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The "best" start I ever had - cermonial burial and alphabet included ..Its 4000 b.c.
small map, 7 civs, ...
small map, 7 civs, ...
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Check out the 'Hard Times' succession game start
Those small maps will do that sometimes... especially if you're purple!"I'm a guy - I take everything seriously except other people's emotions"
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That would even be good for a restart in an MP game.
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if you play purple on a tiny rock in mp you get these starts once in a blue moon, they happen more in sp mode i have noticed....Boston Red Sox are 2004 World Series Champions!Comment
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Lol nice start.......though in SP it is fun to try and play them, at least if there some land to the south.
MP=toast.
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actually often in mp games if you wander a few turns there will be an isthmus , but in sp, i have wandered the whole top of the map board to find nada
they left u a furs, i usually get game or whatever that frozen lamb is in glacier or tundra....looks a bit like its frozen in iceBoston Red Sox are 2004 World Series Champions!Comment
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Hehe, IIRC it's musk ox.Comment
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musk ox, thats it, looks like a frozen wooly mammoth to me....all i know is its good for food and nothing else..Boston Red Sox are 2004 World Series Champions!Comment
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Yeah you don't get it often, but sometimes you have a city with a small amount of tundra, or you found near a pole and have a couple of squares of tundra. I can think of specials I'd rather have though.
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you dont' even get trade if you road it...that IMO in mp is a waste, unless you build on a mountain to make a canal to come out the other side, then the food is welcome, otherwise, screw it....Boston Red Sox are 2004 World Series Champions!Comment
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I always suspected my starts were cursed.Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man
Those small maps will do that sometimes... especially if you're purple!
But seriously, I don't believe I've ever seen a game-generated map that has polar areas. I really liked SMAC maps in that respect. I usually play on Large worlds, though. Maybe that's the reason?
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yes that is the reason, never had a polar start on a large world, or even a medium one...its small only IIRC and usually only happens to purple or orangeBoston Red Sox are 2004 World Series Champions!Comment
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Yeah the way the game places the settlers makes polar starts unlikely for larger maps.Comment
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the way the game decides whats a good start is
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Eh? What didn't you get about my statement? You echoed its sentiments above.Comment
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