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**atawa** · December 1, 2002, 17:40

I would love to get into a long running game, only problem is I live in Europe when all those games are either on NA or Oz time

**Alexander's Horse** · December 1, 2002, 18:30

The Australian games are a lot different from the wham-bam-thank you-maam games that seem to be favoured by our American cousins. The last 4 way went to 15 sessions over about 4 months. That's at least 36 hours of play. The duel I'm in with finbar just completed its tenth session, its in mid 1800's.

We play 1x1x deity.

Don't bother asking to play with us unless you are prepared to commit. People who drop out don't get included in new games. It just wastes too much time.

**rah** · December 2, 2002, 17:08

I can't imagine 15 sessions. Even in the old days, it only took us three or 4 sessions to get to nukes. Heck after about a dozen sessions, you wouldn't have to nuke me, I'd have already shot myself.

**Alexander's Horse** · December 2, 2002, 17:48

You play 2x

**War4ever** · December 2, 2002, 18:09

actually the best way to play x1x1 is to go simul and follow the turn order when it comes to war......

1 ad, 7 players, good connetions, 1 hour.....

actually i dueled smartfart yesterday i think, and we were cruising until my connection went down

how many of you aussies use dialup? that really must be killer........

to be honest, a game about 5 or so sessions would be epic....anything longer tends to be tedious..not to mention, some of your guys 's turns take an hour.....i would be pulling my hair out, i may be getting older now, but an hour.....what do you do during that time....

i bet its hydey on KC slowing things down

**Alexander's Horse** · December 2, 2002, 23:50

Originally posted by War4ever
actually the best way to play x1x1 is to go simul and follow the turn order when it comes to war......

We've given up simult. One player carries on like a pork chop abut things like that.

1 ad, 7 players, good connetions, 1 hour.....

That simult?

how many of you aussies use dialup? that really must be killer........

I'm the the only one using a dial up and I normally host

Not a big drama.

to be honest, a game about 5 or so sessions would be epic....anything longer tends to be tedious

No, its okay, we normally don't have early war so everyone build their civs, trade, so forth.

..not to mention, some of your guys 's turns take an hour.....i would be pulling my hair out, i may be getting older now, but an hour.....what do you do during that time....

Turns are only long if there's war. That's why we save the war till the end game.

i bet its hydey on KC slowing things down

Hydey's contributions to KC are monosyllable

**War4ever** · December 3, 2002, 00:10

so don't you find the ancinet and medieval eras somewhat tiresome? no war, i am not saying you need to have war from the get go.....but some sort of war when someone has a tech advantage....

why let you opponents get muskets, cannon and stuff, if you have the advantage bash their skulls.

who is the pork chop

i thought deity had the bad connection...

about Hydey

**Alexander's Horse** · December 3, 2002, 06:31

Originally posted by War4ever
so don't you find the ancinet and medieval eras somewhat tiresome?

No - building a civ is fun - try it some time

Also players are always racing to get certain wonders.

no war, i am not saying you need to have war from the get go.....but some sort of war when someone has a tech advantage....

Its rare for someone to get a real tech advantage.

why let you opponents get muskets, cannon and stuff, if you have the advantage bash their skulls.

Because if you get into a war you quickly fall behind economically the players not involved.

who is the pork chop

guess.

i thought deity had the bad connection...

So he says.

about Hydey

We haven't seen much of Hydey lately

**Makeo** · December 3, 2002, 15:47

I've always been dialup.

**War4ever** · December 3, 2002, 16:37

ok, if your only building your civs up, why not play a scenario where you each have 10-15 cities and the improvements etc, and just go to war, it would save you 15 sessions of needless play

or can you not go to war and build your empire

Noobs

**rah** · December 3, 2002, 16:57

Hmm, scarey, I was thinking the exact same thing.

**Hydey** · December 3, 2002, 17:47

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse

Hydey's contributions to KC are monosyllable

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Yes its true

**Hydey** · December 3, 2002, 17:50

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse

We haven't seen much of Hydey lately

Tonight

Friday night

**Alexander's Horse** · December 3, 2002, 18:00

Originally posted by War4ever
ok, if your only building your civs up, why not play a scenario where you each have 10-15 cities and the improvements etc, and just go to war, it would save you 15 sessions of needless play

or can you not go to war and build your empire

Noobs

We like the early part of the game

And *sigh* there's all kinds of special rules and unspoken understandings which prevent early war.

finbar doesn't like war so you can't attack him and he won't join in one.

You're not allowed to attack hydey (don't ask)

Deity won't attack anyone so he can maintain his "spotless" rep so he just spends his time being annoying and trying to provoke people.

Makeo and I tend to just circle around like sharks waiting for something to happen.

**finbar** · December 3, 2002, 19:00

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
I'm the the only one using a dial up and I normally host

Not a big drama.

Deity, Horse and Makeo are dial-up. Hydey and I are cable.

Hydey's contributions to KC are monosyllable

Apart from the footy scores in winter.

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