Huge World Comparison Game

[Tom DeMille]

I didn't stray much from the standard OCC strategy (didn't even think to build Marco Polo). With my city on the north coast, I didn't have any trouble trading with the Vikings. I also look forward to another scenario like this.

[War4ever]

Scouse gits.... thankyou for including me in your game.......LOL but as the pitifull vikings...... next time put me in my rightfull spot as the Mongol leader LOL and i demand some dineros for the copyright infringement

No wonder the Mongols sucked in this game ah the life i lead , i still havent' had a chance to take myself out yet i hope to this week though

[Scouse Gits]

ELOL @ War4 - my most humble apologies (but no cash) for the copyright infringement

Well done, Au, just how wrong can a guy be - everyone and his aunt plays it as OCC and I thought it probably couldn't be done.

Everyone else - I'm a tad busy at the moment, but should be able to put together another one in a couple of months - any takers for our next outing??
[This message has been edited by Scouse Gits (edited March 15, 2000).]

[Aurelius]

It would seem like Map making would be more important than Trade in this game as one can't trade without a Trireme. Contact might be helpful.

Huey, I would love to have built MPE in this game, but I barely got Copernicus and Shakes built before the Vikings. They were cranking out so much science and were huge. Why, there was no end to their lands east and west....

I should know better than to found my 'one' city on tundra....really slow science....but I love wheat or silk (interchanged a few times.)

AU--thanks again SG[1]

[DaveV]

Progress report: as of AD 720, I have established a port city on the north coast of the Viking continent, and have sent a couple triremes sailing off to the north. Each boat carries a pair of diplomats, who will try to pick up some spare techs. Due to some poor decisions on research, I don't have navigation yet, but it's only about 4-5 turns away. Adding ME to my wonders should greatly speed my progress to the north.

Strange happenings: the Mongols took out the Americans in 100 BC. The Babylonians (holders of the GL) immediately picked up a bonanza of free techs (5 in all). It looked as if the techs that would have been given to a new civ were generated, although the Americans stayed dead. This has made me cautious about eliminating any more civs until the GL is neutralized.

I have 58 cities and over a hundred veteran musketeers. My plan for this game is to emulate the army ants of the tropics - a slow march north, destroying all in my path.

[Scouse Gits]

Glad you're still with it Dave - how about you War?
It takes so loooooong to ICS a world like this, but it does my heart proud to see that it CAN be done after my ineffectual failure
Good luck - keep up the good work

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"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor

[War4ever]

scouse ...... i tried to download it and i got a spindle for the name and when i tried unzipping it it said some crap about registering my sim city2000 game.... i retried and retried but to no avail

[Scouse Gits]

Sorry about that War - should I put up an unzipped version or has the time passed?

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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor

[War4ever]

for me that would be great if its not too much trouble then i can post too

[Scouse Gits]

For War and anyone else that had problems with my zipped scenario...
Unzipped Scenario & Text files - download both into the same directory.
Enjoy


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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor

[DaveV]

Progress report, AD 1200: I have SoL now, and am Fundamentalist. I'm researching Monotheism, but may not discover it before the end of the game. I have a beachhead on the Mongol continent, and will be carving a path through it to reach the final destination. The Vikings and Aztecs are being allowed to survive until I take out the Great Library (the last thing I need is for the Babs to get gunpowder). Marco Polo reports:

Carthaginians: 82 cities, 199 Musketeers
Russians: 9 cities
Babylonians: 5 cities
Vikings: 1 city
Aztecs: 3 cities
Mongols: 15 cities

Edited "Monarchy" to "Monotheism". Oops.
[This message has been edited by DaveV (edited March 23, 2000).]

[War4ever]

i cannot get this game to work...... i try to save it as something different thanthe simcity2000 option i am getting WTF?????? can anyone help me ?

[Scouse Gits]

Sorry War, I don't have SimCity 2000 so I can't try and duplicate the effect - have you tried the following:

• create a new (empty) folder in your Civ2 directory - something like c:\mps\civ2\spindle
• copy the two files spindle.scn and spindle.txt into this folder (or alternatively download them directly to this folder
• start Civ2 and select 'Begin Scenario' from the first menu
• the open file box will default to the civ2 folder - click on the spindle folder and you should see 'spindle.scn' in the file select box
• go for it!

If you've already done all this and I am telling grandma how to suck eggs again [aside]No, ghen, No!![/aside] I do apologise and hope one of our friends here will help you out.
Good civing ...

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[Smash]

That is very odd.Sim city?Sounds like you are getting the wrong file.Try e-mailing it to him SG

[DaveV]

I finally finished. World conquest in AD 1670. My casualties were amazingly light - contrast these numbers with Smash's:

Settlers 1
Warriors 2
Phalanx 1
Pikemen 1
Musketeers 27
Horsemen 1
Elephant 1
Knights 1
Dragoons 1
Cannon 1
Caravel 3
Diplomat 1

Points in my favor - I built Marco Polo, which gave me a nice boost in tech. I didn't kill anyone off until I captured the Great Library. I think the bad guys would have picked up some of my techs if I had. As it was, I finished the game as the only one with Gunpowder(!), Democracy, Monotheism, Theology, Leadership, and Metallurgy.

At the end of the game, I pulled a trick I've always wanted to try. I put almost all my cities to work building temples. As soon as they finished, I sold the temple and started a new one. Low tech Capitalization! I should have started doing that earlier - I built too many units that never reached the front lines and cost me a lot of time in moving them around.

Fun game, SG. But where do I send the bill for all the time I spent on it?