This is just my opinion, but it's based on some experience: I don't think marathon games are suited for the GOTM format. 33 hours is too long for more than 1 or 2 people to be able to finish.

If you would like to come up with a Warlords game set to a normal speed I think it would work better. Let me know either way, I don't mind coming up with both a Vanilla and Warlords game for Feb.

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WOOP! Lets see just how deep I can get my posts to be just due to GOTM banners

You'll have to work pretty hard for that. If you get down past 5, I'll probably start doing them side-by-side.

That is pretty much what I was thinking too . . . shame . . .

I wonder about "Epic" speed? I personally am averse to normal speed, but then maybe I just haven't played enough games at normal speed.

I'll set up a normal speed Warlords game and play it through. I'll use pretty much the exact same settings except standard map instead of huge. As I understand it Mongoose, you first play through a map to make sure it is a "good/fun" one and that it is "winnable" am I correct?

I guess Noble difficulty is the norm, eh? Except with Raging Barbs on, in my experience, with the "wrong" type of map, Warlords difficulty can seem like Prince!

ADDIT: I'm eager to get more people playing (i.e., maybe _buying_) Warlords, cause the more I play it, the more I think it is a MUCH better improvement on Vanilla Civ4 overall. The Great Generals basically brings back some of the military and strategic options that existed in C3C. Except that, (a) the incidence of Great Generals is less capricious because it is dependent on the experience of your military overall, and (b) the use to which you put a Great General has three different forms. Check it out Warlords Info at Civ Fanatics. When you combine this with the re-tooled (read, tweaked, balanced, and perfected) leader characteristics, new leaders, new UUs, new special civ buildings, and the scenarios that are included in Warlords, it is DEFINITELY an improvement on Civ4.

I now, it is annoying that Firaxis took the marketing ploy of withholding all these cool features for an expansion pack, retaining the option to dig into your wallet twice. But at least they DID MAKE Warlords, which they have yet to do with their alleged editor/modmaker pack.

I usually don't play the game out to victory before I post. I typically just play to make sure that it's a decent start with room to get a solid foundation.

Noble dif. would be fine.

This trait seems to be one of the biggest new additions in Warlords. Because it also interacts with the Great Generals, I thought it might be fun to give a player a chance to see what they can do with it.

When I first played a few rounds at it, I found that the starting location was pretty bleak, so I added some perks in the Worldbuilder. So far I've played up to 125 BC and have seven cities, so I think it is definitely winnable, though perhaps challenging.

Geeze standard speed games go fast!