Infinite Citadel

Oregon v. MSU it is  

After a long and drawn out game, Augustus withdrew lol. I had 9 points and Chaos had 4. On to the next one~

I'm very happy to have Gronk on my fantasy team lol

we're getting close to 10 pages

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Similar to the college football thread, who do you guys follow?

I'm a Packers fan (converted last year by my girlfriend after 22 miserable years as a Bengals fan)

Nope. Rickky?

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3

James Franco

What if I start counting to 1 million in here? 

1

slops

Not a lot of great games this week, so I chose what I thought would be the most competetive. 

We have 7 people, so we'll do two groups. The top 2 members from each group will then move on to a final round. 

Group 1:

Infinite Citadel, Chaoshawk, Natinator, Augustus Caesar (assuming he still wants to play). 

Group 2:

Azaghul, Khilafah, Vitaris

If there is a tie for second most points, we will do a game to decide who moves on (between the second place finishers from both games). Play at a time that works for everyone in your group.

I believe that's only going to effect games if you play against a computer. You should be good against other players

Meet my main league's fantasy team (12 teams in the league, I drafted 8th):

Team Name: The Big Gronkowski

• QB - Russel Wilson - Bench: Philip Rivers
• RB - Demarco Murray, Andre Ellington, CJ Spiller - Bench: Tre Mason, James Starks
• WR - Mike Evans, Steve Smith Sr, Charles Johnson - Bench: Terrance Williams, Jeff Janis, Rueben Randle
• TE - Rob Gronkowski
• D/ST - Packers D/ST (I was the last person to take a D/ST)
• K - Mason Crosby (Second to last to take a kicker lol)

Yep. Vitaris?

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challenge accepted

It's the same rules

We all win! 

Added up to here

Also I'm thinking after the OSU-VT game on Monday, I'll put up a poll for next week's game of the week since we seem to have a decent college football following  

Now that The Radiant League is completed (congrats to Deus for stomping the rest of us), it's time to start up our next series of competitions. Instead of a prolonged competition like we saw in The Radiant League (interest waned about 10 days in), we're going to do tournament style competitions, with a rotation every 7-10 days or whenever the current competition is completed (next up is Risk). 

First up: Settlers of Catan

What is Settlers of Catan?

Settlers of Catan is one of the better board games out there, created in 1995. Players assume the roles of settlers, each attempting to build and develop holdings while trading and acquiring resources. Players are rewarded points as their settlements grow; the first to reach a set number of points is the winner.

Gameplay:

The players in the game represent settlers establishing colonies on the island of Catan. Players build settlements, cities, and roads to connect them as they settle the island. The game board representing the island is composed of hexagonal tiles (hexes) of different land types which are laid out randomly at the beginning of each game;[4] new editions of the game also depict a fixed layout in their manual, which has been proven to be fairly even-handed by computer simulations, and recommend this to be used by beginners.

Players build by spending resources (brick, lumber, wool, grain, and ore), represented by resource cards; each land type, with the exception of the unproductive desert, produces a specific resource. On each player's turn, two six-sided dice are rolled to determine which hexes produce resources. Any players with settlements or cities adjacent to hexes marked with the number rolled receive resource cards of the appropriate type. There is also a robber token, initially on the desert; if a player rolls 7, the robber must be moved to another hex, which will no longer produce resources until the robber is moved again; the player may also steal a resource card from another player. In addition, when a 7 is rolled, all players with more than 7 resource cards must discard half of their cards, rounded down. However, the player gets to choose which half of their resource cards they must discard. For example, a player with 11 resource cards must discard any five cards when a 7 is rolled.

Players can trade resource cards among each other; players may also trade off-island (in effect, with the non-player bank) at a ratio of four of one resource for one of any other. By building settlements in certain spots on the edge of the board (ports), players may trade with the bank at three-to-one (3 of any single resource type) or two-to-one (two of a specific resource) ratios, determined by the port's location.

The goal of the game is to reach 10 victory points. Players score one point for each settlement they own and two for each city. Various other achievements, such as establishing the longest road and the largest army (by playing the most knight cards), grant a player additional victory points.

Resource cards can also be spent to buy a development card. Three types of development cards include cards worth one victory point; knight cards (or soldier cards), which allow the player to move the robber as if they had rolled a 7 (but without the remove-half rule); and a third set of cards which allow the player one of three abilities when played.

How to play:

You'll need to sign up here to play on line for free: http://www.playcatan.com/en/ 

I'll designate a member of each group of 4 playing who should set up the game and a password for the game. 

The competition:

Rather than a monetary prize like we did for the baseball league, I'm going to tie in our new Order system into this game. The winning member will have 1 credit donated to their Order. That credit may be used by their Order to put up an ad gloating about their victory, or it can be saved and eventually used to put up the Order's flag in game. If a foreign ambassador wins, they get to keep the credit to use as they see fit. The number of games and people eliminated per game will depend on how many people sign up. I'm thinking the top 2 from each game advance, with the winner of the final round getting the credit. Games will be played at a time that works for all the assigned members of a group.

Current players:

1. Infinite Citadel
2. Azaghul
3. Vitaris
4. Khilafah
5. Chaoshawk
6. Augustus Caesar
7. Natinator

Congrats Deus!

Augustus: I sent you your 500k.

Deus: I put my 2 mil in the bank, once Robert puts his 4 mil, feel free to withdraw your 6 mil winnings.