How many turns in a game?

[trada]

I can't find it anywhere on the net. I know it's 1 turn per 20 years and then sometime it switches to 1 turn per 5 years or something.. Anybody know?

 

[stwils]

trada, I want to know the answer to that, too. I've often thought it would be fun to play 100 turns and see how well I do. (I like short games and this would be a challenge to play. Save the opening where your settler sits blinking - play 100 turns - save - then go back to the original save and play 100 turns again and compare my progress.)

But I need the date after 100 turns as I will never be able to count each turn and play.

stwils

 

[stwils]

I just found this Civ3 thread from June '02 entitled "How many turns from 4000BC until 2050AD?"

Here is what someone wrote:

It is:

4000BC to 2750BC, 50 years/turn, 25 turns
2750BC to 1750BC, 40 years/turn, 25 turns
1750BC to 750BC, 25 years/turn, 40 turns
750BC to 250AD, 20 years/turn, 50 turns
250AD to 1250AD, 10 years/turn, 100 turns
1250AD to 1750AD, 5 years/turn, 100 turns
1750AD to 1950AD, 2 years/turn, 100 turns
1950AD to 2050AD, 1 year/turn, 100 turns

There are 540 turns in total.
1400AD is a special date in that it is the "halfway" mark, 270 turns played, 270 to go.

There's a calculator available at http://forums.civfanatics.com/showth...threadid=17550 which can be used to see how many turns have been played at any given date.

Hope that helps!

SirPleb
Jun 19, 2002, 11:31 PM

(I guess this would also apply to Civ1. What do you think, trada? By the way, I could not bring up the calculator thread.)

stwils

 

[stwils]

The calculator is listed in the Civ3 Creation and Customization/ Utility Programs. It works great.

Hope you locate it all right.

stwils

 

[stwils]

Sorry, guys,

That chart and calculator are applicable to Civ 3 but not to Civ1. I just played a bit of both, noticing how many years elapse between turns - and just for starters, Civ3 does start out with 50 years per turn. But Civ1 does not. It starts out with 20 years between turns. (Of course as you progress in the game, those years between turns changes, but in no way will this chart apply to Civ1.)

Sorry.

Maybe someone else knows the answer to your question, trada.

stwils

 

[Alex Johnson]

I know I've seen this answer somewhere. I thought it was in the FAQ here but it is not.

 

[stwils]

I found it!

It's on page 13 in Wilson and Emrich's book "Rome on 640K a Day."

4000BC -1000AD 20 years/turn - 250 turns
1000AD-1500AD 10 years/turn- 50 turns
1500AD-1750AD 5 years/turn - 50 turns
1750AD-1850AD 2 years/turn - 50 turns
1850AD-2100AD* 1 year/turn - 150 turns

*The end date is variable based on the difficulty level selected.

Chieftain -2100
Warlord -2080
Prince -2060
King -2040
Emperor -2020

stwils

 

[trada]

Thanks heaps

Oh, I do envy you who has that coverted book.

So that means turns in a game are:

Chieftain -550
Warlord -530
Prince -510
King -490
Emperor -470

yeah!

 

[Alex Johnson]

Thanks heaps

Oh, I do envy you who has that coverted book.

So that means turns in a game are:

Chieftain -550
Warlord -530
Prince -510
King -490
Emperor -470

yeah!

Add 100 turns to all of these numbers. stwils counted wrong: He said "1850AD-2100AD* 1 year/turn - 150 turns". 1850AD to 2100AD is 250 years, NOT 150 years.

 

[stwils]

Yikes!

But I copied the numbers exactly as they appear in Wilson's and Emrich's book.

You are right. 2100 minus 1850 is 250, not 150.

stwils