A median " Standard " game ?

[moof]

Know about the One City Challenge and

the Five City Challenge

even the Zero City Challenge

then there is the max out 255 city hi-score games

as well as the GOTMs ... but,

after many great civ games, we here at the moof hut are wondering if there has been any consensus on a standard median sized game where there are plenty of cities to have a good game but not so large as to make the turns take forever & stop other civs from having a chance to win

The game here is always 7 civs playing at diety level to a win by spaceship with as little war as possible.

a 12 city limit seems a little small

16 is very good

but 24 becomes a blow out usually.

So is there a standard amount of cities that anyone else settles into so as to have some comparison of their games/scores and most of all to hold down on all the micro manageing ?

Has this topic been discussed before or is there another civ fanatics standard city size that has slipped by our radar ?

 

[Old n Slow]

I think that ElephantU & La Fayette have toyed with the Early Landing thoughts -- I recall 6 or 8 cities being numbers bandied about.

As for me, choose a small land mass & islands -- fill up your home island & go.

 

[Stegyre]

I like Old's philosophy and usually try to follow that myself. I always hope to start with a small island with room for only about three fully-developed cities. Any extra land will be converted to hills once I have engineers for 2-pop. mini-production cities. (Maybe "towns" would be a better word for them.)

 

[la fayette]

Originally posted by moof

The game here is always 7 civs playing at diety level to a win by spaceship with as little war as possible.

Have you had a look at Apolyton Strategy Forum?
The Early Landing Comparison Games launched by solo are precisely 7 civs, deity level to a win by spaceship.
Have a try! You will have fun and also the possibility to improve your gameplay if you start reading some of the discussions between masters like solo, SG(2) or Zenon.