How old were you when you discovered CIV?

[Jonny]

I was 8 or 9 when I got Civ2 MPGE, back in '96 or '97. I've been playing Civ ever since.

[AeonOfTime]

I played my first civ game 16 years ago - I was 10 years old. Have playedf nearly every civ version since then.

That's 16 joyous civving years - I guess I'm eternally hooked

[player1]

16 years ago?

2003-16=1987

Which civ was that.
Surely not Civ1.

Maybe a board version?

[Mad Bomber]

Originally posted by Agathon


I remember trading going like this.

"How about some salt? Anyone want some salt?"

"You know what you can do with your salt!"

"I'll stick my salt up your *** if you don't shut up!"

"You B@stard! Why the hell did you trade me an epidemic! I'll kill you!"

and there was always some poor git going, "anyone want hides?"

Was about the same but with a bit more 4 letter words being flung around. Like I said; trading was great in that game

[Menlas]

I was around 12.. one of my friend had Civ1. But I really began to play with Civ 2, a few months later

[Nym]

Originally posted by Agathon


I remember trading going like this.

"How about some salt? Anyone want some salt?"

"You know what you can do with your salt!"

"I'll stick my salt up your *** if you don't shut up!"

"You B@stard! Why the hell did you trade me an epidemic! I'll kill you!"

and there was always some poor git going, "anyone want hides?"

We have quite the same experience!
I find this board game still is a great game and I remember a 12 hours non stop game, the whole night long, a couple of year ago...

[Murtin]

Originally posted by Thirgaral
It took a while before I realized that the settler wasn't some weird monster with horn-shaped outgrowths on its head...

Me too. Although I eventually figured it out, I will always think of the settler icon as depicting some helmet with freakishly big horns on it.

Same thing with the cavalry unit. I thought it looked like some threatening black squid with tentacles and stuff. Probably because the very first cavalry units I saw were barbarian and hence supposedly dangerous and evil.

[Thirgaral]

Originally posted by Murtin

Me too. Although I eventually figured it out, I will always think of the settler icon as depicting some helmet with freakishly big horns on it.

Same thing with the cavalry unit. I thought it looked like some threatening black squid with tentacles and stuff. Probably because the very first cavalry units I saw were barbarian and hence supposedly dangerous and evil.

Now when you say it, the cavalry actually looks like a squid....

[Rommel2D]

I don't recall how many games of Civ1 I played to the industrial age, looking at the city screen wondering why all those poodle tails kept piling up at the bottom. :-/