I enjoy playing Civ II on my powerbook, but I find that the game runs too long, and I usually end up with a huge and unwieldly civ. I've been playing on deity level with raging hordes. Questions:
1) How can I effectively shorten the game? I could play scenarios, although there aren't that many for the mac. Any other ideas? At the moment I usually don't wage a war of conquest until I need to. Would it be faster to just try and wipe out all the other civs ASAP?
2) How can you win without ending up as a massive and unwieldly civ? I've tried to get by with around 12 cities or so, but invariably some other civ comes along and grows huge, and then I have to go and conquer all their cities to prevent them from beating me.
What I enjoy most about the game is the initial exploration, as well as putting together my own network of cities, etc. I think it'd be more fun to play with fewer cities, say 8-12. I usually play with the smallest map and 7 other civs.
I would appreciate your input!
1) How can I effectively shorten the game? I could play scenarios, although there aren't that many for the mac. Any other ideas? At the moment I usually don't wage a war of conquest until I need to. Would it be faster to just try and wipe out all the other civs ASAP?
2) How can you win without ending up as a massive and unwieldly civ? I've tried to get by with around 12 cities or so, but invariably some other civ comes along and grows huge, and then I have to go and conquer all their cities to prevent them from beating me.
What I enjoy most about the game is the initial exploration, as well as putting together my own network of cities, etc. I think it'd be more fun to play with fewer cities, say 8-12. I usually play with the smallest map and 7 other civs.
I would appreciate your input!