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PE-WI-Diplo [Kennendras]: New Era Under Way
Date:Wed, 25 Jun 2003 23:49:16 +0000

We now have a majority vote for New Era.  14 out of 26 leaders have
added the NE tag.

We need to keep this 3 turns, as i've heard.

Any suggestions bout the New Era that might (and hopefully) take
place?

-Kennendras of Astoec


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PE-WI-Diplo [WI-Independents]: New Era Clock Started
Date:Fri, 27 Jun 2003 17:27:31 +0000

To All Leaders - 

Kennendras is correct:  there are now enough New Era votes to trigger
a countdown to a New Era.  If there are enough votes for a New Era in
each of the Turn 96, 97 and 98 newspapers, then we'll launch a New Era
after the Turn 98 newspaper comes out.

Here is a draft of the rules for the New Era, based mainly on Huitz's
proposal:

(1) All regions will disappear and nations will start over as usual.
(2) Leaders may either keep or change their current names.
(3) Membership in a publicly-declared alliance is permanent: nations
may not leave an alliance unless the alliance has only one member.
(4) Alliances may add new members provided the enlarged alliance does
not contain more than 1/6 of the nations in the world.
(5) To end the world, a single alliance must meet the standard victory
conditions.  The game may still be restarted by a New Era vote.
(6) The remainder of the Web of Intrigue rules will still apply.
(Unlimited communication, etc.)

Do these sound okay to everyone?  Rule (5) is designed to make sure
that any alliance victory is earned, and not gained simply by joining
together a bunch of alliances.

Would anyone like to propose a name and two-letter abbreviation
for this game?  I am thinking of "Web of Alliances" but would love
to give it a more catchy name.

The Moderator