When do civs restart?

[MrWhereItsAt]

If you have the option to restart killed civs turned on, is there a time limit for them to restart? In my experience, they only restart if you kill them before around 1AD - can anyone tell me if this is true?

How about for MGE, which I don't have much experience with?

[TCO]

I thought they restarted after also. I think that they do need to have some free space on the board tho...

[Smash]

I think they stop restarting at 1750ad or 1850ad.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I've definitely seen them restart as late as 1000 a.d., but never as late as 1750 (thank goodness). I do play ToT, though, so maybe it's different.

[debeest]

In the Campo challenge, they restarted against me through at least 1500. Didn't need very darn much space, either.

[MrWhereItsAt]

It's 1720AD and we in the Democracy game are about to start unloading on some Civs. If anyone can clear this up on whether we can expect a restart or not - please let me know.

Minister of WAR, not peace.
MrWIA.

[atawa]

I dont think with our map and being in 1720ad we can expect a restart.

I have never seen it happen this late in the game.
However I remember several games where there was no restart and it was much earlyer in the game.

[shade]

as far as I know they restart as long as they have room to settle a new empire(although they sometimes may get an entire island for theirselves they sometimes only build 1 city )

About the demo-game--> someone in council do a trail and error?
(or I could do it using an old game I stil have--> whipe out the civ with the cheat-mode and see what happens... just say who you want to see killed?Cleo? or Lincon? )

Shade

[Marquis de Sodaq]

As for the democracy game, the 'restart civs' toggle was probably on when I started, that's what I always use in my own games... More hunting that way, you know.

[MrWhereItsAt]

No matter. By then it will be someone ELSE's problem.

Minister of WAR, not peace.
MrWIA.

[Marquis de Sodaq]

I've seen restarts nearly this late in a game, but not after 1750ad. And they don't need any space at all. I remember once having the Germans restart on a one-square hill island with no specials around.

[TCO]

I've seen em on an island also. I think they need distance from your units though.

[War4ever]

is it the same conditions as the civ3 restart of civs ? or did they make "advanced" changes to this feature as well

[Caesar the Great]

i never play with civ restart.... what does it add to the game anyway?

[Bloody Monk]

Civs restart up to 1480a

In a recent game I tested the idea that the cutoff point for restarting was 1500a. I hit the last city until the flag dropped but did not enter on that turn. At the beginning of the next turn, 1500a, I entered the city destroying that Civ. The color did not regenerate a new civ.

After saving, I reloaded to the previous turn and entered the city. This time when the Civ was destroyed a new one was created.

Settings were: Deity, raging hoards, 7, large map.

Therfore, Civs will restart that color up to 1480a; but from 1500a onward, when you kill them they stay dead.