I find a lot of stuff about this game fascinating. the idea of arming a group of peasants and making them soldiers, then mounting them on horses for fater movement is almost a clear precursor to AC's unit workshop.
Now I have had some problems getting it to run. Colwin crashed a lot in Win95, and does so almost continuously in Win98, making it unplayable. I just installed the dos version andit seems to run OK, except that the mouse function is unreliable. on screen the mouse works - for a while, then it freezes, and refuses to respond at all in other screens.
the upshot of this is that I haven't played all that much. When I do, I seem to just meander around, buying, selling, moving colonists about. I really don't know what I'm doing.
What ought I to do? should I make peace with indians? is it worth trading with them, or is it more profitable to make stuff and sell it in england?
should I be out to conquer my neighbors, indian or european? or does it really matter?
can (or should) I ICS?
these are just a few things that I wonder about when I'm about to get into it.
any comments would be helpful.
Now I have had some problems getting it to run. Colwin crashed a lot in Win95, and does so almost continuously in Win98, making it unplayable. I just installed the dos version andit seems to run OK, except that the mouse function is unreliable. on screen the mouse works - for a while, then it freezes, and refuses to respond at all in other screens.
the upshot of this is that I haven't played all that much. When I do, I seem to just meander around, buying, selling, moving colonists about. I really don't know what I'm doing.
What ought I to do? should I make peace with indians? is it worth trading with them, or is it more profitable to make stuff and sell it in england?
should I be out to conquer my neighbors, indian or european? or does it really matter?
can (or should) I ICS?
these are just a few things that I wonder about when I'm about to get into it.
any comments would be helpful.
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