Just finished my first game in 17 years

[ChiefSparkY]

The last time I played Civ 1 was when I was 17 (I'm 34 now, so half my life ago!). Since then I've been playing Civ 2, with a little Civ 3. Just finished a game of Civ 1 after a couple of days play - after getting used to the graphics again (I chose the DOS version), I got really into the game and enjoyed the simplicity of it - the Advances tree that seems to make way more sense than Civ 4 or 5, the fewer units, less annoying stuff that had been added for the sake of it. I made the mistake of playing on Prince (thinking it was a step down from the level I would normally play) but the AI barely threatened me once so looking forward to a game on King (I've never been a Diety kind of play!). I used Boxer (Mac DosBox frontend) and it worked flawlessly.

I'll definitely have another game in the next few days (family and self-employment permitting). Also reading Rome On 640K A Day (got from eBay), great book.

I know these posts are pretty pointless but when there aren't that many posts these days in this particular forum, I hope you guys don't mind

 

[Theov]

What civ and what kind of map?
Yeah it's cool, I do find out that I start games, but when I get a big lead, I don't care to finish it and just start a new one.

 

[ChiefSparkY]

I played as the Americans, on a bog-standard map. A few civs got wiped out in the first few hundred years, leaving the Greeks and the French as my main competitors. At the end of the game, I had wiped out every other city in the world apart from one, Paris, which was at the other side of the world and far inland (so I couldn't break their defences with my fleet of battleships) and I had to raise a large army and send them across the ocean. Eventually Paris fell, and the world was mine in the 1600s.

 

[Theov]

I played as the Americans, on a bog-standard map. A few civs got wiped out in the first few hundred years, leaving the Greeks and the French as my main competitors. At the end of the game, I had wiped out every other city in the world apart from one, Paris, which was at the other side of the world and far inland (so I couldn't break their defences with my fleet of battleships) and I had to raise a large army and send them across the ocean. Eventually Paris fell, and the world was mine in the 1600s.

sounds excellent.
Yes, but you knew something was out there right?

 

[ChiefSparkY]

sounds excellent.
Yes, but you knew something was out there right?

Yup - Paris remained in the top 5 city list to the very end, even while all the other French cities were falling. It was very well defended and very far inland in a large continent.

Looking forward to another game soon, half way through Rome on 640K and have learned a couple of little things that I never knew...

 

[Bussunda]

the first civ
is a simple game
but with a unique gameplay
As the years pass
but when business is good
it remains