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Round 0: Older than Ancient (18000 B.C.) Round 1: The Lay of the Land (18000-17100 B.C.) Round 2: Cuneiform in a Linear Empire (17100-15150 B.C.) Greetings, all, and welcome! The King of the World series is played on Earth maps, sacrificing exploration for realistic scenarios and blah, blah...

Round 0: The Dark Ages (1000 A.D.) Round 1: Peace, Land, and Specialists (1000-1170 A.D.) Round 2: Border Wars (1170-1400 A.D.) Round 3: History's Greatest Monster (1400-1550 A.D.) Round 4: Finishing the Job (1550-1665 A.D.) Welcome, one and all! The King of the World series sticks to...

Round 0: Rhye's, Exciting and New! Round 1: A Quick Strike! (Turns 50-56) Round 2: Huts and Wonders (Turns 56-94) Round 3: Oh, THOSE Barbarians... (Turns 94-147) Round 4: Come Sail Away! (Turn 147-710 A.D.) Hello again! The King of the World series seeks to gain new insight into real world...

I'm back, I'm warmed up, and I'm ready for a new challenge. It's time to decide on the next game. So I'm gonna put up this poll and give it a week or two. Long enough for a clear winner to emerge, anyway. Of course, if two or more are close enough, I reserve the right to go all autocratic and...

Round 0: Hey! The King's Back! Round 1: A Mad World (4000-1850 B.C.) Round 2: March to Glory (1850-500 B.C.) Round 3: Warships and Wonders (500 B.C.-115 A.D.) Round 4: The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (115-685 A.D.) Round 5: Forging an Empire (685-1040 A.D.) Round 6: The...

Round 0: Oh, Say Can You See? (4000 B.C.) Round 1: The Early Press (4000-2850 B.C.) Round 2: Humble Beginnings (2850-675 B.C.) Round 3: The Rio Grande (675 B.C.-175 A.D.) Round 4: A Quick Little War (175-355 A.D.) Round 5: Annihilation (355-850 A.D.) Round 6: Resurrection (850-1090 A.D.) In the...

Round 0: A New Beginning (4000 B.C.) Round 1: A Europe New and Strange (4000-2025 B.C.) Round 2: Establishment of Empire (2025-900 B.C.) Round 3: A More Violent World (900-185 B.C.) Round 4: The Sea People? (185 B.C.-340 A.D.) Round 5: A Whole New World (340-790 A.D.) Round 6: Quests and...

Round 0: A World Ripe for Conquest (4000 B.C.) Round 1: Prelude (4000-2250 B.C.) Round 2: Conquest (2250-1375 B.C.) Round 3: Consolidation (1375-470 B.C.) Round 4: Hellenization (470-155 B.C.) Round 5: Capitulation (155 B.C.-325 A.D.) Round 6: Globalization (325-655 A.D.) Round 7...

Round 0: It Begins... (18,000 B.C.) Round 1: A Savage Land (18,000-16,900 B.C.) A pale sun rises over snow-capped hills. A frigid new day dawns. The howls of Wolves echo through the forests. Ragnar Lodbrok gathers his people. He orders his men to build a defensive outpost, and his women to...

My sincerest apologies to anyone offended by my posting two polls on the same subject, but there were enough split votes and controversy in the last thread that I figured I'd run another to get a better picture of the people's will. I've cut things down to the final four candidates: Ice Age-...

Hey, all, I had a nice, long weekend to recharge my batteries, and now it's time to start thinking about our next project. I have a couple of ideas, some more... controversial than others, so I figured I'd put it to a vote. A) An Ice Age map. Giving it a go as Ragnar would be fun ("Ragnar...

Round 0: Descent Into Madness (4000 B.C.) Round 1: Hatshepsut (4000-3000 B.C.) Round 2: Cyrus (3000-2000 B.C.) Round 3: Alexander (2000-1000 B.C.) Round 4: Asoka (1000-200 B.C.) Round 5: Qin Shi Huang (200 B.C.-400 A.D.) Round 6: Julius Caesar (400-950 A.D.) Round 7: Saladin (950-1300...

Round 0: The Subcontinent (4000 B.C.) Round 1: Asoka REX (4000-2150 B.C.) Round 2: Slamming on the Brakes (2150-1225 B.C.) Round 3: The First Wave (1225-380 B.C.) Round 4: The Second Wave (380 B.C.-265 A.D.) Round 5: Dogpile! (265-565 A.D.) Round 6: The 365-Year Plan (565-930 A.D.) Round...

Round 0: A Lonely Continent (4000 B.C.) Round 1: Aztecs are Indians, too! (4000 B.C. - 2075 B.C.) Round 2: Gambit! (2075 B.C. - 1025 B.C.) Round 3: Conquest of the New World (1025 B.C. - 10 A.D.) Round 4: Sneaking Bull (10 A.D. - 625 A.D.) Round 5: Meet the Neighbors (625 A.D. - 860 A.D.)...

All right, everyone. Xerxes rules the ancient world with an iron fist from his Steam-Powered mecha-throne. Now it's time for us to consider the future. I'll be making use of Churchill's Hat's really neat idea for a 16-Civ Earth map using only those Civilizations that are NOT present on...

Round 0: The Scenario (4000 B.C.) Round 1: Thundering Hooves! (4000 B.C. - 1900 B.C.) Round 2: Burning Sands (1900 B.C. - 1400 B.C.) Round 3: The Barbarian North (1400 B.C. - 650 B.C.) Round 4: The Numberless Nations (650 B.C. - 245 B.C.) Round 5: More Expansion! (245 B.C. - 235 A.D.)...

Well, our OCC is done and it's time to look to an Ancient Civs game. This is going to be a pared-down version of the Earth 34 map, with Carthage, Greece, Rome, Egypt, Persia, Babylon, China, India, Korea, Japan, Maya (the only really "ancient" American Civ, maybe moved to South America), Native...

Round 0: Bonjour! (4000 B.C.) Round 1: A Huge Target (4000 B.C. - 1775 B.C.) Round 2: Finding Religion (1775 B.C. - 700 B.C.) Round 3: High Gear! (700 B.C. - 235 A.D.) Round 4: Get Off My Lawn! (235 A.D. - 890 A.D.) Round 5: Untangling the Web (890 A.D. - 1190 A.D.) Round 6: Living Green...

The King of the World series focuses on playing Civ IV leaders on Earth maps in order to better understand them in their historical contexts. It sacrifices the exploration phase of the game for consistency and a chance to explore the various opportunities and challenges faced by the actual...

Round 0: The Arid Steppe (4000 B.C.) Round 1: The Long Rush (4000 B.C. - 1050 B.C.) Round 2: Staking Our Claim (1050 B.C. - 750 B.C.) Round 3: Crash and Rebirth (750 B.C. B.C. - 220 A.D.) Round 4: The Divine Wind (220 A.D. - 565 A.D.) Round 5: The Battle of... Sparta!? (565 A.D. - 1010...