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I have a long, storied history with always war games. Zealous Zulus, back in Civ3, was the first always war game ever. "I Came, I SAW, I..." is one of the most read Civ3 stories. I'm not that comfortable with Civ6 yet. All Roads Lead to War is a Monarch level Always War game. That includes...

Started Civ6 and played....

Roster: Arathorn Methos Sparthage Jaffa Tamarin Corbeau We are playing as the Aztecs, going for a cultural win, without the ability to build any of the cultural-centric buildings (no monument, no Stonehenge, etc.). We will be depending on cultural city-states, our special ability, and...

Let's get this party started! Randomness rules the decisions. Random is our past. Random is our world. Random are most things. But our rule shall not be random. We shall form order from the randomness that until now has defined us. We shall work together (ideally with lurkers, too --...

I don't know what the LotR series will hold for Civ5. In Civ3, this series was one of the more challenging and daring series. For Civ4, well, I think we had a number of interesting games, but I didn't get into Civ4 nearly like I did Civ3. I still had some fun, though. Civ5 promises to be...

LotR27 Science-Scorning Spacists Difficulty Level: Emperor (or Monarch if everybody else is as out-of-shape as I am) Map size: Standard Map: Leaning towards custom continents (3) with low water Civ and Leader: Huayna Capac of the Incas Traits: Financial and Industrious Game Speed: Standard...

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Here's the start I was given. I was assured horses were within the BFC of at least one city that would naturally abut our capital, were we to settle in place (not that we necessarily want to settle in place). Scout not even moved yet. From my recollection of Great Plains, the western...

LotR25 Corporate Culture Difficulty Level: Monarch Map size: Standard Map: Perfect World Civ and Leader: Gandhi of the Indians Traits: Philosophical and Spiritual Game Speed: Epic Most other things: Default settings Win Condition(s): All enabled – our win target is cultural Variant: We...

All, I've tried looking and using the search feature, but I can't find anything. Is there a good Civ4 (preferably BtS) mod to mimic LotR? Or even a scenario? Arathorn

Here's the start. Discuss. Move one north to the plains hill? I'm thinking not, but.... I'll probably play in 5ish hours. Arathorn

What happens when unique units aren't unique? This is a good way to see all the various UUs that exist working together in action -- both for the player and the AI. That is, all UUs are enabled for all civilizations. There is no new content in this mod. It is simply a modification to the...

We begin. We're the mighty Vikings, with a maceman UU replacement. We're Aggressive and Financial, probably the two best words to describe my Civ play. All things considered, I think it's a pretty good civ and it looks like an alright area of the world. We have some seafood, some rice...

LotR22 Insane Izzy Difficulty: Prince Game Speed: Epic Map Script: Pangea Civilization: Spain (under Isobella) Opponents: Random (6) Map Size: Standard Variant: Religion Fanatic (see below) We all know Izzy is a religious fanatic -- now we'll take it to the extreme! Roster: Arathorn...

Noble Great Plains Random Civ (Greece) Here's our start... I move us 2 SW onto the plains hill, for the immediate boost. We'll still have stone in range quite early, but it gets us a bit more OOMPH at the start. I start on a worker and moving towards Pottery. Our capital ain't...

Once more into the breach. Ride on! We start here... At least we have a river. I go ahead and settle London in place. That shows corn to the SW. So I start Agriculture and a worker. My take is that a food bonus pays for itself very rapidly. You can often reach size 3 just about as...

Set up everything. Double- and triple-check to make sure I have everything set up right. Always War. Maze map. 3 wide is fine for this one, though different widths could be ultra-cool. We're Napeleon. Prince level. Etc. Start the game. Here's what we got... Clams. Probably the...

So, we're on a Custom_Continents map, standard-size, normal speed, Prince difficulty. Everything else is random -- temperature, sea level, # of continents, etc. I've seen both pangeas and island chains with this setting. I like the randomness of it. But it does make things a bit crazy...