NML 1914 game 13

[Elrood]

@VictoryFirst oh yes. Very up to date!

You see, some people here are demographically considered „elderly“ that run version 2.5 and feel threatened by a switch to an alpha version 😀

[Witt]

Bah humbug!
The youth of today: none doing any real, hard work, staying out late, making lots of noise and disrespecting their elders.
Bring back National Service , I say!

[Private-Panic]

Welcome to @VictoryFirst

I will update. Although this week is so busy I may not be able to do so for a few days.

[Witt]

I will update last , maybe in 2025 .

[FMErwinRommel]

@Elrood said in NML 1914 game 13:

Also … can we upgrade to latest alpha version? The savegame of our current games are compatibles that new version, but not the other way around….

If we switch to alpha, we can play our current games on alpha, but those who don’t switch can’t open a game saved in alpha? So, we all have to switch or stay with current?

[FMErwinRommel]

@Elrood said in NML 1914 game 13:

Also … can we upgrade to latest alpha version? The savegame of our current games are compatibles that new version, but not the other way around….

If we switch to alpha, we can play our current games on alpha, but those who don’t switch can’t open a game saved in alpha? So, we all have to switch or stay with current?

[Elrood]

@FMErwinRommel correct.

Our current Version 2.5 cannot open a game saved with Version 2.6

[FMErwinRommel]

We still need to resolve what starting bid to give which powers, if any.
Stay with the new bid of F & T getting industry? Boo
Return to just T getting industry?
Or no bid for any power?

[Elrood]

@FMErwinRommel I say we go back to Vanilla… the game more prone to player decisions and dice luck than a good tech at the start…

that said… an able player can really take advantage of such tech, while a worse player will waste it…

[dawgoneit]

I have all the versions saved in my downloads. i just put them in different files. so depending on who i’m playing i just download that version. i have 4 versions. the newest is 2.6+14732.
Total world war will only play properly with 2.6+14526
and a few games with 2.5.22294
and the 2.6+14615 witch i’m using for some other games.
it’s very easy to switch between versions.
I just listed the envelopes A, AA, AAA, AAAA.

[Elrood]

@dawgoneit said in NML 1914 game 13:

Total world war will only play properly with 2.6+14526

wait… you mean the latest version will cause issues?

[FMErwinRommel]

Not everyone voted on tech bid for powers, so I just went with those who did express an opinion. The consensus is going back to NO tech or any other bid for any power.

VictoryFirst replaces CaptainWalker.
We stay with 7 players, one player taking Italy, Arabia & USA.

Order of dice rolling for NML 1914 team game 14:
Dawg
Elrood
Entek
Private Panic
Rommel
VictoryFirst
Witt

[dice 1d100]
[dice 1d100]
[dice 1d100]
[dice 1d100]
[dice 1d100]
[dice 1d100]
[dice 1d100]

[dicebot]

1d100: 24
1d100: 11
1d100: 57
1d100: 4
1d100: 97
1d100: 42
1d100: 99

[FMErwinRommel]

@Witt picks first - here’s your chance to play plain vanilla T or more likely, UK against plain vanilla T.

Picking Order
99 Witt
97 Rommel
57 Entek
42 VictoryFirst
24 Dawg
11 Elrood Back to poor die rolls again
4 Private Panic

Choose from:
Ger
Fra/Ser
Aus
Ita/Ara/USA
Tur/Com
UK
Rus

[Witt]

Germany , please.
Thanks for rolling dice for us.

[FMErwinRommel]

United Kingdom, rule Britannia

@Witt Guess I will have to be the one to crush plain vanilla Turkey, so we will reprise our roles as antagonists in Scan, central Africa and to the ends of the vast Pacific.

@Entek chooses next.

[Entek]

@FMErwinRommel @FMErwinRommel I’ll go Austria again

@VictoryFirst youre up to choose

[VictoryFirst]

Not sure, what would be the easiest country to play as a beginner? I guess Tur/Com?

[FMErwinRommel]

@VictoryFirst No, the best powers for a newbie are Italy/Arabia/USA.
When players want an easy or quick turn, they would choose Italy/Arabia, whose theaters of operation are local. When we lost a player, we combined USA with them. USA is also a good starter position, as the early turns are just spent expanding on manifest destiny against neutrals, and the German opening gambit to Mexico (we’ll explain later). Afterwards, as USA income and units grow, it’s homeland is safe, and USA can choose where to shore up the Entente. Elrood might fill you in on playing USA in this past game.

Turk/Com requires a strong player now that the industry tech opening bid has been removed. Turks face UK from India and must try to take Cairo, while facing naval war with UK.

[VictoryFirst]

@FMErwinRommel

Alright, thank you very much for the advice. I will take Italy/Arabia/USA then.

@dawgoneit is next 😀