How do you play a hot seat game
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My son and I play "hotseat" sometimes. At first he would sit and watch how I would move around, build, improve etc. After he got the hang of it we would "leave the computer" during each other's turns. This way you don't know EVERYTHING the other is doing...
Brewster
stays crunchy in milk
I tried a hotseat game with a good friend of mine when I got PTW. At the start of the game we'd watch each other's moves, but as the duration of each turn increased (larger empire, micromanagement, wars, etc.) we'd spend our off-turn playing GT3 on his PS2. It was a great way to stay amused and keep your eyes off the screen while the other guy plays his turn.
I've played a hotseat game once, we didn't watch each others moves, we were playing an X-box game at the same time, so when you didn't play PTW you played the x-box game. Was a little tedious to move from the chair all the time though...
Masquerouge
Deity
It depends if you're planning to play against the AI or against yourselves...
But if at some points in the game you want to wage war against your friend, it's best if you don't know what he's up to.
But if at some points in the game you want to wage war against your friend, it's best if you don't know what he's up to.
Colonel Kraken
Deity
It's definitely a lot more fun if you don't watch each others moves, especially during negotiations so the other doesn't know what you have.
On the other hand, the player that gets all the popup information on his turn (like so and so is building a wonder), should inform the other, including when each of you has started to build a wonder. Of course, this is up to you, but it is information you would normally have in an SP game.
Cheers,
CK
On the other hand, the player that gets all the popup information on his turn (like so and so is building a wonder), should inform the other, including when each of you has started to build a wonder. Of course, this is up to you, but it is information you would normally have in an SP game.
Cheers,
CK
sealman
Hater of Babylonians
I was going to say by putting your chair over the heating vent 
I have not played any hotseat games, but I would not watch my opponents turn.
And that popup information should be shared if it only comes up for one player.
I have not played any hotseat games, but I would not watch my opponents turn.
And that popup information should be shared if it only comes up for one player.
i play friendly hotseat games with my wife and sometimes father-in-law. we watch each other's turns usually and sometimes tv is on so that holds attention too. now we don't fight with each other ingame and also share tech freely so it's not competitive. we once played the rome scenario in civ2 hotseat mode and knowing what the other person is up to, isn't fun in the competitive sense. the game eventually switched to email and ended shortly after i discovered steam engine and pounded rome's cities (almost all the big ones on the coast of italy) with my carthagian ironclads.
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