Be afraid, be very afraid - a little horse played civ 2 for the first time yesterda

[Alexander's Horse]

My oldest boy (8 years old) played his first game of civ yesterday. He took Romans at chieftain level and played with the tips.

I just left him to it. He built lots of cities in a small area and churned out tons of Phalanx. Was doing very well on the powergraph but I think he's going to learn about starvation soon.

[Scouse Gits]

Start 'em young! Just hope he gets more than 32 roubles for his caravans

ps Is Hydey 8 ... sure he was 6

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SG(2)

[Straybow]

Well, he acts more like 2. Same as the rest of us.

[Ben Kenobi]

Is Hydey 8 ... sure he was 6

Obviously a cricket prodigy.

[Scouse Gits]

You going to let him be AH(2)? Or force the poor lad to face the world as a Settler?
Good luck to him.............

SG[1]

[DrSpike]

Hehe now he has started he will not look back.

[Hydey]

You can all see how my dad treats me like an outcast .

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
You going to let him be AH(2)? Or force the poor lad to face the world as a Settler?

SG[1]

Obviously a cheap ploy to build the +1(x2) wonder, now that DrSpike's let the secret out.

[DrSpike]

Shhhh, I don't want anyone else to beat me to the SG wonder.

[-Jrabbit]

Very cool, AH. Keep us apprised.

Looking forward to when you start using him as your latest DL.

[Alexander's Horse]

He's not like me, more like his mother. Smart as a whip.

I'm worried he'll soon be beating me - I think I'll turn the advisors on to screw up his game

The Chieftain level is excellent for teaching the game if you turn the tips on.

Maybe I'll dust off civ 1 so we can play some hotseat.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse

The Chieftain level is excellent for teaching the game if you turn the tips on.

Wait'll Ming and/or rah see this - they'll insist you're teaching him bad habits by letting him play Chieftain.

[rah]

Yep, teaches all the bad habits. But I think that's AH's plan so he can continue being the best player in horsie land.

[ColdWizard]

if AH was really going to teach him bad habits, then it'd be 2x2x, king, huts only with an altered rules.txt

[Elephant]

I introduced my 10yr old daughter last year as she was learning Ancient History. She likes the building part of the game, but not the fighting. Probably the opposite of AH's son (although why Phalanxes?). We've discussed history, economics, technology, diplomacy - wish we could get some credit for this in homeschool...