How Long Is the Typical Civ Game?

[KidThings]

I'm curious how long it takes others to play an "average" CivIII game (not muliplayer)?

By average I mean standard map and settings with 7 AI opponents. It seems to take me a long time to play a game but I don't use governers and tend to micromanage everything. I'm also a builder and not a war-monger.

In addition to the poll, please post some comments.

[PLATO]

I usually play a huge world. Last game was over 84 hours elapsed time. It was a military victory.

[zulu9812]

My Deity game, playing about 4 hours a day, huge world map with 31 civs, with the DyP tech tree, has lasted about 3 weeks now and I'm only just finishing the Ancient Age

EDIT: Note to self: next time, read the first post rather than just the thread title

[wilbill]

Originally posted by zulu9812 EDIT: Note to self: next time, read the first post rather than just the thread title

Me too. That'd make me a notch under the 20+ category. Still trying to wean myself off the huge maps.

[Quintrala]

I play near to 5 hours (only on summer break), the rest of the year I can hardly play
Difficulty: Emperor Map: Huge Oponents: 16 Civ: Chile (germany out!)

zulu9812 a huge map you can play it with the entire amount of oponents? (I'm sorry I'm new in the PTW).


PS: is great that DyP

[zulu9812]

sure can - Tutorial: How To Add Extra Civs in v1.21

[Chilean Presidentâ„¢]

Originally posted by Quintrala
I play near to 5 hours (only on summer break), the rest of the year I can hardly play
Difficulty: Emperor Map: Huge Oponents: 16 Civ: Chile (germany out!)

nice my beautiful countrywoman

[Jaybe]

60 hours, Large map with 11 AI civs. But I directly control all my workers and if the game lasts for weeks or months, it's alright with me.

[Mad Bomber]

Standard map w/ 7 civs would take me approx 35-50 Hrs to complete,

But I play on a huge map (180x180) with 16 civs) This game will usually last me a few months at least (my record is about 400 hrs playing time, 3.5 months)

[Jamski]

I try to finish in one evening, after I got fed up with my old slow computer, so lots of OCC's and small map horsie rushes for me... so less than 5 hours. But now my new machine is here I'm starting a custom 256x256 (?-Maximum size) map with 31 civs on Emperor.... that's going to take a verylong time

-Jam

[Centauri18]

I've played for eight hours straight on a regular map.

[alva]

I'm a very slow player too, so definitely more than 20 hours for me.

[The Mad Monk]

I've never made it to the end of a civ game, other than by cultural victory, and that always happened to quickly, so I turned it off.

[Richelieu]

Around 20 hours for me.

[CerberusIV]

Last game I finished on a standard map was just over 30 hours. Well into the modern age, the cultural win popped up just before I would have had domination.

(My PIII 450 can only handle standard maps, large maps would take twice as long with the waiting between turns )