Welcome to Gaia! ::

The sound of birds singing and trees rustling call to you quietly. As you slowly open your eyes, the glowing sun is beginning it's descent behind the trees. You sit up quickly, and look around. There are five men with you, all of whom have been busy working to get a camp fully operational, and a small fire was already glowing. You observe your surroundings, and see nothing but trees. These trees are too thick to pass through, and you will have to cut your way through. But you notice something, looking at you through the trees. You instinctively reach for your weapon, but the figure steps forward, into the fading sunlight.

"Ah, so you are awake," the figure says, stepping towards you. "I was wondering if you would be up by sundown." You open your mouth to speak, but the figure cuts you off. "You are on an island. There are two other islands, identical to it. The only difference is that," the figure points to a great statue of a god by your now growing fire. "That is the god you worship, is it not?" You nod, still eying the statue. "Good," the figure continues. "Well then, I have answered the where, I suppose you now want to know why."

"You have been chosen to compete in a deadly game. As you know, there are three identical islands, one of them you are on. Now, you must take control of all three of these islands. Everything you need to do this is here." The man points, and you follow his reach, noticing a large gold mine just off to the side of the camp. "You have gold to form your weapons, as well as numerous trees for any wood you may need, as well," he points off to the opposite side of the camp, and you see a group of ten chickens, scratching at the ground of five sleeping pigs, five sleeping goats, and three sleeping cows, "as all of the food you will need. And if that supply runs out, maybe you will have some luck with the seeds you will find around the camp site. Now, I suppose I must tell you how to find your opponents in this game." The figure points back to the statue of your god. "As you turn one way, you do the opposite." And with that he walks away into the woods.

You scramble to your feet to run after him, but he is already gone, as if he has disappeared. You look towards the setting sun, thinking over the figure's riddle.

Rules are simple. Standard Gaia ToS apply, as well as Guild rules.

As far as AoM rules go, for right now, there will only be one Town center per civilization. The victory condition is razing the other two town centers.