wants them.
- Mimo: anything. Book suggested that you use orcs and goblins - minor faction with the strong hero, Southern that you use humans - second major faction difficult to use.
- Southern: no preference?
- me: preference for the minor factions, out of time constraints, slight preference orcs=dark elves>dwarves, but ok with anything in case of need.

PS: Southern PLEASE do this in TZ order :) in AOW2 you can just drag up or down the players so it's super convenient!

Sorry, I changed my mind and would prefer darkelves now BUT if noone else wants Archons I'll take them

Can't be arsed to figure that out, so perhaps you can set it up that way? I have PM'ed you the list of emails

No problem with that Southern.

Let's try to get to a conclusion with the slots guys!

- Southern offers to play archons
- James prefers DEs, he's already played the map before so in case of need can probably play one of the more difficult factions
- Thereunto: dwarves are described as a more defensive position, good for you?
- me and Mimo are left with orcs and humans. Any preference Mimo? I'm ok with either. The orcs' Vaugh One might reinforce your OP hero shtick - you choose ;)

Unless anyone objects I am going to start it without the MPE mod - I think that the map balance and even the scripts might get broken by MPE. I like the game with the mod too but given that this might well be a year long game or so, better to use the principle of prudence rather than find ourselves stuck in an alley in 3 months.