Odeo Year and new Australian players

[Alexander's Horse]

firstly, anyone got a link to the list of odeo years - the turns of revolution without chaos.

secondly any interested in a game on Australian time, check out the MP forum for the Australian thread

[Elephant]

Oedo turns happen every four turns, with the starting turn as #1. If you are playing Deity level there are a couple lists here:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2501

There's a list for King level here:

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ2/strategy/sscsgs/

If you are below Deity you need to figure out when the turn lengths change. Here's some stats from CivFanatics:

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ2/strategy/scrolls/#Turns

One caution is when the map is very small or very large. This can shift the turn lengths so that they mirror those of the level above or below the one you are playing.

[Alexander's Horse]

thanks

[DarkCloud]

You know- someone should lobby markos and dan to put the oedo years in a guide in the Civ II section- evn though the game is getting old... just a simple html page...

[Alexander's Horse]

yes that would be good

[Straybow]

Originally posted by Elephant
One caution is when the map is very small or very large. This can shift the turn lengths so that they mirror those of the level above or below the one you are playing.

Eh? I've never seen this nor heard of it before. Does a very large map shift the to mirror a higher level of difficulty? If so it would have no effect at Deity, and I'd never notice.

[Alexander's Horse]

I once had disorder for 15 turns after revolting in a odeo year and then having a city in disorder in the following turn