Course description for AU207

[Dominae]

We should still leave some time for AU206 to finish up, but we can still start discussing what the next AU course will be. Please vote for your favorite option (and please throw in your own suggestion!).

1. Huge map: Self-explanatory. Should involve some different strategy.

2. Always war: There must always be a red line between your head and another leader's head in the diplomacy screen. This is not so hard, but might be worth checking out.

3. Total war: All lines starting at your head in the diplomacy screen must be red. This should be really hard, and would require a carefully tailored map, as well as (probably) a reduction in difficulty for most of us.

4. One City: Never build more than one city, but win the game anyway. We could turn all victory conditions on, but some would be more presigious than others (Conquest, then Spaceship, then Cultural, etc.). Personally, my favorite option. Edit: This is commonly known as 'OCC'.

5. No Improvements: Never build or control an improvement or Wonder. This could teach us a lot, but is somewhat boring. Maybe best for a smaller map (Tiny or Small). Edit: This is commonly known as 'NIC'.

6. Please post your suggestions!


Dominae

[badams52]

Re: Course description for AU207

Originally posted by Dominae
4. One City: Never build more than one city, but win the game anyway. We could turn all victory conditions on, but some would be more presigious than others (Conquest, then Domination, then Spaceship, then Cultural, etc.). Personally, my favorite option.

By this I assume you mean you may capture other cities (thus domination being possible).

5. No Improvements: Never build or control an improvement or Wonder. This could teach us a lot, but is somewhat boring. Maybe best for a smaller map (Tiny or Small).

Having given birth and playing out this one let me be the first to say, "For the love of God, don't do it, don't do it!!!" Maybe a tiny map would be less of a headache (talk about an early conquest game in the making), but I'm afraid using a tiny map would undercut the biggest lessons one learns from an NIC game.

I'm not going to vote, but my fav would be the Total war one. And what govt would you choose? Democracy? I think not!

[nbarclay]

I would suggest doing the huge map game outside the regular AU timetable, since not all AU regulars will play it and it's likely to take a long time for those that do play it. Of course it will take even longer if we're playing regular AU games alongside that one, but you can't have everything. Actually, having a huge map game and a OCC game (or variant thereof) at the same time would be just about the ultimate in contrasts.

[Master Zen]

The One City challenge seems rather fun

I would also go with the no improvements course, but I voted for 1 city.

Total war and always war?? that's what happens in all my games anyway

[aaglo]

How about playing the game through without changing the government - thus staying at despotism all the time?

"The power (or weakness) of despotism"

[Dominae]

Re: Re: Course description for AU207

Originally posted by badams52
By this I assume you mean you may capture other cities (thus domination being possible).

No, I messed up. You can never capture cities either (true OCC). Therefore Domination is not possible.


Dominae

[Arrian]

Total War. "Always war" is pretty close to how I play normally, but I've never taken on everyone at once from the beginning.

-Arrian

[Dominae]

Originally posted by aaglo
"The power (or weakness) of despotism"

Interesting challenge, but what would we learn from it?

Arrian (and others): Total War is really hard! Just a warning...


Dominae

[Fosse]

If I had to pick from this list, I'd say total war... OCC and NIC are just so far from the norm that I don't see lots of useful comparison ("Hey, I built a temple right away and eventually won by culture TOO!"). My first choice would be Huge Map... I recently upgraded and I THINK I could handle at least until the late middle ages without breaking my monitor...

Barring that... what about a game where naval supremecy is a must? It could even be huge, I supposse, with lots and lots of water. Archipelago, anyone?

[Jawa Jocky]

Originally posted by Fosse
what about a game where naval supremecy is a must? It could even be huge, I supposse, with lots and lots of water. Archipelago, anyone?

I voted for this idea


My 2nd choice would be OCC. I think if we did OCC we should have two courses: 207a and 207b. These games are short and very different from the norm. 2 games would encourage learning and AU is all about eduecation

[Arrian]

Dominae,

I'm sure it is. No extortion.

Still, gimme China and a spot 'o luck, and I'll give you the world.

-Arrian

[minke19104]

How bout:

7. Geonocide.

Basically close to total warring but you are NOT allowed to capture and assimilate any cities/workers. Every cities captured must be razed, and every foreign workers created/captured must be disbanded on site.

The main objective is Conquest and having your civ's native citizen as the sole survivor of the whole planet.

[Arrian]

Now THAT would be REALLY hard.

-Arrian

[Jawa Jocky]

Originally posted by minke19104
How bout:

7. Geonocide.

Basically close to total warring but you are NOT allowed to capture and assimilate any cities/workers. Every cities captured must be razed, and every foreign workers created/captured must be disbanded on site.

The main objective is Conquest and having your civ's native citizen as the sole survivor of the whole planet.

Make this a NIC w/ a barracks exception and you have extreme warmongering

[minke19104]

How bout a Huge Map, Total War, Always in War, NIC, Geonocide game?