[Col] Sid Meier's Colonization Official Strategy Guide

[AyCe]

Since this seems to be a PDF that is hard to find on the interwebz, I've uploaded Sid Meier's Colonization Official Strategy Guide by Bruce C. Shelley here:

Sid Meier's Colonization Official Strategy Guide : Bruce Shelley : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

This is the official strategy guide for the PC game Sid Meier's Colonization, released 1994 by Microprose.

archive.org

It also contains some behind-the-scenes things!

 

[AyCe]

Some interesting bits I found in it:

 

[pavelbel]

Indian tribes trading with each other... wow!

That's interesting, thanks! Never read it.

 

[Bladrov]

Since this seems to be a PDF that is hard to find on the interwebz, I've uploaded Sid Meier's Colonization Official Strategy Guide by Bruce C. Shelley here:

Sid Meier's Colonization Official Strategy Guide : Bruce Shelley : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

This is the official strategy guide for the PC game Sid Meier's Colonization, released 1994 by Microprose.

archive.org

It also contains some behind-the-scenes things!

You can also download it as a PDF from my Col site: http://peyre.42web.io/Colonization/index.htm

 

[tupi]

Thanks for excerpts. Also I read a guide itself a bit. Honestly I still do not believe that Criminals are worse missionaries than ordinary colonists and that tribes can trade horses and muskets with each other. Official info is not always flawless. One day I should RE the game properly, if somebody else doesn't do it before. Very intriguing and deep game.

 

[Bladrov]

I'm glad you found the guide! I bought a copy and cut the binding off just so I could scan it and make the book available to people. (Luckily, a coworker was able to bind it back with fastback, though it's still not the same.)

 

[Blake00]

I bought the strategy guide off ebay a few years back too and enjoyed the read!

 

[fraa Jad]

I was wondering which resources the building of roads increase, and it's on page 12 -- "Roads increase the production of ore, fur, and lumber by making it easier to get these materials out of the square. Roads increase the production of silver in Mountain terrain only if the square contains the Silver Deposit special resource."

 

[Bladrov]

Good to see that summed up, thanks! So basically, roads increase the production from extraction industries.

 

[fraa Jad]

That was what I thought it would be, but it's nicer to have it confirmed; I'm not actually playing Colonization, I'm playing FreeCol 1.0.0 on a Raspberry Pi. Because I have nothing better to do with my life.

EDIT: post-convention depression, nothing to worry about. Last month was absolutely exhausting. WorldCon and BulgaCon.

 

[Bladrov]

Never could get into FreeCol (it's just not the same), but I'm glad it's there.

 

[Blake00]

The FreeCol guys plan to do a 2D view mode (similar to FreeCiv) at some point so hopefully not long after that someone will make a classic Col graphics mod for it which should make it more appealing to classic Col fans.

 

[Bladrov]

Do they?! That's something I've wished for for a long time. That might actually turn me around on FreeCol. Thanks for the heads-up!

 

[pavelbel]

Do they?! That's something I've wished for for a long time. That might actually turn me around on FreeCol. Thanks for the heads-up!

Yes, same for me

 

[Blake00]

Yup project leader Stian has posted on the Col Fans Discord about it being in his future plans a few times. I just checked and can see he's updated their roadmap on the Freecol website to mention it too. If fans keep peserting him about it he'll probably move it up the priority list too!

https://www.freecol.org/roadmap.html

• Implement 2D and hex world map and rendering.
• A mod with pixelated graphics (including tile transitions etc).

 

[Bladrov]

Figures. I already have an account with Discord, but it won't accept my credentials.