My wife appears to be enjoying Civ incorrectly

[giblets]

And Al, we both know you're just trying to get back on my wife's good side. It really hit close to home when you said chicks like her only dig guys like me for the status it gives them...

Status? There's no way you're rich.

[Elok]

That's what I thought, but as Al said, women are only ever interested in rich, powerful men. I guess it's just that I'm literate, adequately nourished, and have access to clean water. That puts me in the top 20% of the world's population.

[Al B. Sure!]

I said social status. Not wealth. Social status. And as with everything else, there are aberrations and cases of women consciously overriding their socio-biology, but the general trend of females seeking males for the social currency they provide seems very supported.

[Dinner]

My guess is your wife just doesn't know the game very well so she's just playing through to figure out what is what. She is no doubt also playing up the disagrees with you just to get under your skin.

[Elok]

You should brace yourself for the possibility.

She weighs somewhat more than a duck. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I can't recall.

[Elok]

My guess is your wife just doesn't know the game very well so she's just playing through to figure out what is what. She is no doubt also playing up the disagrees with you just to get under your skin.

Oh, the latter is definitely true. I think my discomfort doubles her enjoyment of the game. As for the former, I don't know. She generally ignores the in-game help.

[Krill]

change the config file to a maximum of 9999 autosaves, and to autosave every god damn turn.

You can also change the difficulty to Deity in the config file, and if she doesn't notice when she starts a game...

[Egbert]

A normal, average, and therefore "correct" Civ player will spend every single turn looking to maximize advantage, planning up to several dozen turns ahead.
My wife has taken a deeply disturbing and more whimsical approach.
She maintains that it's more fun to just explore the game world without worrying about winning.

I think the problem is that your wife sounds like a normal, well adjusted person. She must forget about the real world and instead become obsessed with turn advantage and planning with an obsession on winning.

[Kidlicious]

I think the problem is that your wife sounds like a normal, well adjusted person.

Do you really want a civ nerd for a wife Elok?

[Japher]

If I wanted to win the game I would turn down the difficulty to level. Other than that, theaters around betches!

[Agent Sox]

I totally get you Elok because when I was younger I used to play games with my family. It was so frustrating because they always picked the wrong move. So it was always too easy for me to win.

[BlackCat]

You can also change the difficulty to Deity in the config file, and if she doesn't notice when she starts a game...

Good idea if she get beaten, bad if she don't

[Japher]

Make her bets for sexual favors if she doesn't win... then you probably will be routing for her to suck (pun intended)

[Elok]

I think the problem is that your wife sounds like a normal, well adjusted person. She must forget about the real world and instead become obsessed with turn advantage and planning with an obsession on winning.

Normal, well-adjusted people don't marry men like me, doofus!

[Barnabas]

I usually give myself weird missions, like, naming my nation banana republic, sticking with republic as my gov, choosing a tropical world, and having as my victory goal controlling all the tiles with bananas in the world

I play civ 3 the most, at monarch, I am able to playing to win like a nerd with micro management and turn counting, but at monarch I can play "freely and carelesly" and the AI when I play like that is about as good as me, so it feels competitive.

Tring to win the most efficient way isn't the best way to have fun with Civ games, trying all ways of winning is what makes it fun, the nerdy way is only one of them.