Hi All,
I recently got the CivIV: Complete edition (£17.99 form Play, Bargain!), anyway, I just started a new game last night as the Romans, my settler started off in a good location, 3 elephants, 1 cow, 1 pig and stone so I founded Rome got a warrior building and got my existing warior off scouting.
After my warrior got built I started on a worker and then a settler. The warrior I fortified in Rome. The settler founded my next city close to Rome while my original warrior was scouting to the south.
Two turns after founding my second city I get a message saying that Barbarian spearmen had been spotted and that I was going to get the worst of it (lucky me I though). I got my first warior heading back to Rome, the spearmen were too close to my second city so I knew it was lost. As predicted city 2 was lost and the spearmen were marching on Rome, luckyily I still had warrior 2 fortified there and warrior 1 was steaming up from the south, but he wasn't quite going to get there in time.
The spearmen atacked Rome, there were 3 units of them against 1 unit of fortified warriors and to give them due credit they took out 2 full units of spearmen and 2 men from the last unit but, alas, Rome got sacked by the remnants the last spearman unit with warrior 1 only 1 turn away from arriving.
Game over! DOH! Bloomin random events, grumble grumble!
Oh well had to laugh really, the game would be boring without these little things.
I recently got the CivIV: Complete edition (£17.99 form Play, Bargain!), anyway, I just started a new game last night as the Romans, my settler started off in a good location, 3 elephants, 1 cow, 1 pig and stone so I founded Rome got a warrior building and got my existing warior off scouting.
After my warrior got built I started on a worker and then a settler. The warrior I fortified in Rome. The settler founded my next city close to Rome while my original warrior was scouting to the south.
Two turns after founding my second city I get a message saying that Barbarian spearmen had been spotted and that I was going to get the worst of it (lucky me I though). I got my first warior heading back to Rome, the spearmen were too close to my second city so I knew it was lost. As predicted city 2 was lost and the spearmen were marching on Rome, luckyily I still had warrior 2 fortified there and warrior 1 was steaming up from the south, but he wasn't quite going to get there in time.
The spearmen atacked Rome, there were 3 units of them against 1 unit of fortified warriors and to give them due credit they took out 2 full units of spearmen and 2 men from the last unit but, alas, Rome got sacked by the remnants the last spearman unit with warrior 1 only 1 turn away from arriving.
Game over! DOH! Bloomin random events, grumble grumble!
Oh well had to laugh really, the game would be boring without these little things.
