I have been kicking around the idea of doing a massive Team Shining: Original Timeline. If this concept isn’t obvious, then let me explain further. As a group, we will play through all of the “original timeline” games. These games include all of the Genesis/ Mega Drive games, CD, and Game Gear (Shining Force 1, 2, CD, FC, and SitD) but will not include Shining Wisdom. While I know that Shining Wisdom is part of the original timeline, I also know that it’s a pain to emulate and that there is very little interest in the game itself. Furthermore, this is going to be a large undertaking as it is and SW would compound that even more. Besides, the connections are fairly loose (and poorly translated) so it’s not much of a loss (I did enjoy it though so play it when you get a chance!) As an aside, I've picked this time to start this as no other Team games are active except FC which is nearing completion.
We will be playing each of these games in chronological order based upon their stories and not on release date. The games will not run at the same time meaning that we will have to complete Shining Force 1 before we start Shining Force CD (and so on). I've decided not to do any hacked/ edited versions of any of the games. We will be playing vanilla and when presented with a difficulty, I'm suggesting doing Normal but it is ultimately up to the person that starts each game.
As a group, we will also decide on different crossroads presented in each game. We can either hash this all out early on or as we draw closer to decision points. I'd like it if we could get a close-consensus on whether character 'x' will join the Force and (if they do) which character they will replace. The same will apply to stat boosting items but rings will be dependent on the preference of the current battler. If it gets to the point that it takes too long to make these decisions, then it will be up to the person currently running a battle.
Now onto some specifics of battles:
I sent PMs out to ten people and heard back from eight (myself included) of which one person declined. The other two members never responded and were therefore not included in the below list of battle allocation. The people that I sent PMs to are those that are currently active in Team games (only a few have run this past year so the sample is a bit small). I have allocated battles so that each of us have 17 (they may not be balanced in regards to early/late game-ness) which allows 40 battles to be passed off to reserves. I did this in case those other 2 people finally get back to me and want in but also because (I hope) other people will be interested in doing a few battles in general (some of the more recent members of Team SF2 for example, or a few old players that don't partake as often in Team games anymore). If I do receive an overwhelming amount of reserves wanting battles, I will drop the 'main group' down to 15 or 16 battles each.
Battles themselves have been random to an extent. I asked each of the main members to give me 10 battles they would really like to do. For each of them, they all received at least 7 of the battles they wanted so I feel pretty good about that. Otherwise, the rest were mostly randomize across the other games (the one big discrepancy will likely be seen between books 1 and 2 of Shining Force CD as I just lumped them all together. The randomization was somewhat altered to try and get everyone a fair percentage of each game (for example, zexxar has 10% of SF1, 9% of CD and FC, and 11% of SF2). Everyone isn't completely even across all games, but we're pretty close.
I don't think anyone has back-to-back battles but if you do, I apologize. Per usual though, you are allowed to trade battles if you so desire. The only exception to this is if you want to trade a battle marked 'Reserve'. The only time you can trade with a reserve is if an actual member claims the reserve battle and wants to trade with you. The reason I have it set this way is because I wanted some decent battles left for reserves to claim. In the event that nobody else really wants to take these battles though, we will distribute them more to the 'main group'. And don't be shy about telling me if I missed a battle or the name of the battle should be changed; most of these were taken from other Team games (so thanks to those guys for doing it in the first place!)
For those interested as a reserve, the battles are simply first-come. For the time being though, I'm going to limit each reserve to 6 battles each. This number may increase based upon interest for the game in general (if we only have a few reserves, they will get more and if we get a lot of reserves, I may strip the main group of a few battles each.) If you are interested though, you don't have to pick 5, but it is the current maximum.
With all of that said, let me get on to the massive list of battles. As usual, post any questions, comments, or concerns in the topic (or PM me though the topic is preference). Battles are listed below:
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Shrine of the Ancients- zexxar
Road to Guardiana- Simpelicity Road to Alterone- Drakonis Alterone- ehow22 Road to Manarina- Spear God Cave of Darkness- Stordarth
Circus Tent- Drakonis Shade Abbey- ehow22 Quarry- MXC Road to Pao Bridge- Demonic Weasel Laser Eye- Bulzome Elliot- zexxar Fortress of Balbazak- ehow22 Balbazak- Bulzome 
Ship Battle #1- zexxar Ring Reef- Spear God Ship Battle #2- Drakonis Road to Dragonia- Stordarth Kane- ehow22 Road to Demon Castle- Simpelicity Mishaela- Demonic Weasel Road to the Tower- Antman 537 Tower of the Ancients- Aesh Spear God Chaos- Stordarth Road to Runefaust- Demonic Weasel Runefaust Castle- Simpelicity Ramladu- Stordarth Colossus- Simpelicity Darksol- MXC
Dark Dragon- ehow22
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High Seas- Drakonis Washed Ashore- Stordarth To Miniyom Bastion- Simpelicity
Outside Miniyom Bastion- Stordarth Inside Miniyom Bastion- ehow22 Asreet Island- Antman 537 Town Battle- zexxar Road to Bazoo's Tower- Simpelicity Inside Bazoo's Tower- Stordarth Climbing Bazoo's Tower- ehow22 Harbor- Spear God Night Battle- zexxar Death Tunnel- Drakonis Road to Gundol- Spear God Fizzle Ball- ehow22 Dantom- MXC King Edmond- Demonic Weasel Cypress Hills- zexxar Geppel- MXC Bazoo and Frabell- Stordarth Evil Monster- ehow22 Woldol- Simpelicity Cypress Castle- MXC Cypress Cliffs- Stordarth Thames Valley- Antman 537 Thames Mountain- Bulzome zexxar Museum Ticket- Demonic Weasel Road to Emild's Castle- zexxar Emild's Castle- Stordarth Gordon- Simpelicity Portobello's Fortress- ehow22 Portobello's Harbor- Spear God Ship Trap- Drakonis Algam Field- Bulzome Algam Cliffs- Stordarth Fort Algam Top- Demonic Weasel Dark Dungeon- Simpelicity Volcano- MXC Forces Combine- ehow22 
Solo- Spear God Simpelicity Spear God Road to Iom Shrine- Drakonis Iom Statue- zexxar Barbara- MXC Ehow
Death Woldol- Stordarth Warderer- Demonic Weasel Iom- Drakonis Graveyard- Bulzome Chu Rao- Simpelicity Kisaragi- MXC Bulldor- MXC Shadow Force- zexxar Dava - Stordarth Museum- Demonic Weasel
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The Ancient Shrine- Drakonis Hassan- Antman 537 To Ribble- Demonic Weasel Kraken- ehow22 Thieves' Hideout- MXC Volcanon Mountainside- Simpelicity
Mountain Cave- Antman 537 Outside Pacalon- Drakonis To Moun- ehow22 Moun- zexxar Magus- Simpelicity Grans Arrival- Stordarth Simpelicity Red Tentacles- Antman 537 Outside Eiku's Fortress- Demonic Weasel Eiku- MXC Finding Sasuke- MXC Lynx- zexxar Galam Throne Room - Spear God Road to the Ancient Tower- Drakonis Ancient Tower Entrance- Antman 537 Mishaela- Antman 537
Darksol- MXC
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Granseal's Tower- ehow22 To Yeel- MXC To Hawel's House- Simpelicity Outside Hawel's House- Drakonis Galam Castle- ehow22 Escape to Granseal- MXC Granseal's Tower 2- Bulzome North Cliff- zexxar Ribble- zexxar East of Ribble- Simpelicity Hobgoblin's Cave- ehow22 Bedoe- Drakonis Polca- zexxar Desert East of Hassan- ehow22 zexxar Shrine Near Ribble- Drakonis Kraken- Bulzome Desert Before Taros- Antman 537 Taros- Drakonis To Harpy Pool- zexxar Harpy Pool- Simpelicity Devil's Tail- Demonic Weasel Chessboard- ehow22 Willard- Simpelicity North Cliff 2- zexxar Tunnel to the North- Simpelicity Outside Ketto- MXC To Tristan- Simpelicity Pangoat Bridge- Demonic Weasel Outside Mitula's Shrine- Antman 537 Zalbard- Stordarth In Pacalon- Simpelicity Jar Battle- Drakonis Moun- Demonic Weasel Cameela- zexxar To Roft- Antman 537 Prism Flowers- ehow22 Red Baron- Demonic Weasel Geshp- Simpelicity Near Granseal Tower- Drakonis Odd Eye- Antman 537 Climbing Tower- zexxar King Galam- Spear God zexxar Zeon- Bulzome Simpelicity Secret Battle- ehow22
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Level 1- Simpelicity Trial of Strength- MXC Trial of Courage- Simpelicity Trial of Truth- zexxar Trial of Wisdom- MXC Level 2- zexxar Level 3- MXC Level 4- zexxar Treasure Hunting- zexxar
Level 5- MXCMembers:
MXC
Stordarth
zexxar
ehow22
Drakonis
Demonic Weasel
Simpelicity
Spear God
Antman 537
Bulzome
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I did make sure you get some nice ones though so fret not 
Mostly just picked at random, haven't ever done most of these battles before. If anyone else wants them that's cool.
