Damn, Izzy

[Lennier]

Shaka. When the walls fell.

 

[drewisfat]

Mirab, with sails unfurled.

 

[sampsa]

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra!

 

[NickGabben]

How many games do you play in a month, would you say? I have one going most of the times, but it varies a lot how quickly I finish them (and some of them I never do).

 

[civac]

I would say 2-4, counting only those which I do not abandon very early.

 

[sampsa]

I finish around one game per year.

 

[NickGabben]

I finish around one game per year.

Wow, that's almost real-time Civ

 

[AspiringScholar]

I'd say those cities punched above their weight for stranding an otherwise unused stack like that.

 

[Plains-Cow]

I finish around one game per year.

How much do you play? 45 mins/week?

 

[sampsa]

More than that for sure. It's more of an issue with actually finishing games...

 

[Plains-Cow]

More than that for sure. It's more of an issue with actually finishing games...

Why do you stop playing them so much rather than finishing them?

 

[sampsa]

The most common reason of losing interest is that I know how it will end. i.e. the game becomes too technical and thus boring because I know I will win.

 

[Plains-Cow]

The most common reason of losing interest is that I know how it will end. i.e. the game becomes too technical and thus boring because I know I will win.

Strange, because I'd figure half the fun is in finishing off the enemies/victory condition and seeing the end screen. After all, have you really "won" without it? Even if you know you will probably win. There's also the fun in playing out the drama of the final moments of rivalry, conquest, race to Alpha Centauri, etc. As long as you have fun, though.

 

[sampsa]

Yeh. I guess when you've done it many times it's no longer challenging (=fun). I like to solve problems really, "winning" doesn't matter.

 

[6K Man]

The most common reason of losing interest is that I know how it will end. i.e. the game becomes too technical and thus boring because I know I will win.

I can relate to this. Ironically I like settings which I know will be a huge slog to get across the finish line.

 

[NickGabben]

Usually, I play Fractal maps, but I've been playing Big and Small a couple of times lately and that is a very different game!

In one of them, I had this going on:

It's Gilgamesh and all his vassals - all colonies, none by war (the other original Civs are gone). They have like two-three cities each, but it takes a lot of galleon hopping to get to them.

Otherwise, I managed to get Sid Sushi to 43 - new record (for me)! On fractal maps, you end up with around 20 (+/-).

 

[NickGabben]

In my current game, I managed to cap Shaka without fighting his main army. For some reason he didn't defend his cities with it, but walked it through Zara's territory to attack me and before he had made it through, he capitulated But that meant he had it intact for when he and I attacked Zara together and since he was closer to the front he got a headstart on a couple of cities and to my great annoyance, he used his lead to pillage all the roads, so I couldn't move very quickly even once Zara's culture was gone. Grrrrr

But it's definitely interesting to fight alongside Mr Attack Courage - that doesn't happen that often. (He doesn't get much of the spoils, though, because aggressive as he is, horse archers against Zara's grenadiers still accomplish very little.)