"Artemus Clyde Frog" <mad@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Öjevind Lång said to all of alt.games.civ3
>
>> Shaka's troops on the beaches, or at sea or in the air. He
>> keeps sending over battle****ps and aircraft carriers, and
>> the fact that I always sink them all (at some cost) deosn"t
>> seem to make him sit back and think.
>>
>
> Sometimes I think they're just out to put on a show
> of some kind in order to entertain us mere mortals.
I did manage to get to Alpha Centauri in 2027 or thereabouts. I was then
told that my leader****p skills were similar to those of Neville
Chamberlain,
which has happened before to me on wins in Noble level, but even so, it
was
one of the most entertaining games I have played. In my opinion, Shaka is
almost as mad as Isabella and Montezuma.
> I finished the game I was raving about around a week
> ago. Ended up with a conquest victory. Started
> another one last friday with more civs. This one
> is proving to be more challenging in terms of the
> tech race. Alexander isn't helping any. He razed
> three of my cities, one of which had the only
> source of fish, and another of which had the only
> source of fur. Then the cossacks stopped him
> cold. Gosh, it's a looooong way from there to
> his capitol though.
Alexander is another nutcase. Then there is Catherine, who is not mad but
competely unprincipled; she can be "friendly" and yet attack you put of
the
blue. Even Izzy and Monte have some standards. She is pretty stunning,
though (unlike the historical Catherine); in the first game where I met
her,
I was so hypnotized by her looks and that music that I gave her everythng,
and yet she betrayed me. (SOB!)
> No barbarians this game, just to see how that
> would play out. It was nice being able to
> send out unescorted settlers before Alexander
> spoiled it all. Now I must destroy him! This
> won't be easy, given the distance involved.
That sounds daunting. I enjoy limited periods of warfare but not fights
that
go on forever. Since I am a builder, I like barbarians because they are my
best shot at getting a unit promoted enough for me to be entitled to build
the Heroic Epic. Of course, if you start as the same continent as Genghis
Khan, Napoleon or Shaka, they'll see to it that you get your promoted
unit,
even if they exterminate you in the process. (Occasionally, Alexander can
be
handled, if one shares the same religion, builds a lot of garrison troops
and finds a common enemy. Setting Alex and izzy at each other's throats is
one of ym fondest dreams.)
Öjevind
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