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The Great Kantō Earthquake
100 years ago, on September 1st, 1923, the island of Honshu in Japan was devastated by the worst earthquake in that nation's history. The devastation from the estimated 7.9 magnitude earthquake was compounded by a firestorm, a tsunami, a typhoon, and civil strife culminating in the Kantō Massacre. Altogether the death toll from quake, the fires, the tsunami, the typhoon, and the violence, is estimated between 105,000 and 142,000 dead. Another two million were left homeless. Property damage is estimated at over $1 billion, or about $17 billion in today's terms. It was a greater disaster than the atomic bombs would be two decades later.
September 1st is nowadays marked in Japan as Disaster Prevention Day. Past disasters are remembered, and drills and educational activities are conducted to help prevent or control future disasters.
The map for this month's challenge will obviously be Japan.
There are two ways humankind gets through disasters. At the moment of the disaster, it is purely individual. One must survive, oneself, before anything else. After that, it becomes a community effort -- we must rescue and heal our families, then our neighbours, then the wider community, and all must begin to rebuild.
The settings for this month's challenge reflect that duality. First, you must survive, yourself, alone, in a multitude of others who are also trying to survive. This will be reflected by 12-player Standard games. Zombie spoils will represent the dazed and confused people in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. Second, you must help friends and neighbours. This will be reflected by Doubles games, where you must partner with another.
The larger contribution to score will be the number of Doubles victories -- the number of things you accomplish to help your community. You must win AT LEAST ONE game in the solo category, but there is relatively little reward for winning more than one. (In role-playing terms, once you have proven your ability to survive, there is little advantage to proving it multiple times. You only have one life. It's the lives of others of which you can help a large number.)
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SEPTEMBER SCOREBOARD
*No sign-ups required. Monthly Challenge FAQs.
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Settings - Silver
Map: Japan only
Players Per Game: 12
Game Type: Standard
Initial Troops: Automatic
Play Order: Sequential
Spoils: Zombie
Reinforcements: Adjacent
FOG: YES
TRENCH: NO
Round Limit: 20 or 30
Round Length: 24 Hours or 2 Minute Speed
Joinablility: Public
Settings - Gold
Map: Japan only
Players Per Game: 4 or more
Game Type: Doubles
Initial Troops: Automatic
Play Order: Sequential
Spoils: Flat Rate
Reinforcements: Chained
FOG: NO
TRENCH: NO
Round Limit: 20 or 30
Round Length: 24 Hours or 2 Minute Speed
Joinablility: Public
Medal Criteria
1923 points are required for a medal and BOTH kinds of tokens.
Each Gold token is worth 83 points.
Each Silver token is worth 15 points.
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Notes
- *No sign-ups required. Monthly Challenge FAQs.
- Games must start between CC Time: 2023-09-05 09:00:00 and CC Time: 2023-09-30 23:59:59 to be considered for the challenge.
- Wins will count until CC Time: 2023-10-31 23:59:59.
- Any issues will be solved by Dukasaur, and His word is final.
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