Razing cities

[rjmatsleepers]

Originally posted by War4ever
yes, mine is definitely not the traditional 22? ounce mug...i am sure it is no bigger than 14-16 ounces

Traditional size in Britain is sufficient to hold an Imperial pint which is 20 ounces. Thus the mug would be a little bigger than that (call it 22 ounces). Since you colonial Johnies have your own (16 ounce) pint, you can get away with smaller mugs.

RJM at Sleepers (who knows it's off topic, but what the heck)

[DrSpike]

I can honestly say I've never known so much about pewter mugs.

[War4ever]

you can say the same thing about your spam too Dr.

[DrSpike]

Talking of spam, have you caught Rah up yet?

[War4ever]

who said anything a bout trying to catch rah..... i am going after Ming

[DrSpike]

You better join Nation States and another Democracy game for that......you're going to need the serious Spam, the stuff you keep for when royalty comes to visit.

[Scouse Gits]

My apologies for the totally off (current) topic post, but ...

Does anyone actually KNOW the conditions under which a size 1 city is NOT destroyed by conquest?

SG[1]

[DrSpike]

Bloody threadjackers.

Hehe no, noone seems to know.....other than it varies. Perhaps we should tell Samson that it's a problem......that's probably the best course of action.

[Scouse Gits]

Hey Doc - where is Ricardo?

SG[1]

[DrSpike]

Ricardo is the guy is my avatar.

He is an early 19th century economist.....famous for the first exposition of the case for free trade, and the initial work on comparative advantage, as well as being the first economist with any technical skill.

I am still in Southampton.

[La Fayette]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits

Does anyone actually KNOW the conditions under which a size 1 city is NOT destroyed by conquest?
SG[1]

IIRC it never happens when the city is a capital

[La Fayette]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Ricardo is the guy is my avatar.

Adam Smith used to post big size on this forum
Perhaps we get John Maynard Keynes next year
(why not Karl Marx? I wonder )

[Scouse Gits]

Originally posted by La Fayette IIRC it never happens when the city is a capital

Capitals are destroyed if there are no city walls.

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SG(2)

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
My apologies for the totally off (current) topic post, but ...

Does anyone actually KNOW the conditions under which a size 1 city is NOT destroyed by conquest?

SG[1]

Why not create some empty size 1 cities in cheat mode, and run a few tests?

The last time I captured a size 1 city was in the 'no science' succession. It was Athens (Greek capital, of course), size 3 with 2 defenders originally. I attacked twice with elephants, reducing it to size 1 and killing both defenders. I entered the city with a wounded ellie, and the city was destroyed.

(Despite the city being destroyed, I still stole a tech and my ellie was still healed.)

So... the city was a capital and was destroyed. IIRC it was on plains, and obviously not walled.

[Scouse Gits]

For what little its worth my empirical observation suggests that:
If I capture a size 1 city it always vanishes
If Barbs capture a size 1 city it seldom vanishes
If the AI captures a size 1 city it sometimes remains

Could this be related to the differing sizes of the food box?

Does this agree with your observations?

SG[1]