Barbarian "Civs"

[Ozymandias]

I realized that I never got around to posting this idea, lo! these many years. I toyed with:

• No "Reveal Map."
• A "zigzag" of Tiles, using impassable terrain, with the # of tiles = # of turns before appearance, with a full stack of "Barbarians."
• Each Barbarian group is a Civ with:
  1. An "Invisible" City, which can only build a single Thing timed to be finished when your Hordes enter onto the map, proper.
  2. Barbarians cannot build Settlers.
  3. Use the "Sub Bugs" to trigger wars.

 

[WildWeazel]

I had something vaguely similar in BFNY, partially inspired by RFRE. There was a civ with 1 city and a big stack of useless units in a corner behind impassable terrain. It had its own tech tree, which eventually allowed free upgrades of all the units to something that could airdrop over the barrier.