Automated Z-Games

A: Z-Games are public games that are automatically created and started on the site. They appear on the Join Game page as maps with game names like "Z - ...". They are free for anyone on the site to join and participate in.

The goal of Z-Games is to always have games with fair settings available with a variety of maps and game types, so that new (or lazy) users do not have to create and start their own games in order to play on AWBW. It also helps get games on good maps that might otherwise never be played.

A: Z-Games work the same as any other user-created game. After joining a game on the Join Game page, you can find your waiting game on the Your Games page. There you can change your CO or country, or drop out of the game. Once the game starts and it is your turn, you can find the game on the Your Turn Games page.

A: New Z-Games are created once per day. There can be a maximum of 50 games waiting at one time (so if there are enough games available, no new games will be made).

To start your Z-Game, click the [Ready] button found on the "Your Games" page. Once you and your opponent have both clicked [Ready], the game will start immediately.

Otherwise, there is a script that runs once per day to start Z-Games. Once a game is full and ready to start, it is marked as full. Then, any games that have already been marked full are started. Therefore any full Z-Game will be started within 2 days of both players joining.

Any unjoined Z-Game that is older than one week will be automatically deleted.

A: Z-Games randomly select maps belonging to any of 4 categories:
- New
- Under Review
- A-Rank
- S-Rank

Higher weight is given to New and Under Review maps.

A: Z-Games can generate any of 4 different types of games:

1. Standard - Games with standard "league" settings: Fog of War = OFF, funds per property = 1000, starting funds = 0.

2. Fog of War (FOG) - Games with Fog of War turned ON. Fog games can only be played on maps in the "Fog of War" category.

3. High Funds (HF) - Games with funds per property set to 2000. These games are only played on maps in the "High Funds" map category.

4. Tags (TAG) - Games with tags set to ON.

Currently all Z-Games also have the following rules:
- All games are 1 vs. 1, so no FFA or Team games
- Clear weather
- Black Bombs banned
- Timer settings of 7d+1d, max turn 7d.

A: CO bans are picked randomly from among the different tiers depending on the game mode. See the AWBW CO Tier List for details.

Note that Javier's tier is adjusted based on the number of towers on the map. A small percentage of games are also created with CO powers turned OFF.