Tales from the Diplomatic Front X

[SmartFart]

Try to borrow a city with,let's say,Leo to your ally and you'll see how it works.

What do you mean 'alot of rules'?

It's a simple game of Civ2 with no cheating and with equal start to everyone.
Only additional proposal is no city bribe,but as i said,i have no problems either way. City bribing minorising conventional warfare and therefore sucks.

As for Frank's proposal about non-wonder game: i have no problems either way.
Up to all of you to decide about this one.

[Empress]

I also suggest that in lue of the last 2 diplo games frank and I have been in, that we agree ahead of time what to do about "no shows". I propose:
1. everyone has within 30 minutes of game time to show.

2. failure to show within the 30 minutes a sub will be found.

3. If no sub is found and prior arrangements are not made then the game continues with an a/i, unless a vote is made to postpone the game.

Trust me guys, this really needs to be established before we begin.

p.s. maybe we should play with only 6 players so that alliances of equal numbers can be made... just a thought...

[CapTVK]

suggestion:

If you guys (and gals) plan to play on the worldmap (or a map with lots of ocean) I suggest boosting the naval movement of ALL naval vessels by two. I've tried this with a normal game on the worldmap and the use of your navy will become far more important. Those extra movement points also boosts trade, I recommend it.

Good luck with starting the game and hope you all see the end of it!

[Empress]

works for me!

[Rayne]

Sunday 4PM est is the agreed upon time then?

[SuperSneak]

Ditto. See you all there....

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Bring it!

"If any man can convince and show me that I do not think or act right, I will gladly change; for I seek truth, by which no man was ever injured. But he is injured who abides in his error and ignorance." Marcus Aurelius (Meditations)

[Frank Johnson]

Well....I've played other diplo games where extrra trade ships were added, wonder affects modified, like pyramids expiring with refrigeration, and oracle never expiring......only the host had to change his rules.....so I plan to set the rest of the wonder to "No" for techs to get them.......so when i host the effects will be transfered to your computer for that game.

[SuperSneak]

Gotcha. While you're at it, give me a bunch of howitzers to start with, too.

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Bring it!

"Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance; and be ready to let it go cheerfully." Marcus Aurelius (Meditations)

[Empress]

I hope everyone caught that limited warfare.

[SuperSneak]

Just a little psychological warfare, my dear. I'm really a peace-loving isolationist.

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Bring it!

"Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance; and be ready to let it go cheerfully." Marcus Aurelius (Meditations)

[Frank Johnson]

Sunday 4PM then people....

Im at ICQ 2896875......
I've already got 4 of you.......
If everyone shows, we get (6) currently so i'll be looking for 1 more to join us. Sincce there seem to havee been no problems mentioned here's the final rules.

Diety Level (Easier clean start)
Large Random World Map (If any player starts on an island supporting less than 4 cities we restart)
Barbs from Huts only
Diplomatic Game, Limited Warfare
No Wonders (besides Apollo for SS and Manhattan for nukes)
No city bribes
No sharing wonders
No trading caravans (this means no giving them to another civ so there is a large bonus with no moving, not no caravans)
No peeking or cheating of any kind


Any other suggestions before we start? I think I'll host and disable the wonders, anyone interested in increased naval movement?

[SmartFart]

I would rather play with normal naval movement rate.
Trireme with 5 movement points significantly decrease importance of Navigation.
Ships with +2 movement turns naval tactics upside-down.

[SuperSneak]

How do you disable wonders...save two?

[Frank Johnson]

We had a good first session today, over 4 hours of play. It was really enjoyable. I didn't make contact with anyone, however I built a great number of cities and found I have a nice home to grown into.

[SmartFart]

Nice,fast moving game. Aztec empire is few turns from discovering Republic. First caravans are on their way to establish trade routes with our strong ally. Triremes in wrong cities stopped my expansion at some point,but new land is discovered recently.
It seems i'll stay in Monarchy until expansion is finished.