custon games

[BrotherBiff]

thanks for link theben

[Blaupanzer]

My instinct is to build a bunch of cities to get the resources and strategic position. The designers specifically discourage this approach with the maintenance rules. So, I go more slowly on the expansion, then conquer for those same goals. There is a clear logic there, but it takes time to learn, This is why Financial is the most popular trait. Organized is also quite useful in this vein.

[joncnunn]

I'd describe all previous civ games as having the following patern that was all linear:

Explore -> Expand -> Build -> Conquer

Often building wouldn't even start until there was almost nowhere left to expand to.

What Civ 4 Mainteance rules turned the game into was multiple cycles.

There's now multiple cycles. One expample being:

Explore -> Expand -> Build -> Expand -> Build -> Expand -> Build -> Expand -> Build -> Conquer -> Build -> Expand -> Build -> Conquer.

[Unimatrix11]

Hmmm... reminds me of: They fight and bite, and fight and bite and fight... Fightfightfight,bitebitebite....

[Blaupanzer]

Originally posted by Unimatrix11
Hmmm... reminds me of: They fight and bite, and fight and bite and fight... Fightfightfight,bitebitebite....

This sounds like a mantra for offensive linemen at the college and pro level.

[jnh140]

Originally posted by joncnunn
Explore -> Expand -> Build -> Expand -> Build -> Expand -> Build -> Expand -> Build -> Conquer -> Build -> Expand -> Build -> Conquer.

My games tend to follow the pattern of

Conquer -> Conquer -> Build -> Build -> Build -> Expand -> Conquer -> Conquer -> Conquer.

FEAR THE WARRIOR RUSH

[Unimatrix11]

BP: I assume, you are not exactly a ´The Simpson´-fan then ? (It´s the text of the ´Itchy & Scratchy title theme´)

[jnh140]

By the way,

I experimented with "no brokering" for the first time.

Good lord!!! It was my second prince game to completion, and absopositivolutly trounced the ai.

My final opponent had flight.

I had future tech 4.

For me, no brokering makes sense, as my opponents tend to keep their discoveries in "the red" while demanding every tech I discover.

Going to go up another difficulty level for my next game

[BrotherBiff]

ill have to remember no brokering sounds nice

[Lord Avalon]

Originally posted by Unimatrix11
Hmmm... reminds me of: They fight and bite, and fight and bite and fight... Fightfightfight,bitebitebite....

Originally posted by Blaupanzer
This sounds like a mantra for offensive linemen at the college and pro level.

Or a Lewis Black rant.

[Lord Avalon]

Originally posted by Unimatrix11
BP: I assume, you are not exactly a ´The Simpson´-fan then ? (It´s the text of the ´Itchy & Scratchy title theme´)

D'oh. Or that. Haven't watched the Simpsons in a loooonnng time.

[Blaupanzer]

Makes me feel old to admit that I have no idea who Itchy and Scratchy are.

[jnh140]

but... the simpsons go back to... the 80s... or at least the nineties


(i thought i was old )

[Blaupanzer]

I go back to the fifties and actually remember a time when television was not available in the small town in Wyoming where I was raised. Of course I was 5 or 6 then, but nonetheless, no TV.

[jnh140]

phew. im a child of the 80s.

Air conditioning and tele have been life staples as long as I can remember