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John-SJ
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Silicon Valley, USA
Aug 1999
time: 21:13
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MKL,
I haven't seen it in a store for awhile, it came out in mid-'97, but it looks like Chips & Bits still carries it. Check it out at www.cdmag.com - the "Chip & Bits" link is at the top of the page.
John-SJ
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I also play Imperialism sometimes, but I haven't ever become very good. I always play "beginner" and have economic problems in 1820-1840, anyway.
I recognized that bug:
You are nation A, and there are 6 others, e.g. B, C etc.
When you are allied with B, and B is allied with C, and C declares war on you, then B will ALWAYS hold its alliance with C and ALSO declare war on you.
That can lead to worldwide conspiration against you only because of a minor nation you want to protect. This is the only bug i really hate. It's the reason why I sometimes don't like Imperialism. I hate it to be attacked from all sides in the early game. And this will always happen 
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Single question:
Has anyone ever tried out the scenarios? I think they're unplayable on a special way...
1820: like a normal game
1848: I played with Prussians, all others declared war against me in early 1850's. Happened several times
1882: Played with Germany. In 1885, the British had a diplo victory. Happened several times.
Are the scenarios unplayable with the recommended nations or am I just too bad ?
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Adam_Smith
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The Raisin Capital of the World
Dec 1999
time: 05:13
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So does the multiplay always crash. I tried it a few times and it did every time. I quit playing it even though it is better than the second one.
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KaiserIsak
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of Isakistan Empire
Oct 2000
time: 05:13
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I used to play with Sardinia on the Unification Moment scenario, and it worked quiet well. Iīve been able to get a victory once on that one, but useally the english gets the victory early.
The only way to survive is to declare on Austria the first turn, then England will ALWASY asist u after a few turns. U gain a lot of territory from austria and then build up industry when u r conquering small powers like naples, spain/portugal/catalonia, greece, switzerland and such.
I useally get involved in a war against france because of my allies and gain some terrain from them as well.
But i would never been able to do it without English help in the start.
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Well, my problems is nót a general economic crisis but a crisis in the 1820s and 1830s.
During the 1860s I have a boom and in 1880 my money amount is about 1.000.000$.
The highest money I ever had was 30.000.000 in 1915, when I had a diplo win.
My earliest diplo win was in 1825!! Who among you, if he ever actually had a diplo win, had done this mark? Diplo win in 1825, fellows!
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KaiserIsak
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of Isakistan Empire
Oct 2000
time: 05:13
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Im not sure when i did it, but i did it on the first council of govenours. I just pumped large amout of cash into aid, and won easily.
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My German Imperialism 1.1 Patch doesn't work anymore. It worked several times, but now, after one further re-installing of imperialism - it wouldn't work. Can anyone give me an URL where I get patches ALSO for the German version?
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KaiserIsak
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of Isakistan Empire
Oct 2000
time: 05:13
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Yeah, this game is really great.
Would anybody like some multiplayer with me? Ive never tried that before, but it could be fun.
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Is still anyone up for Multiplaying Imperialism?
Can you recommend Imperialism II? I played the demo, it appeared OK, just the industrial management seemed a bit off...
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hellrazor
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Portland, OR USA
Feb 1999
time: 05:13
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I played Imperialism multiplayer a long time ago, but had a lot of problems getting it working. It was very difficult to get it synched up especially when you don't have compatible modem speeds.
I also played Imperialism II. The economic system is a little different, but not bad once you get used to it. The game focus shifts slighly from trading with colonies to conquest of the new world. It's very important at the highest difficulty levels to get in quick and conquer new world terrritories before the other european powers grab all the best land and the native units get too strong. The tactical combat system is somewhat improved and the technology system is much better...you now spend money on research and can use spies to hurry it up.
Overall, I liked both games. I thought Imperialism II was more challenging at the hardest difficulty levels. I had one game where I was safely ahead of all the other powers, and then started spending more money than I was bringing in. I wasn't paying attention, and eventually got so in debt I couldn't get out without going bankrupt...my interest payments alone ate up my entire budget. It was quite a bummer because I had the game won otherwise.
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Henrik
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The European Union, Sweden, Lund
Dec 2000
time: 06:13
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I love both Imp 1 and Imp 2. They are really different games though, in imp1 it is about economy and industrialization and imp is about conquest and trade, the value of food is increased dramiticaly in imp2 since there wasn't any canned food in the 1600's. They are both great games, really great.
An both simulate the time they are portraiting very well. Still, if one like one of them, one is bound to like the other one too.
BTW
I conquered the world as germany (or was it preussia) in one of the scenarios (well almost the entire world, I hadn't time for Russia, but all other contries where either collonies or simply crushed).
Imp 2 is much harder however, which is why I still play it from time to time (it might be something I'm missing).
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Dr Strangelove
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I can't say that I have much use for Imperialism. The battle screens are overly simplistic, and very repetitive. There are what, about 3 or 4 different maps? When I was playing the game I used the same tactics to win every battle. Always be liberal with the artillery. Bring enough heavy artillery to knock a corner of the wall down, then work your way towards the other end, or use some cavalry to draw fire, then move forward enough light artillery to clear one edge of the enemy's position of heavy artillery, then move your heavy artillery in close enough to decimate the other units. It never failed and it became too easy. If only there had been more variety and a smarter AI I might be still playing the game.
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02-05-2000 07:13
I would recommend I over II - II has a brilliant (aka not as stupid) military AI, but downgrades the economic model and does not have any real historical scenarios. 
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