First time GOTMer has questions about saves/submissions

[goodayforme]

GOTM 19 is the first that I've tried, and I'd like a little clarification of a couple of the rules.
First, when playing, I got swept up in the game and forgot to save at 1000AD until a couple hundred years later. Is this bad?
Second, when it says that the Food Supplies Caravan "trick" is not allowed, does that mean that I cannot use caravans to carry food supplies, or is there some cheat that I may not be aware of that is being referred to?

Thanks!!

 

[anarchywrksbest]

You cannot use Food Caravans to force your cities to grow up to unreachable levels like 70.

But a couple of hundred years past 1000AD.....hmmmm...don't know, Starlifter or the Duke of Marlbrough will know.

 

[starlifter]

But a couple of hundred years past 1000AD.....hmmmm...don't know, Starlifter or the Duke of Marlbrough will know.

Actually, those kinds of things are for the Admin (Duke of Marlbrough) to decide. There's not a set number for error, judging from what Matrix (prior admin) & Duke have posted in the past. You might wanna PM him .


The FCT is probably one of the most cussed and discussed aspects of Civ 2, but in the GOTM, it's been disallowed since the outset. In a nutshell, you can't use the FCT (it has many variations) to make cities grow (e.g., fill the food boxes), unless the source city is getting proper route credit. Some testing and more info about how the game does this, and how you can learn about the FCT, is here, in Old n Slow's thread:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27833

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

I'm not real firm on the years of the saves. Give me the ones closest to it. If it's too far off, I'll let you know by e-mail.

His saves were from 1120AD, which is fine.

 

[goodayforme]

Thank-you for the clarification on the trick and the save guidelines. Meager as my performance was, I'll submit my game tonight.

Thanks again