How many free settlers in a game?

[philippe666]

how many settlers you had maximum in a single game?

[PGM]

IMHO a free settler is the best thing you can get out of a goody hut. I rarely get one, and never more than one per game.

[lockstep]

Never more than one, too. And the games with a free settler were my most successfull ones.

[Purple]

I got three once. I think I was playing an expansionist civ, but it was so long ago, I don't remember which one. Since then I have tried all the expansionists again and again, but haven't had the same luck.

[Inverse Icarus]

i got 2 IN A ROW playing as america, but none after that.

[Thrawn05]

I got 2 in a row, playing as the Romans. I guess I was lucky. The first one I got was when I started the game, a goody hut was right next to were I started. So I had one heck of a head start. The other came a little later (about 12 turns I think).

[Sean]

One. But even that is pretty rare.

[Thrawn05]

If you want to talk about rare, I got 7 (SEVEN!) workers in a row.

[Kramerman]

Ive gotten 2 several times, but i dont recall ever getting more then that. They are always a big help, especially early on in the game. Definately the best treats in the goody huts, alot better than those stupid deserted ones....

Kman

[PGM]

Originally posted by Thrawn05
If you want to talk about rare, I got 7 (SEVEN!) workers in a row.

I assume you mean settlers, not workers.
And 7 of them in 1 game? Sorry, REALLY hard to believe...

[dnassman]

I only get Techs. Very very rarely get a settler at all. Techs are great though as well.

[Carver]

usually none
sometimes one
occassionally two...and that's a ton
although tech is fun
and gold can be won
if I see a barb...I'll just run run run

[Deathwalker]

I never got above 1

[Arrian]

I got 2 once or twice, one a few times. Never more than two, usually none. One free settler early on can make all the difference.

-Arrian

[Apolex]

I ran a few little tests once to see how often you can get a free settler. I kept reloading and walking my unit into the goody hut. I found that getting a settler seemed to be about a 1 in 10 chance. But I kept doing the experiment with the next hut. The chances of getting a second settler seem to go DRAMATICALLY down after you get a first one. And a 3rd one seemed almost impossible, but I eventually was able to get one. But there was no doubt that you were much more likely to get barbarians and less likely to get settlers after each succesive freebie. I didn't try this with an expansionist civ, just a regular one so results may vary for them.

As for Thrawn... give me a break you didn't get 7 settlers in one game.