Civ. Journal

[ironfang]

Would anyone care to take this challenge and post it here? My idea works as follows.

Play a game and make notes on each turn (using note pad or something). State what you are doing during that turn, and the time period. At the very beginning state how many opponents you started with and the size of the world or any special parameters. State what civ you are. Basically as follows.

Empire: Americans
Opponents: 15
World Size: HUGE
World Specs: Average

3000BC: Settle on riverbed. Scout explore.
2900BC: Have worker build mine on Wheat stack.
Build Warrior
Scientists work on Bronze Working
2800BC: PASS
2700BC: Scout discovers tribe worth 25 gold.
2600BC: DC Grows to size 2.
2500BC: PASS
2400BC: Fortify Warrior.
Build Settler
Work builds road to mines.
2000BC: Established New York 4 moves from DC.
Scout found tribe giving us Masonry.
Built another scout
1500BC: Scout discovers tribe giving Code of Laws
NY builds warrior


As time goes on you dont have to list every detail, just strategies and basic descriptions of what your empire looks like. You can even do it in pieces.

Ironfang

 

[Iron Chef]

It sure takes a lot longer to play CivIII doing this, but that's what I'm doing in 2 games I've got going now--the CivIII GOTM #1 and a separate game (not doing well in GOTM, so I had to take a break). It can get confusing at times (I like to name my units, Warr1, Warr2, etc.) but it's fun. If anyone's interested, I'll post them when I finish the game(s).

 

[ironfang]

Yes yes yes. Very interested!

 

[Iron Chef]

I'll post the log of the non-GOTM game when I get home tonight after work, but before the Raiders-Broncos game on MNF (go Raiders!). Still in the middle, but people may find it interesting, and someone may come up with a better (perhaps standardized?) system that many civver's may want to use.

 

[Iron Chef]

I haven't even read it. It must be ridiculously long. Anyhow, if anyone cares.

 

[Iron Chef]

I did some importing and made tables to make it easier to read. I think I'll use Word from now on; Notepad, which is not a resource hog like Word, is just too difficult to read. I'ts 10 pages in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format (I had to zip it to upload it). Have fun!

 

[damunzy]

Originally posted by Iron Chef
It sure takes a lot longer to play CivIII doing this,

Suggestion: Play the game normally and when you end the game just write down all the events and post them. That will give you all the enemy civs activities also. Only problem with this is that you can't describe the land and what not.

 

[Iron Chef]

Originally posted by PaleHorse76


Suggestion: Play the game normally and when you end the game just write down all the events and post them. That will give you all the enemy civs activities also.

I think your suggestion is a good one, one that I will use. Actually, though, I have found that by slowing it down and recording history as it happens, I'm more cautious (and more successful). Far too often I am just flat-out reckless, too reactive, and not enough of a planner. For the time being, putting down my thoughts into words seems to help, although I expect after a few more games I'll abandon it. I also find it fun to write the log.

One question though: when you say "write down all the events," do you mean copying the end-game replay? Is there a copy feature? Or do you mean scribing it as the replay goes?