You will be ski racing down the mountain. There will be ten sections (maps, see below). Each will be 20 rounds with each round counting as a second. If you beat your opponent in 9 rounds, then that section took you 9 seconds to go through. 12 rounds it took you 12 seconds. If you lose it took you 20 seconds. As an additional incentive to the defender, you get time taken off of your score (see Race Mechanics), -12 seconds if you win in 4 turns or less.
So you want to get through each section in as few seconds (rounds on the map) as possible. The winner will be the one with the quickest time.
Conversely, if you are the opponent and fellow racer (on your own set) you want to delay the racer as much as possible so your score will better hold up. You as the opponent represent, the terrain difficulty, steepness, snow condition, etc. You want to make the section as difficult as possible for the racer. (You will be the opponent on each map but with a different racer (random.org))
How each individual race works:
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You will be ski racing down the mountain. There will be ten sections (maps, see below). Each will be 20 rounds with each round counting as a second. As the [color=#FF0000]skier[/color], If you beat your opponent in 9 rounds, then that section took you 9 seconds to go through. 12 rounds it took you 12 seconds. If you lose it took you 20 seconds. So you want to get through each section in as few seconds (rounds on the map) as possible. The winner will be the one with the quickest time. If you are the [color=#008000]hill[/color] and are losing on a map you want it to take as long as possible. So drag it out (this refers to the number of rounds, NOT the time it takes for the game).
Conversely, if you are the [color=#008000]opponent (the one playing the hill, representing snow conditions, etc.)[/color], you want to remember that you are a fellow racer. So you want to delay the [color=#FF0000]skier[/color] as much as possible so your own score will better hold up. You as the opponent represent, the terrain difficulty, steepness, snow condition, etc. You want to make the section as difficult as possible for the racer. (You will be the opponent on each map but with a different racer (random.org)) To make it even more fun to be the hill you will get the following negative (time off your run) bonuses.
Win in:
4 or less: -16
8 or less: -12
12 or less: -8
16 or less: -4
If you are the [color=#FF0000]skier[/color] and are losing on a map you don't want your opponent to get these bonuses so drag it out.
For example: you win your map as skier in 15 rounds, so your time/score is 15 seconds. Then in your turn to play the hill, you win in 13 rounds, you get a -4. so now your time for the hill is 11 seconds.
Please note, that in neither case am I talking about clock time. I am only talking about the number of turns. You always want your opponent to take as many turns as possible if you are losing. Conversely, if you are winning (as skier or the hill) you want to win as quickly as possible.
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I called this section Secret, so hopefully people will read it.
Unlike every other game you have played in CC, this one it [u][b]does[/b][/u] matter how quickly (number of turns) you take to lose. The quicker you lose the more it benefits your opponent. If you are losing, the next best thing is to go to the round limit.
If you are the skier and are losing, you already are getting a 20 (20 seconds on the clock), do you want your opponent, the hill to get negative time off their score? If you concede you are giving them that.
If you are the hill and are losing, you already won't get any of those lovely negative bonus times, but your opponent will have a faster time on that segment. Make them take the full 20 seconds by going to the round limit.
I will try to run the races concurrently so that at any one time you are racing and defending (someone, a different person each time). It will make following the race on the spreadsheet more interesting as well. I will issue new games as each racer finishes a section. The game load should not go over 4 and will probably be only two at a time. (If a Freemium wishes to devote all four slots, they may join.)
All maps are 20 rounds, Auto, Seq, the rest as indicated next to the map.
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[list]1. Eurasia Mini; Flat, unlimited, sunny
2. Balkan Peninsula: Nuc, chained, fog
3. Age Of Realms 2: Magic: Esq, chained, fog
4. France: Esq, chained, fog
5. Nordic Countries: Flat, unlimited, fog
6. Iceland: No, Adjacent, fog, trench
7. Austro-Hungarian Empire: Esq, unlimited, fog
8. Italy: Flat, chained, sunny
9. USA New England: No, chained, sunny, trench
10. Europe: Esq, unlimited, sunny[/list]
If there is a tie, then those tied will race two sections (maps, starting with 1 and 2) and you will be racer and defender. If necessary, a third map, etc. until there is no longer a tie.
I was hoping to see that one back as well, I have enjoyed the prior edition 
