I'm in contact with another potential player, so maybe we can do another 4 player AoW2 game with Albaron, Arnuz, myself, and Jamesede? Let's see. time to sumon people via email.
Game started!
Order:
1. Southern
2. Scott
3. Mimo
4. James
5. Me

by wizard;
Emperor Purius
Prince Stefanus
Lady Godiva
Omah Krimhogde
Obrynn the wise

Yo!


I be down!

Or we could run a 5 players map I found if someone's around - we started the last one around or before the corona, I expect a lot of people to have more time nowadays.

If you're looking for an aow2 noobie, I'll be your squire

(bonus points if you change my leader name to "AI-Squire")

Well done! I won't even take offense at being excluded. But I will chime in on the thread to cheer for AI-Squire whenever possible. :)

Go ahead and kick off a 4 player without me. When my work dries up in a couple of weeks, I'll be back begging to be included. :)

Bump. Is there still another 4 player game in the works? I've certainly got time for one

Double bump... I'm just too lazy to start one this weekend, but I've got time to play these days. :)

I'll double check if Albaron is available; if he is, then we could have a 6 player game; Sacrificial Flame, perhaps?
Otherwise, 5 player or 4 player I suppose.

I was browsing the 5 players maps and this one - EvermoreMP - has quite some praise in the comments:
http://aow2.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=964&ci=ca27423b3fda53574561175e4f747a69YToyOntpOjA7YToyOntpOjA7czo5OiJTY2VuYXJpb3MiO2k6MTtzOjQ1OiJsaXN0ZXIucGhwP2NhdGVnb3J5PXNjZW5hcmlvcyZhbXA7cz1kJmFtcDtvPWQiO31pOjE7YToyOntpOjA7czoyNToiU2NlbmFyaW9zOiBTZWFyY2ggUmVzdWx0cyI7aToxO3M6MTAwOiJsaXN0ZXIucGhwP3N0YXJ0PTAmYW1wO2NhdGVnb3J5PXNjZW5hcmlvcyZhbXA7bWV0YV93aXphcmRzPTUmYW1wO21ldGFfbXVsdGlwbGF5ZXJzPTUmYW1wO3M9ZCZhbXA7bz1kIjt9fQ==

Albaron says he's quite busy, so his turns will be slow, and he's still working on installing the game so it'll work; he's having some kind of bug. So I think we should start this 5 player match now, and start a 6 player one (or less if some people are in enough games) when Albaron is ready.

Actually after checking, I'm pretty sure that's a 3 player map, contrary to what the upload page indicates. There's 5 wizards, but two of them have far huger forces, more automatic income, and start allied.

I can't remember if there's any 5 player aow2 maps.

Rats, I was looking forward to a game with one of the old Heavengames crew. Oh well, sign me up for both for sure. If you want an epic sized, roleplay heavy 5 player map might I suggest Drums of Death? Its a fantastic map, though its a major longterm commitment. Beautifully done and not in the standard symmetrical layout, but with a more natural feel. I played it for a bit way back, but never got a chance to finish it. But hey, this thing could last month...

But I'll totally understand if peeps want a map they might actually finish in under a year.

Drums of Death looks good, even if absurdly large. The question is, which of us would play the Archons, the central far stronger force to be opposed by four wizards?

Reading http://aow.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action=ct&f=26,5262,,60

Looks interesting, but it'll take many months. Not that I mind, but as I take way too long to play turns I am probably a better fit for a minor faction. I woudld say the orcs! I've only played good guys lately.

Question: is this map to be played with the MPE or without? It's older than MPE so I think without...