Democracy Challenge

[dutchfire]

Is there any interest here for a Game of the Month like game based on the starting position of this game?

The idea is that everyone who wants to participate plays the same starting save provided by me. (I'll make sure it resembles the actual game.) Everyone can play the game for themselves (no reloading). You can aim for whatever victory condition you want, and the players with the earliest finish date for each specific condition will be honored.

There will be spoiler threads where you can post your notes and screenshots and where we can compare how different strategies worked out.


(Link to Dave's thread that didn't work out because the save was missing.)

 

[fed1943]

If done I'll play it and post about,if wanted.

That spoiler - show/hide thing I must learn first how to do it.

Best regards,

 

[robboo]

I may give this a go...if no one is interested we could start some PBEMS like we did the last game.

 

[Methos]

That spoiler - show/hide thing I must learn first how to do it.

In order to hide stuff in spoiler tags use this:

[spoiler][/spoiler]

 

[Falcon02]

I'd be up for it.

 

[Hyronymus]

Sounds nice, count me in for PBEMS or GotM.

 

[GeorgeOP]

I'd do it, but I'd probably lose quickly.

 

[donsig]

So how do we play this startign position without compromising the democracy game? Anyone who plays out the save gets to see the map, etc.

 

[Falcon02]

So how do we play this startign position without compromising the democracy game? Anyone who plays out the save gets to see the map, etc.

I read Similar as:

Mongols + same start settings.

Other then that, nothing's the same.

Cause if we were essentially loading the same Creation save... yeah I'd be against it too.

 

[Methos]

(I'll make sure it resembles the actual game.)

No, I recall elsewhere that dutchfire stated he would use World Builder to create a save that had a similar start position. We will not be playing off the save from the DG II game.

If that was the case, I'd be against it too.

 

[donsig]

Ahh, yes, he actually says that in the first post of this thread. I like the idea. Count me in.

 

[DaveShack]

I'd definitely be interested.

If we're going to do this, would y'all agree it's a good thing to put in a separate subforum, along with PBEMs, a RPG if one gets going, and other stuff not directly related to the DG?

 

[Methos]

If we're going to do this, would y'all agree it's a good thing to put in a separate subforum, along with PBEMs, a RPG if one gets going, and other stuff not directly related to the DG?

Yes, it would.

 

[fed1943]

Thank you,Methos.

 

[dutchfire]

The Mongol people had been Roman slaves for ages. They didn't like the work they had to do, but they respected the Romans for the democratic type of government. However, one day in 4000 BC a Roman general grabbed control of the Roman empire and abolished the democracy. The Mongols didn't like this at all, and they came into action. They were able to conquer Rome and they razed it, and everything reminding them of Roman presence. They decided it was time to move on and control the world for themselves. And they elected you as their leader! So step up and lead them to a glorious future.

This story was just to explain why you can see in-game that you've met the non-existent Romans, I couldn't get this away.

Here's the starting screenshot, it should look familiar. The starting position is almost the same as the 'normal' game, but almost everything beyond the fat cross is different.

Your Goal: Win the game as fast (in-game) as possible. There will be awards for the fastest finish for every victory condition (conquest, space race, domination, diplomatic, culture and time). For time victory the score will determine the winner, for the other victory conditions score is a tie-breaker in case the finish dates of multiple players are the same.

Rules:
No reloading (You're not allowed to do an action, and then reload to a previous save to do another action instead).
No cheating in any other way.
Don't talk about anything from the game in this thread. There will be a special thread (spoiler thread) opened specially for that.
Deadline: End of April, for now.

View attachment DGC1Startingsave.Civ4SavedGame

Enjoy!

Please send the final save file and the replay file to evldrunen@msn.com when you're finished. That way I'll be able to see who did best and I'll be able to post the final results. You've got plenty of time to do so though.

 

[DaveShack]

I have requested the separate forum for RPG and side games.

Would you characterize the focus of this game as just exploring early development options, or carrying it all the way to the end?

 

[dutchfire]

Added this:

Your Goal: Win the game as fast (in-game) as possible. There will be awards for the fastest finish for every victory condition (conquest, space race, domination, diplomatic, culture and time). For time victory the score will determine the winner, for the other victory conditions score is a tie-breaker in case the finish dates of multiple players are the same.

So it carries all the way to the end, mainly because it's hard to see the results of several options earlier in the game, end date pretty much gives you a good idea how good a game is.

 

[robboo]

gonna try this...starting tonight.

 

[donsig]

Looking forward to trying this. Any time frame for completion? I might play the GOTM first.

 

[Methos]

I'm curious, anyone yet have any plans on what direction their going with this? I'm considering a culture victory due to this game being totally against that style boy civ wise and territory.

That is, if I can find the time.