New Individual Game?

[Jumpingfist]

Will ESO be ready? That's the change I am most interested in. Unless the gnome is going get Hog Riders or something. I would love to transfer HOs from group to group

[Ry Vor]

RA - DuPont
DA - Wynand
BL - Bash Grimtooth
RD - Helix
DE - Jhereg
DW - Lord Kain
EL The Gray Mouser
WI Panda
AN Pedinski
TR unclemike
GI Drogo
WA The Deliverer
GN Jumpingfist
UN Ixnay
SO hamlet

Danka. BTW, go Germany! Cipher completed the ESO's. We don't have SVC. There will be a few setup changes, like influence and maybe some racial combat values. But we don't have the 565's ready. Cipher has been working hard with Uncle Mike on the Web Based Order input. It's exciting we have so many promising improvements, but I don't want to put too much in play that we cannot be assured of completing. Believe me, I really wanted to have this in, but it was a bit ambitious.

[Bash Grimtooth]

I just received my setup/turn 0 for game 146, and it says in the back to "enter your selections for our Early Strategic Objectives with your first set of orers (sic) on turn 1, this is our only chance to pick these choices for this campaign."

However, in the setup, I have an ESO already assigned.

Me confused.

[Ry Vor]

All players in this game will be selecting their ESO on turn 1, so don't submit turns early until we get this squared away one way or the other. Worst case is use the instructions posted on this forum for the new ESO model.

I saw the turns were going out without the new text for ESO, but I felt players would rather have the turns than wait until we can fix that issue. Also, there was some TV event....

[Cipher]

Well, there is text reminding players to submit their ESO selections with their turn 1 orders, it's just above the section that will list the previous turn's orders. This section should be providing ESO information on all game results for turns prior to turn 16, with info on custom ESO or the previous ESO model.

[Drogo]

Do we want to move this to active games and all share contact information?

The Giant King can be reached for parlay at his snazzy new email address: giants.alamaze.146@gmail.com

[ixnay]

The shadow brotherhood of the Underworld can be reached at pbm.dog@gmail.com - which, incidentally, is also where you can send your 1-2 page articles on Alamaze for publication in Suspense & Decision!

[Hamlet]

Hamlet, Valet to the Stars, on behalf of the Sorcerer folk, can be reached at KevinMichaels12345@gmail.com, or just send a big light up into the sky and cross your fingers for a response.

Looking forward to a fun game.

I am already struggling with the ESO order .
This is challenging. Actually, the ESO on my sheet currently has a better reward to accomplishment ratio than anything I can put together under the new formula .
Oh well, change is good, change is good, change is good....

And congrats to Germany and to the hot daughter in the pictures....

[Drogo]

Actually, the ESO on my sheet currently has a better reward to accomplishment ratio than anything I can put together under the new formula .

On balance I think this will be generally true (and by a lot). Personally I think the rewards could be beefed up a little given the challenges. But maybe the ESO rewards have been intentionally downgraded from the past offerings.

[Jumpingfist]

I created an active game thread. Please move contact information over to it.

For the ESO I see it as better even if you had better reward ratio. You now get to choose based on your needs on turn 10 or 15. Seeing how you could get 3 wizards from your ESO I do not see much better that could be done on a rewards ratio.