Lord Parkin
aka emperor
For me it's usually:
- Huge size
- Big and Small, Fractal, or Hemispheres map
- 18 players
- Low sea level, most other settings standard
- Marathon speed preferred, though sometimes have to stick with Normal/Epic when I don't have the time (can't stand Quick speed though)
- Monarch-Immortal level (depending on how much of a challenge I'm looking for... e.g. laid-back cultural game or all-out war)
- Usually pick my own leader and leave the AI's random (occasionally have unrestricted leaders for a bit of spice)
- Almost always have vassal states off (I dislike the way they interfere with wars, dislike the colonial maintenance on island-style maps, and am not really a fan of colonies popping up mid-game either)
Those are my preferences for single player games anyway. I see quite a few people here share a similar love of huge, long games.
- Huge size
- Big and Small, Fractal, or Hemispheres map
- 18 players
- Low sea level, most other settings standard
- Marathon speed preferred, though sometimes have to stick with Normal/Epic when I don't have the time (can't stand Quick speed though)
- Monarch-Immortal level (depending on how much of a challenge I'm looking for... e.g. laid-back cultural game or all-out war)
- Usually pick my own leader and leave the AI's random (occasionally have unrestricted leaders for a bit of spice)
- Almost always have vassal states off (I dislike the way they interfere with wars, dislike the colonial maintenance on island-style maps, and am not really a fan of colonies popping up mid-game either)
Those are my preferences for single player games anyway. I see quite a few people here share a similar love of huge, long games.
