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Dominions: new map Fast Start

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From: Gandalf Parker
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:22
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Trying the other end of the scale this time. For the not-so-random crowd. 
www.techno-mage.com/~dominion now has 3 files for FastStart. You need the 
TGA and the MAP. The YAB is optional since its the code that was used to 
create the MAP.

On this map every race is given 7 extra provinces besides their starting 
one. Almost all randoms that can be removed, have been removed. Each of 
the province gets a random castle but its in the more common range for 
castles. Each get an additional commander with troops and possibly some 
low level items but they are in the more common range there also. 

Each of the additional provinces will have a castle, a lab, and a temple. 
Each of them will have a population of 10,000. Each of the additional 
provinces have a defence of 25 so even though there is that first round 
of ownership combat, most should be able to hang onto the province.

I know this is not completely fair to all of the races but I have found 
no way to just start them with more money, or a large gift of astral gems 
to start-boost magic research.

Re-playing this map will give you a new HOME province and grant all of 
the commanders a new roll for magic items in case you feel your race got 
a really bad start. Oh yeah and re-decide the native units in the extra 
provinces. The other things require a new map.

The files are not zipped together because if there is interest in this 
map then I can add it to the systems daily processes to generate a new 
MAP file that can be downloaded each day giving completely new locations 
for all of the extra provinces.

The usual payment for free items would be appreciated (some comments? 
questions? interest?) 

Gandalf  Parker
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Subject: Dominions: new map Fast Start
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