(Yep, I've been digging around again ... 
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alexman has played a key role in game design from Civ 2 or 3 to Old World.
"The main purpose of the Apolyton University Mod is to challenge the player with a need for deeper strategy, while changing as little as possible. Deeper strategy is accomplished by presenting the player with more non-trivial decisions, and by improving the AI."
It is quite lengthy, containing what I think might be some really good "basic" ideas. Note that all in-post links are inactive.
) alexman has played a key role in game design from Civ 2 or 3 to Old World.
"The main purpose of the Apolyton University Mod is to challenge the player with a need for deeper strategy, while changing as little as possible. Deeper strategy is accomplished by presenting the player with more non-trivial decisions, and by improving the AI."
It is quite lengthy, containing what I think might be some really good "basic" ideas. Note that all in-post links are inactive.
So I think the linked thread in my eyes has no more additional use for actual C3C mods, it is an interesting document about a time long ago, when it seems that Firaxis had a much better contact to the players of its games. And vmxa (at that time vmxa1) was a part of those discussions, too. 
I hope to have it completely up in a couple of days - and hope to have that one to carry on for a bit. You've done such amazing on CCM (specifically) that I would be truly delighted if you would look over the main body of the postings - once they're all up - and see if any of your "Modding 401" ("101" in US Universities is Introductory," whereas "400+" = Graduate Studies) could be well added to the "curriculum."
