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Speed Civ
I am getting tired of wracking my brains micromanaging everything to beat some record. (You people who have tried the size five strategy know what I am talking about. 
) I therefore propose a different approach: Speed Civ.
Start with a given board and everybody has a set amount of playing time, say three hours at one sitting, to meet some objective using whatever strategy they want. Goals could be highest score, AC, most civ's conquered, most cities conquered, most techs accumulated, largest treasury, all AI's contacted, whatever.
I think there are some real advantages to this approach. You would have to play on instinct instead of micromanaging to death. Luck matters somewhat, but is not the sole determining factor.
I'm open to discussion about board settings, rules, etc. Two obvious issues are how to monitor time played, and how to handicap machine speed. (I have a 100 mhz machine
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Old posters never die.
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<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Adam Smith (edited December 05, 2000).]</font>
) I therefore propose a different approach: Speed Civ.Start with a given board and everybody has a set amount of playing time, say three hours at one sitting, to meet some objective using whatever strategy they want. Goals could be highest score, AC, most civ's conquered, most cities conquered, most techs accumulated, largest treasury, all AI's contacted, whatever.
I think there are some real advantages to this approach. You would have to play on instinct instead of micromanaging to death. Luck matters somewhat, but is not the sole determining factor.
I'm open to discussion about board settings, rules, etc. Two obvious issues are how to monitor time played, and how to handicap machine speed. (I have a 100 mhz machine
) Old posters never die.
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<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Adam Smith (edited December 05, 2000).]</font>
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