Hi now that I know how to do this, I'm going to start :D So here we go!
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/3658/start1oi3.png (http://imageshack.us)

The Great God Raynoferge sat down on his mystic box. His gleaming sword of power was clenched in his hand as he pondered before the fire.I Will See Who Deserves My New World Today The People to Lead these nations are the best I know of. He looked at the grubby list his servent Desartyu had collected for him.

Lord Here Are The Names Of The Leader And Nation They Represent:
Alexander (Greece)
Asoka (India)
Augustus Caeser (Italy/Rome)
Bismarck (Germany)
Brennus (Celtia)
Churchill (England/Britain)
Cyrus (Persia)
Stalin (Russia)
Gengis Khan (Mongolia)
Hannibal (Carthage)
Hyunna Cupac (Mayans)
Ramesses II (Egypt)
Isabella (Spain)
Washington (United States Of America)
Wang Kon (Korea)
Qin Shi Huang (China)
Ragnar (Norse)
Salidin (Arabia)

A Good Selection... A Good Battle... The God Thought As He told his followers the settings for this war and showed them it in art.
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/6098/start2uc7.png (http://imageshack.us)

He Smiled as he was told that each leader agreed and wanted the prize of the new world.

(OOC: I Hope You Enjoy the Start)

After forty years on the new world Raynoferge decided to 'check-up' on the Civilizations that he had placed there. The First One he saw was the Greeks led by Alexander.
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/7906/starttu6.png (http://imageshack.us)
Alexander had called his first city 'Athens' which was on a peninsula surrounded by the resources of Fur,Sheep and crabs with a second crab just outside his borders.Alexander decided to set his first scientists to research a new weapon of war.

Secondly Raynoferge caught glimpse of the Indian Empire Led by Asoka.
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3097/starthe0.png (http://imageshack.us)
Asoka had founded his first city 'Delhi' which was surrounded by icy tundra and forests. Only Sheep and Crabs were in his borders. Asoka had put his scientists into researching something the people could 'Believe in.'

Then he spotted the American's led by Washington.
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7852/startjp1.png (http://imageshack.us)
Washington was on flat grassland next to a small river with forests behind it. Pigs and Crabs are in borders. Washington has started to explore to the east with his warrior horde. Washington put his scientists into traversing the fields around his city.

Arabia was next, led by Saladin.
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/1299/starthp7.png (http://imageshack.us)
Saladin had founded Mecca on a peninsula with Crabs,Sheep and Incense in his borders with desert and forests surrounding his city.

Raynoferge's attention was then drawn to the British who were led By Churchill.
http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/9534/startnr6.png (http://imageshack.us)
Churchill was on the bank of a river with forests around London (His Capital City). No resources but he was scouting for them with his warrior horde.Churchill set his scientists to reasearch how to work stone.

Hannibal was his next canidate.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4306/startqc6.png (http://imageshack.us)
Hannibal had founded Carthage on a river with forests surrounding it. Stone and sheep just outside his borders but nothing inside them so Hannibal started to scout out the surrounding countryside.

Brennus was next.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5158/startrg4.png (http://imageshack.us)
Brennus had founded Bibracte on a river and on a bay with desert,tundra and forests surrounding it. Sheep and crabs inside boarders with another sheep and crabs just outside.

Qin Shi Huang was next to be inspected.
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/3950/startlw7.png (http://imageshack.us)
Beijing was founded on the desert next to a riversurrounded by forest. Beijing had silver and deer inside boarders. Qin reserached how to 'enslave' animals.

Soon after Cyrus was.
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2364/startog5.png (http://imageshack.us)
Persepolis was founded on a river surrounded by hills. Only sheep and two spices were found within his boarders. Cyrus was researching how to breed animals.

(First Half :king: )

(Second Half :goodjob:)

The next civilization to be inspected were the Egyptians under the leadership of RamessesII
http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/2552/startkx0.png (http://imageshack.us)
Thebes was founded on lush grasslands straddling a river and many forests. Several resources surrounded Thebes including Wheat Ivory and Clams. RamessesII put his scientists into colonising the animals and harvesting them.

Soon after the Germans, under the leadership of Bismarck, were inspected.
http://img274.imageshack.us/img274/9484/startqt7.png (http://imageshack.us)
Berlin was founded on the sea surrounded by frozen hills and forests. Only two clambeds were available to harvest inside Bismarcks boarders. Bismarck was researching how to traverse and harvest the seas.

Next were the Korean's under the leadership of Wang Kon.
http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/4845/startfa2.png (http://imageshack.us)
Seoul was founded on a flat grassy area surrounded by trees but no resources were inside his boarders. He sent his scouts out and the locals gave him a detailed map as tribute. Wang Kon researched how to work the land.

Under the spotlight next were the Mayans under the leadership of Hyunna Cupac.
http://img274.imageshack.us/img274/6354/startgo0.png (http://imageshack.us)
Cuzco was founded on the junction where two rivers merged to forge one great river but no resources were found inside his boarders but many were just outside. Hyunna researched how to work the hills.

Soon after, the Mongols, led by Genghis Khan, were looked at.
http://img274.imageshack.us/img274/5978/startni5.png (http://imageshack.us)
Genghis founded Karakorum on a great river with only pigs as a resource inside his boarders. Genghis researched how to kill more people.

Next was the Norse Nation under the control Of Ragnar.
http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/8001/startcw5.png (http://imageshack.us)
Nidaros was founded on a river surrounded by ice and tundra. It was founded just next to two clams and sheep. Ragnar started to research how to work the hills.

Up next was the Romans/Italians led by Augustus Caeser.
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/416/startbl6.png (http://imageshack.us)
Rome was founded on a small grassy river bank with some scattered forests. Only clams were available to harvest at this point but many resources were just outside the boarders. Caeser started to research how to work bronze and/or find it.

Soon after the Russians,under the leadership of Stalin were inspected.
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7193/startht4.png (http://imageshack.us)
The city of Moscow was founded on the floodplains of a river with a few forests. One resource of Pigs was inside his boarders but three ivory and two gold were just outside them. Stalin scouted early and the local people gave them two of there finest men to scout with Stalin in tribute to him.
Stalin researched aslo how to work/find bronze.

Finally, the Spanish, under the leadership of Isabelle were inspected.
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9071/startml3.png (http://imageshack.us)
Madrid was founded on an inland lake with a few lush forests dotted around but were surrounded in resources: 1 Cows 1 Wine 1 Stone and 1 Clams. Isabelle researched something for the people to believe in.

Please posts some comments so I know wether to continue or not :) Please? :)

might be interesting can't say right now

Nice story i will continue seein

Looks promising.
Are you controlling all the civs?

Yes, I am controlling all the Civs in Hotseat I'll now to Pic Updates Every ten turns. Scores every five turns and any major events. I hope you enjoy!

Raynoferge ranked people in five catergories before adding them up to make a final score!
Top Five
1st=Genghis Khan (50)
2nd= Everyone else (37)

What people are building:
Everyone is building a warrior except Asoka who is building a monument and Huayna who is building a Que-Cha.

Raynoferge who would be ther first two people to meet each other and they were. Stalin and Washington. Also Bismarck and Huayna have met.

Raynoferge was impatient so,in 3600BC, he did his calculations for scores again.
1st= Genghis Khan (61)
Joint 2nd= Wang Kon and Alexander (50)
Joint 3rd= Isabella and Bismarck (47)
Joint 4th= Saladin Ragnar Qin Shi Huang Ramesses Huayna Churchill Ramesses II and Brennus(43)
Joint 5th= Hannibal Cyrus and Caeser(41)
And Finally, Last Place= Asoka (37)

P.S I'm going away for the weekend so ill start by putting Alexander's up but then the rest will be on Sunday night!

It was 3600BC and now Raynoferge wanted an in-depth analysis of all nation's starting off with the Greeks led by Alexander.:king:
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/2450/closeuppe3.png (http://imageshack.us)
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/4371/zoomedoutfl3.png (http://imageshack.us)
Alexander was anxious to find people around him so he had spent most of the 400 years scouting the surrounding area for fellow leaders and had found Churchill a semi-weak nation to the north along a long narrow penninsula. Alexander was nice to Churchill,for now, but always knew at one point he would turn againt him. Alexander had started off knowing how to cage and trap animals (Hunting) and how to harvest and traverse the sea (Fishing) but had his scientists how to kill people with a bow and arrow (Archery) and was gifted spiritual enlightenment by fellow villagers (Mysticism) but was researching how to breed land animals (Animal Husbundary). Alexander first built a warrior as defense but now is building a barracks to train the armies he is going to raise.Raynoferge was impressed.

Next Raynoferge went next for the weakest nation under the weak leadership of Asoka.
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7886/zoomedoutyw9.png (http://imageshack.us)
Asoka was very weak he was nearly there into researching a new faith. Asoka was very defensive and hadn't scouted at all and was building a monument to the new religion get his people's spirits up.

On to Ceaser...Raynoferge thought.
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/24/zoomedoutsd9.png (http://imageshack.us)
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1354/closeupeh3.png (http://imageshack.us)

Great attempt. Maybe this one will go somewhere.

I play games like this all the time, but I keep it on standard maps and no more than 13/14 Civs - and it takes a LONG time. I have an overactive imagination, and write the stories in my head. Maybe one of these days I'll have the time to chronicle one of these games and post it up here.

Good luck! I look forward to reading this.

Yay! I love these stories.

And I don't have Warlords, so this is fun to watch.

It's fun watching the game from an omniscient point of view unscratchedfoot. You don't have to complain or mock if you don't like it.

I hereby pledge to send $5 via Paypal to the OP if this game is played to finish (with no cheats, no early kills w/o obvious defense, etc. & with continued write ups including cropped pictures)

Fun idea, but (no offense) it's crazy to try with 18 civs. Maybe you should do it with just the new Warlords civs or the new Warlords civs + new Warlords leaders. Of course, if everyone else chips in $5 it may take you 6 months but you'd be richer!

(note: The pledge is recinded if this is against forum rules or if I deem that you 'broke the spirit' of the pledge)

My votes on Asoka. I love an underdog.

unscratchedfoot - We are getting very tired of your behaviour on our forums. You came into this thread, not to contribute, but to troll. In fact, I am struggling to see what worthwhile 'contributions' you are making to the forums as a whole.

Improve you posting, or don't post at all.

Thank you Ainwood.

People are allowed to say their opinions, even on this website. At least that's what the forum rules say and we're supposed to go by the rules right? This is not trolling and that word is waaaaaaay overused on this website for any post that doesn't agree with the herd and the 'high minded' moderators. And my opinion is that a long list of pictures of new cities just isn't interesting. Nothing Lord_Iggy or ainwood says will ever make it exciting. I'm sorry I'm not like you. I like fun, fresh ideas and creativity. Again, this is not trolling. I'm telling you my opinion, as allowed. If opinions aren't allowed, add that to the rules and set an IQ limit of 80.

Great job Jake. Watching everything from different perspectives always gets me.

However...I might sugegst limiting the number of Civs? I think ti's nice when you get to know each and every div in and individual and almost personal way (kind of like the main characters of a book), but it's hard to do that with 18 Civs =/

So, Lord_Iggy. You're a veteren of CivIII stories too, right? I'm really excited at this enw concept that seems to have picked up soem speed in the Civ IV Story forum. I don't remember any story of this kind back in the ol' days of Civ III stories. Odd. It's nice to see that the old dog of non-mechanical AAR's (ie, true story reports) can still learn new tricks.

*Subscribes*

Hope this doesn't die.

Sorry been VERY busy i'll post again soon ^^

omg i came to this thread like a year ago and yet i see nothing new has been added

it looks ok it just has a long story