Terra Map Amusement

[Snotty]

I played a small (tiny?) terra map and the new world was very thoroughly colonized by Ghandi and Monty before I had even got round to thinking about it. I think it has something to do with the new world being so relatively close to the main land mass. I still got first to circumnavigate though.

On my standard terra map game the AI didnt colonize very well, and I captured the 4 large barbarian cities on 'america' for a big boost. Provost Harrisons jaw nearly hit the floor when he saw how well developed the barbarians had their cities

[sabrewolf]

maybe there was a coastal-tiles passage between the continents?

[TheHateMale]

I've seen barbarian improvements, but not barbarian workers. Do their cities automatically improve if shrouded in fog of war for long enough?

[sabrewolf]

Originally posted by TheHateMale
I've seen barbarian improvements, but not barbarian workers. Do their cities automatically improve if shrouded in fog of war for long enough?

that's a good point. i have not seen them either. i guess playing in debug mode would show it but i don't feel like doing that

[Timmer]

I have captured workers in Barbarian cities,
so yeah, they have them.

Though I haven't seen them out in the field yet...

[GeoModder]

Have seen them in the field, but it looks like once the civs start colonizing the New World they pull them back in town.

[Bill3000]

Yeah, well, wouldn't you if a military unit of a civ that was permanently at war comes by your workers?

I have to say that I am loving the pseudo-civilization abilities of the Barbarians in this game - will be excellent for scenarios.

[Aileron]

Originally posted by MrFun
I built a world wonder of my own in my own backyard yesterday -- it's a pyramid, and much larger than the whimy Great Pyramid the Egyptians built.

It wouldn't happen to be made of tin-foil, would it?

[pauli]

next stop: barbarian cultural victory. or barbarians in space. if the barbarians build the un, do they get to vote?

[Bill3000]

I believe that it is possible to make Barbarians a full-blown civ, although that would ruin the point of the Barbarians.

[GeoModder]

Originally posted by Bill3000
Yeah, well, wouldn't you if a military unit of a civ that was permanently at war comes by your workers?

Of course, but colonizing the neighbourhood and chasing barb workers are still two different things.

[QuantumPion]

in the last game I played the barbs would have won easily if they were one nation. The new world was populated with size 12 cities with improvements, etc. A menacing sight for my reluctant colonists. I didn't manage to finish them off until 1980 or so, at which point they had infantry guarding the cities.

[Dis]

Originally posted by zerothehero
Had this in a number of games. The AI doesn't seem to expand to other continent even when got the techs to do so. I think this is a fault with the AI.

that's because barb cities are very difficult to take.