Nerd alert...CIV 5 coming out on Sept 21...

[oldandslow]

I will have to clear my calendar...I still play Civ 4 way too much. Catherine of Russia RULES.

Only comp game I truly love.

[Jenson71]

I had my girlfriend hide the disk so I could work on my outlines all day.

[cookster50]

Originally Posted by Jenson71

I had my girlfriend hide the disk so I could work on my outlines all day.

That's a new euphemism.....

[Buck]

So I was playing a game on Chieftan and Quick just to see how fast I possibly could beat the game. It took about 5.5 hours, using France and only 6 countries.

Anyways, After it got to year 2050 AD, it said I won, not sure what the reasoning was, like if I had the most money or culture, or military or something....but it gave me the option to have one more turn. I chose it because I was one turn away from capturing India's capital. I did it on the next turn, but then it just kept going. After about year 2062 I saved the game and quit, after I built the Utopia Project and the game still didn't end.

So if I keep playing that game save will it ever end or will it just keep going?

[Jenson71]

It just keeps going. You won because you had the highest score at 2050.

[MadMax]

Use the world builder you can make some awesome games

[Saulbadguy]

So, uhm...the Gods and Kings expansion should be coming out soon. Adds espionage, religion, tons of other crap.

[Buck]

LOL.

[Buck]

Bump

[AndChiefs]

I played a couple of games this weekend. Obviously i have too much free time.

[Saulbadguy]

oh man, can't wait until my day ends so I can play!

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by AndChiefs

I played a couple of games this weekend. Obviously i have too much free time.

Speaking of free time, this guy has been playing Civilization II... for 10 years... the same game!

From reddit:

I've been playing the same game of Civilization II for almost 10 years. This is the result.

http://imgur.com/a/rAnZs
I've been playing the same game of Civ II for 10 years. Though long outdated, I grew fascinated with this particular game because by the time Civ III was released, I was already well into the distant future. I then thought that it might be interesting to see just how far into the future I could get and see what the ramifications would be. Naturally I play other games and have a life, but I often return to this game when I'm not doing anything and carry on. The results are as follows.

The world is a hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation.

There are 3 remaining super nations in the year 3991 A.D, each competing for the scant resources left on the planet after dozens of nuclear wars have rendered vast swaths of the world uninhabitable wastelands.

-The ice caps have melted over 20 times (somehow) due primarily to the many nuclear wars. As a result, every inch of land in the world that isn't a mountain is inundated swamp land, useless to farming. Most of which is irradiated anyway.

-As a result, big cities are a thing of the distant past. Roughly 90% of the worlds population (at it's peak 2000 years ago) has died either from nuclear annihilation or famine caused by the global warming that has left absolutely zero arable land to farm. Engineers (late game worker units) are always busy continuously building roads so that new armies can reach the front lines. Roads that are destroyed the very next turn when the enemy goes. So there isn't any time to clear swamps or clean up the nuclear fallout.

-Only 3 super massive nations are left. The Celts (me), The Vikings, And the Americans. Between the three of us, we have conquered all the other nations that have ever existed and assimilated them into our respective empires.

-You've heard of the 100 year war? Try the 1700 year war. The three remaining nations have been locked in an eternal death struggle for almost 2000 years. Peace seems to be impossible. Every time a cease fire is signed, the Vikings will surprise attack me or the Americans the very next turn, often with nuclear weapons. Even when the U.N forces a peace treaty. So I can only assume that peace will come only when they're wiped out. It is this that perpetuates the war ad infinitum. Have any of you old Civ II players out there ever had this problem in the post-late game?

-Because of SDI, ICBMS are usually only used against armies outside of cities. Instead, cities are constantly attacked by spies who plant nuclear devices which then detonate (something I greatly miss from later civ games). Usually the down side to this is that every nation in the world declares war on you. But this is already the case so its no longer a deterrent to anyone. My self included.

-The only governments left are two theocracies and myself, a communist state. I wanted to stay a democracy, but the Senate would always over-rule me when I wanted to declare war before the Vikings did. This would delay my attack and render my turn and often my plans useless. And of course the Vikings would then break the cease fire like clockwork the very next turn. Something I also miss in later civ games is a little internal politics. Anyway, I was forced to do away with democracy roughly a thousand years ago because it was endangering my empire. But of course the people hate me now and every few years since then, there are massive guerrilla (late game barbarians) uprisings in the heart of my empire that I have to deal with which saps resources from the war effort.

-The military stalemate is air tight. The post-late game in civ II is perfectly balanced because all remaining nations already have all the technologies so there is no advantage. And there are so many units at once on the map that you could lose 20 tank units and not have your lines dented because you have a constant stream moving to the front. This also means that cities are not only tiny towns full of starving people, but that you can never improve the city. "So you want a granary so you can eat? Sorry; I have to build another tank instead. Maybe next time."

-My goal for the next few years is to try and end the war and thus use the engineers to clear swamps and fallout so that farming may resume. I want to rebuild the world. But I'm not sure how. If any of you old Civ II players have any advice, I'm listening.

Edit: -Wow guys. Thanks for all your support. I had no idea this post would get this kind of response. -I'll be sure to keep you guys updated on my efforts. Whether here on Reddit, or a blog, or both. -Turns out a whole subreddit has been dedicated to ending this war. It's at /r/theeternalwar

[AndChiefs]

Originally Posted by patteeu

Speaking of free time, this guy has been playing Civilization II... for 10 years... the same game!

From reddit:

Yeah I saw that. I don't understand it. It can't be that hard to figure out how to win a game in that amount of time.

[Buck]

I played with Gandhi last night and went for Cultural Victory. I did so only owning 2 cities.

****ing Alexander was all up in my shit so i spent half the game destroying him, and the other half farming the **** out of culture.

I can't wait to get home tonight and try out the new Civs, spies, and religion.

Does anyone have a link to the new Civs handy? I'm at work on my phone.

[Mr. Laz]

I think i the last civ game i really liked was Civ III

[Silock]

Brave New World launching tomorrow at midnight.

SOFA KING EXCITED.

The changes look absolutely amazing.