Recent content by Garwulf

Well, it's been a while since I've been posting on the forums, but this was enough to pull me back... Only one other person has mentioned him, so I will - Otto von Bismarck. That's the one who got my vote. He unified Germany, and made it into a European superpower - not by conquering France...

Hi all! After a long hiatus, I'm back, and looking for something fun to do while I'm taking time off from writing my next book. So, would anybody be interested in a prince level MGE succession game? I'm thinking English or Viking as the civ... Best regards to all, Robert Marks

Actually, it was writing late at night and not being able to think of the word. Yes, I meant "Fundamentalist". (And, to answer the first question, I did have SDI defences, just not in that city.) Best regards to all, Robert Marks

Has this happened to anybody else? Okay, I've got a population of around 60,000,000, and my spaceship is about to land. The Persians have been reduced to a single city beside the Babylonians, and everybody else is at peace with me. I have two main continents, the mainland and the land that...

Now that is odd...I could have sworn I had posted it. Oh well, here goes again...

Hi all! With nothing better to do, I figured it might be an idea to try a little experiment. A Quantum timeline succession game. Quantum timelines is a theory that some SF authors hold. It basically runs like this: every time you make a decision, a brand new timeline is created. The...

Well, I don't usually play above Prince level, but I tried this out, and I actually finished the game this time! (Okay, my citizens forced me into retirement after I tried to hold the mother of all keg parties in the palace while the German ambassador waited outside the door. But hey, I...

I can only speak for myself, but while I have downloaded every single Civ II GoM since I discovered this site a few months ago, I have only actually submitted one. The reason is, simply put, that in the last three months I cannot recall the GoM dropping below Emperor level. I will freely...

"We choose to go to Alpha Centauri. We choose to go to Alpha Centauri, and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard. Because it is through the pursuit of challenge that the human race will reach its destiny." — President Ionus F. Cennedius, 1675 AD It...

"War is merely the continuation of policy by other means...[it] is an of force to compel our enemy do our will." — Carl von Clausewitz, On War It was an era of escalating conflict. The fragile peace that had until now held the world together was shattered in an instant, calling for a...

Excuse me? War has always been a political tool, and most of the time it is fought over resources or territory. Even when Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia were fighting over the Levant, it always came down to the resources they were trying to gain. Although, since most wars have a large...

Boy, when you ask a question... It really depends on how you define "justified", and, for that matter, how you define "crusade". The first Crusade was really a product of Byzantine fear and the need of the Roman Catholic church to reassert its authority (at the time that Urban II was...

I personally find that it depends on what type of game you're playing. I used to hate democracy myself, but then I finally got to see a working model, and after that...well, it is one of the stronger governments. It seems to me that if you're playing the militaristic game, you really want to...

It is a time of prosperity for the Roman Empire. A time when a man such as Marcus II could come to power...a man who isn't quite a statesman, isn't quite a conquer...a man who is just good at his job. Behold, the reign of...Marcus II, the Competent! 700 AD - President Marcus II elected in...

After the unfortunate death of Talar III, a new Imperator comes to power in Rome...a man free of paranoia and insanity...a man limited only by...his poor eyesight. 500 BC - Marcus I, Talar III's former right-hand man, comes to power after Imperator's suicide (Marcus I denies rumors that he...