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Persia or Kushana?-Better said: Empire-Building or Conquest?
Right now I have done a third of the rules file for a scenario about medieval Persia. I really like it as it is layed out for much research, empire-building and such.
However, I have now made five scenarios with Persia as the centre theme, one in which it plays an active role, and two where they have the one or other influence.
So, I've come to thought about making a scenario about the Kushanas. The Kushanas, for those who don't know, were a central Asian people of not entirely known origin. The one part of the scientists believe them to be related to the Saka, while the other think they are of Chinese descendance. The Kushana topic would really interest me and be a great challenge. It would also have some personal satisfaction for me.
The topic is no doubt exciting. The problem however is, that my sources all date from the sixties and new discoveries have been made. I know this for sure, as a member of my family was once active as professor for Indology and has specialized himself on the Kushanas. Among other things I don't want to mention because they seem more like boasts, he corrected the chronology of Kushana kings.
The problem is that this won't be very exciting for those who want to do more than just conquering. I have the problem that I simply can't make up a good tech tree, not even for unit developements. All developemts came after the period that is interesting for the Civ2 player, the age of conquest.
The Persia scenario however would offer empire-building and conquests.
Any ideas?
However, I have now made five scenarios with Persia as the centre theme, one in which it plays an active role, and two where they have the one or other influence.
So, I've come to thought about making a scenario about the Kushanas. The Kushanas, for those who don't know, were a central Asian people of not entirely known origin. The one part of the scientists believe them to be related to the Saka, while the other think they are of Chinese descendance. The Kushana topic would really interest me and be a great challenge. It would also have some personal satisfaction for me.
The topic is no doubt exciting. The problem however is, that my sources all date from the sixties and new discoveries have been made. I know this for sure, as a member of my family was once active as professor for Indology and has specialized himself on the Kushanas. Among other things I don't want to mention because they seem more like boasts, he corrected the chronology of Kushana kings.
The problem is that this won't be very exciting for those who want to do more than just conquering. I have the problem that I simply can't make up a good tech tree, not even for unit developements. All developemts came after the period that is interesting for the Civ2 player, the age of conquest.
The Persia scenario however would offer empire-building and conquests.
Any ideas?
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