The variant:
is a sea-based game to show the power of trade routes and the combination of Great Lighthouse + Temple of Artemis.
Normally playing on Lakes/Highland/pangea maps with many wars, I wanted to play a little builder game with some cute islands and tasty fish. Since having the Warlords Exp. I also wanted to try out the imho very powerful unique building of Carthage, the Cothon which replaces the harbor!
This Game is inspired by aelfs Emperor Challenges. His 3. Master Challenge is about Trade Routes, Great Lighthouse and Temple of Artemis.
The thread can be found here: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=187982
Link to the Pre-game discussion: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=187662 (post #11)
The game is also inspired by the sucsession game "Independence Day" by pigswill, which can be found here http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=184835
His idea is playing on a terra map and moving the whole empire on the other continent after researching astronomy. This fits perfectly with the historic Phoenicians, who colonized the whole Mediterranean and lost their homelands. Thereafter, the western part of their empire became a new civilization, Cathage! Lets see how this will come into play ...
is a sea-based game to show the power of trade routes and the combination of Great Lighthouse + Temple of Artemis.
Normally playing on Lakes/Highland/pangea maps with many wars, I wanted to play a little builder game with some cute islands and tasty fish. Since having the Warlords Exp. I also wanted to try out the imho very powerful unique building of Carthage, the Cothon which replaces the harbor!
This Game is inspired by aelfs Emperor Challenges. His 3. Master Challenge is about Trade Routes, Great Lighthouse and Temple of Artemis.
The thread can be found here: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=187982
Link to the Pre-game discussion: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=187662 (post #11)
The game is also inspired by the sucsession game "Independence Day" by pigswill, which can be found here http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=184835
His idea is playing on a terra map and moving the whole empire on the other continent after researching astronomy. This fits perfectly with the historic Phoenicians, who colonized the whole Mediterranean and lost their homelands. Thereafter, the western part of their empire became a new civilization, Cathage! Lets see how this will come into play ...