I finally finished that new AoW1 mod I was working on, it has its own thread here;
https://www.gog.com/forum/age_of_wonders_series/ziggurat_engine_mod_is_complete

It should greatly improve the balance in PBEM, for units, spells, also heroes and their development, while adding a fair amount of abilities to unit and tweaking a number of mechanics.

So, sign up here to play PBEMs with this mod, and suggest maps to play. I won't be playing on TS136 any more!
Also, let me know how many PBEMs you're willing to enter.

Would be nice to take Xelm Plateau II or Towers of Khazlkound for a spin again.

All of them! I'm especially looking forward to this one

Fantastic! I am excited to explore all the mods new features! I am up for as many pbems as people are willing to sign up to play ahaha

Switching between modded and unmodded for PBEMs will be a bit annoying to remember, though perfectly doable. You'll need Ziggurat mod files available in a folder, as well as basegame mod files (meaning AoWEPACK.dpl and the Release folder), so you can copy-paste the right ones over the active game installation when it's time to play a turn in the respective rulesets.

I will name these PBEMs, in the Wrapper, with [ZIGGURAT MOD] at the start as a reminder.
If you forget, the game will still work fine, you'll just have some weird stuff going on with units having combined abilities from TS136 and from Ziggurat, maybe hero levelups would get a bit skewed too. That's why I personally won't play TS136 games anymore, too much of a nuisance. Besides TS136 not being as good!

BTW I applied some last-minute fixes, so please install the updated version http://aow.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=1231

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Anyway, since there's four of us I 've selected two maps to start off with, make your race choices:

FROZEN WATERS OF SESHEDUT
Elves:
Undead:
Highmen:
Frostlings:

THE GOD WHO WAS DEFEATED:
Dwarves:
Orcs:
Elves:
Dark Elves:

Frostlings and Orcs please

I'll go with the Highmen and the Elves

I will fire off these two games this evening

I just got all this up and going, thanks.

We have two new people from the discord (one of which is rmontiago here) so how many of you are still available? We could run a 6 player map like Emperor of Tun

I would be interested in a zigg mod pbem ! Sign me up if possible!

Now that I have my laptop back and have dealt with a personal issue I am up to play more games. Sign me up

Cool that means we can play a five man game

Two more people joined at the discord server. Could run some 6 and 5 player maps now, once they're ready

I select undead for the first and dwarves for the second. And I'm I'm avilable for as many PBEMs you can press the send button to.
Oops like like this bgg is really old post