RecycledElectro
Chieftain
I built a world that is almost the most productive (production shields, trade arrows, and food) that is possible. You have to see it to understand. I could have filled in the land-locked lakes with hills, but I decided against that as the lakes make expansion very time consuming at one point in the game, which makes gameplay much more interesting.
I was surprised that the game play did not go anything like I expected. I will let you see for yourself.
If you are wondering about the Shaw, that's the Indian tribe I was born into. At one time, when the state of Texas had given up on capturing or killing renegade Indians, they would offer them membership in the Shaw Tribe, which was made up for that purpose. Membership never exceeded a couple of dozen people. Every one of which lived under a treaty that said they were exempt from all laws (e.g., victimless crime laws, tax laws, etc.) as long as they did not hurt anyone. Their children were able to continue as Shaw or become Americans, up until it was disbanded in 1989 when the State of Texas declared us all Americans. (I was/am not happy with this.)There are still a few holdouts in the hill country who refuse to become Americans. The State of Texas mostly ignores them.
In the old days, the State of Texas executed anyone who was believed to be an Indian who was not carrying their papers and who was off a reservation, or who was on the wrong reservation.
My ancestor become a Shaw after she walked out of the badlands leading a horse with her infant daughter on her hip. She was asked about the two dozen lawmen who set out after her. She replied that she had never seen them. Her saddle had belonged to a lawman who had been sent after her, who was never seen again. One of her guns belonged to another never-to-be-seen-again lawman. She agreed to take amnesty, as she was sick of running with her daughter. That infant was my great-great-grandmother.
Later, her (the infant's) dad was hanged on the back steps of the not-yet-completed Dallas Courthouse for not carrying his papers. A copy of his papers arrived from Austin later that day. The messenger with his papers was told he could cut the dead man down and give him the papers if he wanted. Texas claims they never executed an innocent man, because the State of Texas claims it was Dallas that executed him. Dallas claims he was not a man, he was an Indian.
FYI, you can pick any name for your nationality if you hit "Escape" when asked to pick a nationality.
--Andrew
I was surprised that the game play did not go anything like I expected. I will let you see for yourself.
If you are wondering about the Shaw, that's the Indian tribe I was born into. At one time, when the state of Texas had given up on capturing or killing renegade Indians, they would offer them membership in the Shaw Tribe, which was made up for that purpose. Membership never exceeded a couple of dozen people. Every one of which lived under a treaty that said they were exempt from all laws (e.g., victimless crime laws, tax laws, etc.) as long as they did not hurt anyone. Their children were able to continue as Shaw or become Americans, up until it was disbanded in 1989 when the State of Texas declared us all Americans. (I was/am not happy with this.)There are still a few holdouts in the hill country who refuse to become Americans. The State of Texas mostly ignores them.
In the old days, the State of Texas executed anyone who was believed to be an Indian who was not carrying their papers and who was off a reservation, or who was on the wrong reservation.
My ancestor become a Shaw after she walked out of the badlands leading a horse with her infant daughter on her hip. She was asked about the two dozen lawmen who set out after her. She replied that she had never seen them. Her saddle had belonged to a lawman who had been sent after her, who was never seen again. One of her guns belonged to another never-to-be-seen-again lawman. She agreed to take amnesty, as she was sick of running with her daughter. That infant was my great-great-grandmother.
Later, her (the infant's) dad was hanged on the back steps of the not-yet-completed Dallas Courthouse for not carrying his papers. A copy of his papers arrived from Austin later that day. The messenger with his papers was told he could cut the dead man down and give him the papers if he wanted. Texas claims they never executed an innocent man, because the State of Texas claims it was Dallas that executed him. Dallas claims he was not a man, he was an Indian.
FYI, you can pick any name for your nationality if you hit "Escape" when asked to pick a nationality.
--Andrew
