18 Civs on a Duel map

[Bogdanovist]

Is a great little game if you want to play a whole game in a sitting. I'm pretty stoked this kind of option was included as you didn't have this much freedom in Civ3. I'd recommend playing on a higher difficulty than you normally would if you do this as the AI dosn't seem to adapt well to the cramped conditions.

My tip for this style is to pop a settler early before the map gets swallowed up by cultural boundaries. Most AI's don't get a second city down so your immediately at an advantage.

[Dis]

how can you pop a settler unless you reload?

Might be interesting to try... once. Not my style of game though. But at least it's more interesting than having 2 civs on a huge terran world.

[Bogdanovist]

By 'pop' I meant build a settler, I forgot about 'pop' referring to opening tribal villages

Actually now you mention it I don't remember seeign a single such village in one of these games. There mustn't be enough room between civs starting locations for the map generator to fit them in.

[Solver]

That's pretty crazy

[Sirian]

Inland Sea and Highlands are among the best maps to use for 18-Duel sardine can games.

- Sirian