Stories for Every Civ: Tales from Civilization

[DanielWightman]

Hi all -

I'm new to CivFanatics, or at least new to posting - have been using the site since the days of Civ III. I just started a new blog to host the multiple stories/playthroughs I'm doing for Civ V, found here.

The idea is I'll do a playthrough and write up a history for every single Civ, posting updates daily. Will be doing scenarios as well.

So far I'm in the start of a Mongolian playthrough, and I've completed India (India posts start here)

Would love for all your experts to give any feedback/advice, or just check it out. Appreciate it all.

 

[Hruberen]

Excellent, but why do you have WW1 Infantry in the 1400s, and also, where do you come up with the names for all these features?

 

[Checkmate113]

This is actually really cool, I like the length of each update and your writing really creates a sense of drama.

 

[God of Kings]

Same.

At least, DanielWightman, you are filling in the void Snapwave left when he stopped doing his True and Accurate History series over a year ago in favour of different primarily PC games from many different genres (though mostly constructive sandbox and Western RPGs): http://youtube.com/Snapwave

 

[God of Kings]

I noticed that you are doing OCC Egypt now.

 

[cpm4001]

These are really excellent! Just got done reading your Indian and Mongolian stories, and am looking forward to the continuation of your Egyptian one!

 

[DanielWightman]

Thanks! I'm trying something new with the OCC, not having mods changes a lot. Next up is likely Spain.

 

[Shadow717]

I just read through India's story. Very good job, funny & witty at times, but also uses tidbits of actual Indian history and culture. I liked it very much, and will definitely be reading more in the future!

One question though, is there a better way to see the older posts? I had to go as far back as possible, and then read from the bottom up. If its possible it would be easier to read it all on one page, and top down. Though I realize that may simply be a limitation of the website and the way it is designed to function.

Also a small suggestion, it would be nice to see the mini map a little more often in the first few episodes when exploration and expansion are in full swing and the map unfolds so quickly.

 

[DanielWightman]

Appreciated. Yes, I'm in the process of re-doing the India story in one single post. I already did that for Mongolia, seen here.

I'll take your advice into consideration regarding the map - I've tried to incorporate enough detail so there's an idea of what's going on, but without overkill/insane detail.

 

[Shadow717]

Just finished the Mongolia story, and it was far better than the Indian story I thought (and the Indian story was great to begin with!). I feel like the historical remarks (now complete with links, great idea), although small really make these stories stand out above the rest. Keep doing what you're doing, because you're doing it right. I look forward to reading more.

 

[DudewiththeFood]

Please keep going. These are so great, almost inspiring...
I'll be looking out for these.

 

[God of Kings]

Spoiler Conclusion of Egypt game :

A Dutch poet pens the Ozymandias poem:

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desart. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

It is the end of Egypt. Ozymandias got the best of you.

You will love what I did to the image:

I added the Ozymandias poem to it.

Note that Ozymandias is Ramesses II's Greek name.

 

[DanielWightman]

Wow, that's awesome. I'm guessing like many others, I've heard the "I am Ozymandias, King of Kings..." line before, but never the full poem. Very fitting.

I'm kicking off today with very different take on these "histories", with the Huns. In my mind I have a cool direction for it, we'll see how it goes.

 

[God of Kings]

I laughed at Attila's title.

"For now there is only the Huns, led by the immortal Attila, King of the Huns, Jarl of the Danes, Khan of the Mongols, descendant of Nimrod, and scourge of the Gods."

 

[God of Kings]

Bump:

The series is becoming inactive.