Seeds of Greatness: Game #2

[Straybow]

It isn't like that much can happen...

[Peaster]

Not much can happen, you say ???? This is the most important stage of the game ! This is the Era of the Butterfly Effect ! When an Advanced Tribe can instantly double your population.

Hittites: Not much happened. Horsemen from a hut join our merry band.

Babylon: Brave swordsmen defeat a barbarian town, providing fresh slaves for the fields near Ur and for the King's harem.

Eurisko: You are up... restrain your eager hut-poppers please !

[Eurisko]

Popped a hut: Horsemen.

[Straybow]

Not much can happen when you're on an island with no huts.

[SlowThinker]

Originally posted by Bostero
@slowthinker: hello, you are an expert of this scenario. would you like to take command of Persia?

Hi, are you that Darius I played a short PBEM at CivFanatics with? Also with Mignonne?

I cannot involve regularly, but I can Ctrl-N or make some basic stuff ocassionally.

[Peaster]

Bostero/Dario/(Darius?) - You're up!

[Straybow]

Someone may need to cover for me if my internet gets cut off...

[Bostero]

egypt: moved something. next turn i'll take a hut.

persia: nothing:

greece: popped up a settler from a hut.

@Slowthinker: nope, that legendary Darius is another player,hehe.

[Bostero]

@Steve: what do you think about the food box with 20! that makes the game really slow??? why did you guys decided to keep it that way??

[Peaster]

Dario: We didn't talk about that - why didn't you bring it up before we started? . We talked a little about changing the scenario in other ways, but in those cases we decided to play the scen as it was designed (and this is more convenient for people playing in both Game #1 and Game #2).

IMO we shouldn't change rules in mid-game, especially if the change helps one civ more than another (IMO this would help slow-growth states in the North more than the grassier Egypt, Assyria and Bablylon).

I haven't thought much about whether it would improve the scenario, but unless the other players feel strongly about making such a change, I'd rather not.

[Straybow]

Minoans are now scratching pictures on rocks.

[Peaster]

Hittites: Veteran skirmishers narrowly defeat barbarian warriors. They claim slaves and gold for Hattas.

Babylon: Skirmishers explore a hut. Ambushed by barbarian horsemen, but they survive.

[Eurisko]

Incurred my first losses defeating a warrior on a river.

[Bostero]

egypt. chariots found
persia. nothing
greeks. sparta founded.

@peaster:

Dario: We didn't talk about that - why didn't you bring it up before we started?

i playtested a lot, but didn't notice that aspect. then i noticed why this is so slow. sorry.

IMO we shouldn't change rules in mid-game

well. it's not "that" a mid-game yet.

btw, i talked with Eurisko, and he agreed with me about. so, what do you think, old steve?

[Straybow]

I can't say I would object to a standard food box, but the slower growth is an important part of the scenario. Not critical, but important.