08-11-2000 20:56									#91
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kcbob - I agree. Another thing to consider might be cutting the team back to 5 players; then each player could expect to have more than one or two chances at the helm.

	08-11-2000 21:05									#92
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DaveV, I hadn't considered that option. That might work, too. Or some combination of both. The gigamap succession game looks like it's blasting off with 7 players on board.

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Frodo lives!

	08-11-2000 21:52									#93
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5 turns seems fine. I haven't played yet so I'm not sure. I reserve my final opinion until later.

Maybe where we have 20 turns cut it to 10
15 turns to 7
10 turns to 5

The turns in the start of the game do go very fast, but if it was 5 turns across the board I guess the rounds would just be faster.

I think leaving the games open to up to 10 players is fine. Especially if the number of turns per round is cut back. This emphasizes the succession aspect to this type of play. The idea that you have contributed to your civilization but (to paraphrase) the wheel has turned, now the time has come, the time has come for johnmcd to go. (that might be lost on those not in the states - no offense intended.)

Maybe instead of limiting the number of players per game we could start 2 games with inverted lists.

Note: turn = one Civ turn
round = one group of Succession Game Turns
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[This message has been edited by skrobism (edited November 08, 2000).]

	09-11-2000 01:34									#97
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K...E...Y Why?

	09-11-2000 01:58									#98
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re: The wheel has turned...

I don't want to get political but this was Cheney's mantra during his speech at the convention. There now everyone knows what that was about. >)

	09-11-2000 02:23									#99
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Because we like you!!!...

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Frodo lives!

	09-11-2000 06:28									#100
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LOL - I always knew you Yanks were crazy


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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'." - Paul Craven

	09-11-2000 11:16									#101
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John. I'm surprised you didn't receive my e-mail containing the save file.

I sent it to your newscientist e-mail address on November 6th.


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"And his word shall carry
death eternal to those who
stand against righteousness."

	09-11-2000 18:28									#102
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I didn't mean to place any blame on you or suggest it was in anyway your fault. I've been having real issues with my PC. On Monday I reformatted my hard drive and dismantaled it and put it back togeather in a different order, its seems to be better now but before hand I was having some issues with outlook downloading mail to an non existant folder or something. It was odd and I lost quite a lot of mail, thats why I stuck up three (or four) addresses in the end. It seems to working better now, though I couldn't mail last night for different ISP reasons. Anyway, the problem was really just a symptom of other problems.

How many warriors did you think we needed!?!?!?!?

	11-11-2000 10:55									#103
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How are we coming along with this game?

	11-11-2000 01:37									#104
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I sent it last night but it bounced, so its gone again now, you should have it by now. I actually took my turn ages ago, its pretty clear we have some very differently thinking people on this game.

	11-11-2000 15:34									#105
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***Huts=Gift From the gods***

From Appendix B of The Apolytonian History: Chronology of Events
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500BC Philosophy--Gift from the gods.
475BC Masonry is discovered.
450BC Currency--Gift from the gods.
350BC City of Himera is founded.
275BC City of Akragas is founded.
225BC Cities of Theveste & Saguntum are founded.
175BC Mathmatics--Gift from the gods.
125BC City of Naples is founded.
75BC City of Issus is founded.
25BC Monotheism--Gift from the Gods.
1AD Cities of Cunaxa & Cremona are founded.
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Results of my turn.



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"And his word shall carry
death eternal to those who
stand against righteousness."

	13-11-2000 03:08									#106
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Sorry that did not check my email yesterday. My brother got married! I was a little busy. I will take my turn tonight and pass everything on by tomorrow.

	13-11-2000 21:25									#108
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The Skrobis Clan has handed the reign of our happy civilization onto Saganaga Canoer.

Long live the AKC!

I will send a history onto SG today.

	13-11-2000 21:41									#109
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Scouse Gits and Sag Canoer,
Did you get the saved file. A daemon returned the email to me but listed several email addresses that I did not send to. Let me know.

	14-11-2000 03:36									#112
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Skrobism, I won't be able to check until I get home tonight. I'll let you know then if I didn't get the file.

	14-11-2000 05:33									#113
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Save and history received ok here - will update the site tomorrow evening (with luck) am sending a safety first copy of the save to Saganaga Canoer.

Good civin'

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"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'." - Paul Craven

	14-11-2000 10:32									#114
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I got the save; will probably finish my turn up tomorrow (Tuesday).

	14-11-2000 19:04									#115
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Cows were destined for our mighty jaws...

*jaws music plays*

MWAHAHAHA! God gave us command over those creatures!

	15-11-2000 06:02									#116
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Web site updated - johnmcd - have you sent me / posted a history of your reign?



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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'." - Paul Craven

	15-11-2000 10:31									#117
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Unfortunately, it looks like I am not going to be able to get to this tonight. Rather than tie things up, I am going to pass my turn to Dr. Strangelove.

Dr. S., let me know if you do not get the file in your e-mail inbox.

	15-11-2000 15:48									#118
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wretched double posts
[This message has been edited by johnmcd (edited November 15, 2000).]

	15-11-2000 15:52									#119
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JohnMcD and what happened under his auspicious reign.

Though the reign of JohnMcD the first heralded in an era of common education and an unprecedented drive towards literacy there was no written history kept of his reign, all we know now is from folklore and guess work.

Whole armies were disbanded that the men so employed could speed along the construction of a great many temples and train to become priests in these new places of worship Their sons would be scholars in the libraries that were being built when John died. The great Cathedral was either completed at the end of his reign or shortly thereafter, historians are divided on this issue, that it pleased him greatly that it was built is clear.

When he came to the throne this once proud seafaring nation had abandoned their boats to rot in port. The boats were quickly recommisioned and packed with horsemen and emissaries . Charged to explore the world, to find fruited hills and fertile valleys, these boats set off. Though the conditions were hard and the Gods ungenerous initially the completion of the temples ashore seemed to soften them to favour our mariners and an archipelago was discovered in the east, the full extent of this island chain is as yet unknown.

Then he died.