I would recommend you to play with fewer players at first.
4 max. This way you will get to play more often and there is lesser chance you will lose interest.

This said, although I played several PBEM games already, I certainly am not good and do stupid mistakes often, so I would be willing to join too if you need someone.

@Senteria: I am willing for some AoW 1 goodness so, if you gather sufficient amount of players, we can play.

Been two days, so I'll get you started Solar:

Random map, battle scenario - (smallish with a focus on combat).

8 Players with Random race assignment.

1) Solar
2) Blaneck
3) Incandenza
4-8) Computer players

Wenne, Vitek and I will watch from the sidelines. Please PM me or post your email addresses (with [dot] and [at] to confuse the silly bots). There is room for 1 or 2 other new players who want to play...

I will set allied victories to on (max of 2 allies). Allies can not be of opposed alignment.

Blaneck - You'll need to install the Email wrapper detailed in the sticky from Davespice... Also, the game needs to be patched to version 1.4. Not 100% sure if that comes stock or you need to patch via the sticky from Katakis who likes to be reminded to guard his Wizard :) from fliers.

I'll start a new thread for you three to post a turn log too. Check the little box to the right of the thread to make it a favourite topic and easier to find.

Lastly, here are some house rules that should be followed: PBEM Etiquette - The important one is SR-4 which is the anti-backstabbing rule which really only applies to me since I'm a cruel bastard.

You could have PM'd me, I might not have visited here.

BlaneckW, I think your keyboard is malfunctioning. For some reason:

"Thank you Mimo, for setting this up. I am lucky to have visited this thread again! Looking forward to the game!"

got translated into:

"You could have PM'd me, I might not have visited here"

We'll see.

So we are supposed to pick our favourites? OK, I pick Incandenza, beacuse I killed him in another map.

And oh my, those exploits. Why have nobody told me about them? I need to study them carefully. I think you will see some improvement in my play soon, but it won't be related in any way to this. :-)

Few tips for your game:
1. Learn to value concealed units, they are much useful against real players than against AI.
2. Archers in towns are priceless in quick combat
3. Archers in open are quite useless in quick combat

This is what I heard, so no worries! My money is on Solar. We played a quickie one-on-one and I taught him every nasty evil trick I know and I know quite a few...

Concealed units are of no use against AI, AI has a flwa that it ignores the concealment treat;
Archers in towns combined with at least wooden wall are priceless in quick combat
Archers in open are only effective in overwhelming numbers
Flying units are priceless, AI will flee from a flying unit if it cannot hit it
Use the unit enhancement spells to beef your units (stone skin, enchanted weapon, fury, dark gift, bless, you name it)
NEVER leave your wizard unguarded. Loose the wizard will mean GAME OVER, unless you have at the beginning of your next turn a Wiz tower under your control --> your wizard will then respawn.