Recent content by Hescumet

kcd_swede, thanks for the estimate and also thanks for "opening the door to the unusual suspects' lobby" . I'll do just that, thanks for the suggestion, read some threats with focus on communication and decision making style - so far I have mainly observed looking at the tactics employed...

Ok, I think I have found a threat where the following fits at least a bit without having to open a new one which would be a bit out of line: When should I expect the next SGOTM to start? :-) I see that the curremt started in summer and ends in just a few days while the last (13) started in...

Screenshot is from Sid Meier's Railroads! Deluxe

Please excuse the somewhat off topic, but: After another year where I hadn't time to play Civ IV (again) decided to see in a one week holidays what new games were on the market, tried a lot titles getting rave reviews. Turns out none of those are as well balanced entertaining and continiously...

Great points! This sounds outright brilliant. It could help both quality and increase the chance for the form of funding I was thinking about. Very valid point, and I had to laugh, too :). This is of course a problem with every venture with external funding. They all want to have...

I have a proposal to make. Whether one likes Civ5 or not, I think most would welcome more "Civilization" type games. It would never hurt, at least it would broaden our choices, foster competition for the best Civilization game. Why isnt that happening? Because there is a lot more money to...

thanks for the game. very well done concept. great how it worked for the different victory conditions. :) (hat to try one of the christmas simleys. hilarious.) the GOTM is the best thing about Civ, and Civ is great already. Oh, and congrats to the winners!

Hi, I am aware the title sounds like trying to create (yet another) "I dont like this game"-threat. It is not. I am just very interested in game mechanics (used to "invent" board games as a young chield my poor parents had to play). So I am wondering if anyone can tell me a real advantage...

:goodjob:Retired in 1720 after winning UN vote to secretary. Way too far (60 at least) votes away from the victory condition; getting those last votes by expanding would have taken a long time. Many mistakes. But consider my long break and that I havnt played much Civ4 anyway ( I grew up...

Hello everyone, havnt played Civ4 in over a year (great game, little time) and now started again with this GOTM. After discovering GOTMs all other forms of Civ seem boring :). Thanks a lot guys for the format! :) I realize how much time goes into this. I have a couple of general gameplay...

Hello everyone, how can we get game companies to develope a Civ game we enjoy playing? I have been pondering this question the last 4 days and believe that it boils down to three sub-questions (a) What are the factors that really ruin gameplay (b) Why are they present in todays computer...

First: A BIG thanks to the "staff" for the GOTM series. This is a great (!) way to play my favourite game. I was really happy to see that after 2 years the series is still in place. Obviously, after 2 years I made too many mistakes to write a meaningful report. The map and setup was fun...

Isnt that actually harder to do than "only units from civs I have contact with"?

This is interesting, I would really like to understand why it makes sense to you, because it doesnt make sense to me at all. My argumentation goes like this: Civilization is a God-game. Meaning I know everything about my civilization. When my warrior goes exploring in the early game I...

I know it is harder to do, but I really would love to see "no mercs from civs I have no contact with and have at least neutral relations". A "quick and dirty" fix like giving the american civilizations a handicap on hiring very often comes back to you unexpectetly, when it behaves strangely...