 |
|
Carolus Rex
|
|
Sweden
Jan 1970
time: 06:33
|
|
Ok, I accepted the barter. Now what? I'm back to the "View barter"-window...
How do I proceed to play my turn?
Carolus
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Carolus Rex
|
|
Sweden
Jan 1970
time: 06:33
|
|
I just closed the utility and will play my turn now... Hopefully the barter is updated in the game (although I don't see how, as I will now load the turn SH sent me...)?
Sigh...
Anyway, on with the game!
Carolus
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Carolus Rex
|
|
Sweden
Jan 1970
time: 06:33
|
|
I've seen a lot of praise for that game! Seems worth picking up from a bargain bin...
Carolus
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Sparrowhawk
|
 |
Canada CST
Apr 1999
time: 23:33
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by Carolus Rex
01.30 over here and nothing special to report... Been browsing some old threads... In one (this PBEM's), a player was frustrated because 5 (!) days had passed and there was no progress of the game...  I miss the Civ 2 activity of the old days (but I know discussion is hot in other 'Poly fora)... |
 Yes, I think the original game had a turnaround of about a week between turns, quite the difference now where if we get the turn back in 3 months it is an accomplishment
quote:
Originally posted by Carolus Rex
I think I will have to pick up Civ 4 right away as it comes through the factory gates and jump into discussing the game's aspects...
Never got into Civ 3... |
I look at Civ 3 in it various versions on a regular basis, but have yet to buy it and not sure I ever will  . Tempting, but it almost seems too late to buy it now anyway (though I think it may be too much for my computer to handle ).
quote:
Originally posted by Carolus Rex
What say you, venerable Mongolian leader, is EU and EU 2 worth picking up? |
 I remember when I first started playing Civ 2, and I would wake up on a saturday and figure I would start a game.......and the next thing I would know it would be 5:30 a.m. and I was still sitting at the computer, sometimes without eating and defitely without realizing how much time had passed.
With EU2 (I haven't tried EU) it is a similar adiction, though I am at a different point in my life and staying up all night playing is no longer an option. I would say EU2 is as good as Civ, though quite a different type of game. I enjoy it immensely (not sure immensely is a strong enough word, I find myself loading it on my lunchhour to check my progress. I cannot recommend it highly enough  (plus it is cheap, and runs on older computers).
I would struggle to come up with a reason not to try it out .
quote:
Originally posted by Carolus Rex
BTW, what did you mean with "vanilla civ" in your post above? Crème de la crème civ?
|
By "vanilla civ" I mean plain & ordinary (like vanilla ice cream). No mods, no scenario, just vanilla, start at 4000 bc and play the game as it was written by the designers.
My reference above was in answer to Peaster's question about the need to download the scenario in order to assist you and La Fayette with your barter (nothing to download but the game file). I can understand Peaster's assumption in that most of the PBEM Games (though given the number still being played, not sure what "most" is anymore ) are played with a scenario as most of the players don't want to play the initial parts of the game where turns take a minute to play (press enter & save).
Does that explain it better?
* Sparrowhawk 
Last edited by Sparrowhawk on 13-05-2005 at 08:52
|
|
| |
|
|
|
caesar007
|
|
hey
are you guys going to start a pbem game anytime soon .... cause if so i would like to join if there is room for one more
|
|
| |
|
|
|
caesar007
|
|
yes those games can take awhile .... i am new to pbem games though ... so i would need some help how to save and send such a game .....
and i don't think we need 7 .... maybe with 4 or so we could start one too ..... and see how it goes .....
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
Sparrowhawk
|
|
Canada CST
Apr 1999
time: 23:33
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by Sparrowhawk March 16, 2005
Okay, game played and forwarded to Carolus (by Email).
* Sparrowhawk |
Wow..... I looked back to see my last turn and it was sent as quoted above, March 16, 2005 or 3 1/2 months ago.
I have played the next turn and sent on the save to Carolus tonight (June 27, 2005).
Germanos would love  this game!! 
* Sparrowhawk
________________________________________
Off topic reply to Kull:
quote:
Originally posted by Kull
I was totally flummoxed by the sheer number of different factions......and the scale of the thing is just breathtaking. It's the first God Game I 've ever played in which "conquering the entire world" seems not only impossible, but frankly undesirable!
I salivate at the prospect of a future version starting in 4000 BC! |
I can't agree more, the game is great and I too can't help but compare to Civ (starting in 4000 BC). Not sure what you mean by the conquering the whole world being not only impossible but undersirable as well. In my current game (Venice) I have been trying to conquer as much as possible and with only 1 1/2 years remaining (May 1818) I control the majority of Europe and North America, along with significant portions of the Middle East, Africa and South America. I think that as I get better i will be able to conquer the majority of the world, and hope to do so. Why do you think this is undesirable (though you are right in that it is likely a virtual impossibility to conquer the entire world).
(by the way, I am only playing on "Normal" difficulty  , which may be why I was able to conquer the majority of Europe).
By the way, not sure if you have noticed, but in the "other games" section of these Forums there is a "Paradox" Forum which has discussion of Europa Universalis. I am still new to the game (my only complete game so far was as Scotland) and have picked up a lot from fellow Apolytoners. Perhaps we could continue this discussion there? 
Last edited by Sparrowhawk on 28-06-2005 at 09:40
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
kengel
|
 |
Germany
Aug 1999
time: 06:33
|
|
Hi guys,
great thread, thanks for keeping this great game alive!
I wish I would have much more time to help this game keep running...
The last turn stayed very long at Eddy, because he had trouble with a new PC and civ installation and so on.
And very often it happens, that a player is not available for a longer time.
Nevertheless, this game will not die!
I would agree with a time limit of perhaps a week.
But I think we could speed up the game, if we use alliance player.
There are obviously alliances in this game, and perhaps it makes sense if alliance players could sub for each other after a time limit.
This could fit for me/Sparrowhawk,
Eddy / Ian,
Babylon / french ?
Just for the romans I do not know an adequate alliance player, but perhaps Carolus knows
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
All times are GMT. The time now is 05:33.
Apolyton Time is 00:33. |
top of page
|
|
|
Forum Rules:
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is ON
vB code is ON
Smilies are ON
[IMG] code is ON
|
|
|
|
|
|
16-04-2005 15:09
Attachment: 
|