No Science Succession: Revenge of the Space Luddites

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Gah

Sorry I haven't checked in. I've got finals this week, and it's kinda hard for me to deal with finals and play an SG at the same time.

Skip my turn for now. I should be able to play again on Sunday, though. If obiwan hasn't played by then, I'll go. If he has, I could just go after him.

[-Jrabbit]

Sounds perfect.

obiwan
Vlad -- Sunday (and best of luck on finals!)
-Jrabbit -- back in rotation after Vlad

MRT -- Keep an eye out for new games starting here in General/Help. You will be welcomed regardless of skill level. (Just be ready to accept a bit of rabid constructive criticism. You'll learn a lot, fast!)

[MRT144]

well its funny, after i get the game rolling i find i do pretty well. its the BC era that i hate to play and generally dont do as well in and find it boring. i much prefer to play mid to mid lates games.

[Scouse Gits]

Yes, Vlad - the very best for your finals - do us proud!

SG[1]

[Scouse Gits]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit

MRT -- Keep an eye out for new games starting here in General/Help. You will be welcomed regardless of skill level. (Just be ready to accept a bit of rabid constructive criticism. You'll learn a lot, fast!)

Good point ... and you will be welcome to join our next game MRT. I guess we will start a new one in a week or so. Anybody have any ideas for the next one?

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[Ben Kenobi]

ive been lurking this thread for about a week...i would have liked to play but alas i crap Civ2 skills.

Follow along with this bunch. It's a great way to improve.

I play today!

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits


Good point ... and you will be welcome to join our next game MRT. I guess we will start a new one in a week or so. Anybody have any ideas for the next one?

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SG(2)

How about a Red Front succession scenario, SG(2)?

Otherwise... I had been toying with the idea of a nomad challenge... anyone up for that? Or is it too dull?

I think at this point we have to come up with some novel gimmicks to keep the games interesting... we have been trampling all over the poor AI in 'conventional' games. Anyone have an interesting map or start position?

[La Fayette]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits

Anybody have any ideas for the next one?
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SG(2)

Anything I have read about Red Front makes me think that, if player#1 plays 10 turns, there will be no succession at all, since it takes the h**l of a time and most players get hammered long before that .

Of course I would very much enjoy playing a scenario.
Why not ww2 as Russians? (we are playing it currently as comparison game; it would be fun comparing with what can be achieved playing succession 'one turn each')

[Scouse Gits]

STYOM - I'm not a great scenario player. A couple of years ago we played the Crusades Succession Game which took about an hour per turn if you were doing your job properly. However, I will follow the fortunes of the Red Front demo game.

I do have ideas for Succession Games ... but wondered if this was a good chance for somebody (other than the usual suspects ) to start and host a game. Another Academy Badge can be won.

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[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by La Fayette


Anything I have read about Red Front makes me think that, if player#1 plays 10 turns, there will be no succession at all, since it takes the h**l of a time and most players get hammered long before that .

Of course I would very much enjoy playing a scenario.
Why not ww2 as Russians? (we are playing it currently as comparison game; it would be fun comparing with what can be achieved playing succession 'one turn each')

I figured a RF succession would only involve 2-3 turns per player. It's S-L-O-W. 10 turns could take a month for someone who wasn't busy in RL. Besides, if player #1 plays badly for, say, 10 turns, it'll be hard for subsequent players to recover.

Obviously if only 2-3 turns are being played per player, there will need to be a lot of communication between players. It'll be more of a team effort, getting units moved east-west, building steel mills/ammo plants in the east, conducting fire sales of improvements in threatened cities, etc.

Anyway, it's an idea. I'd probably join a WWII scenario as the Russians as well - or as anyone, really.

@SG(2) - I have tons of ideas as well, but I've started quite a few games lately; perhaps others have new ideas to share. (I remember the Crusades game, was it ever finished?)

[Hydey]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
... but wondered if this was a good chance for somebody (other than the usual suspects ) to start and host a game.

I may try and come up with something

The worst that can happen is that you all say "no that idea sucks"

[La Fayette]

Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man
(I remember the Crusades game, was it ever finished?)

The SGs buried it, didn't they?
( I remember that I finished the one I was playing on my own in the mean time)

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Play list...

1. obiwan18
2. SG(2)
3. Hydey
4. SCG
5. STYOM
6. SG[1]
7. Bloody Monk
8. Jrabbit
9. La Fayette
10. Vlad Antlerkov

There are a lot of us, let's drop to 10 turns.

[La Fayette]

Originally posted by La Fayette

The SGs buried it, didn't they?
( I remember that I finished the one I was playing on my own in the mean time)

I just checked:
In fact I was the last one on the list and we won (according to the AI = Seliuq decisive defeat), though we didn't win (= conquer all objective cities).

Here is the thread:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22435

[Scouse Gits]

Originally posted by Hydey
I may try and come up with something
The worst that can happen is that you all say "no that idea sucks"

Sticky Mice down under

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SG(2)