Something to LOL about!

[St Leo]

First try: 1710, but I killed a couple of Catapults and Elephants that besieged my fair city.

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[St Leo]

Second Try: 1480 (I accidentally [Enter]ed through first contact with the Vikings)

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[Dom Pedro II]

LOL

Were the other civilizations signing pacts to "contain your aggression"?

It kind of gives you an idea of what the game would be without you.

[FanatiC_KaBaN]

LoL, i used to do this all the time in Civ1, the best way was to take a settler 'NONE' and put it on sentry on the north or south pole. The AI never touched you. I think i got to the end every single time doing that. And it was also fun to be English and just sit there with 1 city and steal techs from the more civilized civs.

I haven't tried it with CivII though ...

[Blaupanzer]

It was fun to hide out in Civ I because, if you made it to the end, you could see a replay of the whole game. Following how the different AI civs handled the world gave me some clues as to how to deal with them. I really miss that replay feature.
[This message has been edited by Blaupanzer (edited November 13, 2000).]

[Mercantile]

Blaupanzer, i think most of us miss the replay. i am as to why they didnt' include such a fun feature in civ2. I hope it returns for civ3

[DrFell]

i loved the replay and i was shocked when i found it was taken out of civ2

[Dissident Aggressor]

It would seem more possible if you built the only city on hills. I can't see cannons taking you out on hills unless they hav a whole bunch. But the fact remains if you build off the coast on an island, you should survive every time. I'll have to try this

[Mercantile]

Finally survived the whole way through. Started on the poles, no contact at all although an ai shipdid cruise by a couple of times, it was empty

[Builder]

Do I have to build only Phalanx?

i'm testing it now.

[Richard Bruns]

Phalanxes and warriors only, that's the rule. Also, you should build exactly where you start. The second settler should add to the city instantly; no improving terrain or hut tipping. The key is to be as pathetic as possible and see how the AI treats you.

[Albert B]

I played this the other night... I made it to 1959, when the Celts finally pounded my city with bombers.

I have the MPGE and have heard all the talk about how aggressive the AI is in it. This game mostly sent that message home. The Celts made fairly early contact with me and were happy to ally with me. However, this alliance lasted a rather short time as they contacted me a short time later and canceled the alliance for no apparent reason. Then a few turns later I tried to contact them and was planning on giving them everything I could to make them like me again but instead they declared war on me without any hostile action taken on my part.

Anyway, the funny part was that I saved the game a couple turns before I was wiped out. I then reloaded that game and revealed the entire map. I found that was on a small continent/large island with the Celts. They had quite a few large cities and an army you wouldn't believe. I was at the southern tip of the island and although they had continually pounded my little city with different boats over the course of time, they never moved there land forces down the couple of spaces they needed to to take me over.

If I get a chance when I am at home, I will upload the saved file and put a link in here to where you can see it if you'd like. It really is good for a laugh or two, especially if you give yourself a few nukes and start blasting Celt cities/armies since this 'tactic' is usually avoided like the plague in most games.