strangest thing ive ever seen

[Colonel]

http://www.gameoutfitter.com/Browse.../Sid_Meierprime;s_Civilization:_The_Boardgame

this is the strangest thing i have ever seen its a board game based off Civ3

 

[Rammstein]

Very old news. There's been a Civ boardgame for years. This is a newer variant, based on C3.

 

[WildFire]

Well it isnt THAT old of news since its based on conquests.

 

[Rammstein]

@ Wildfire: Who cares. Colonel was surprised at there being a game at all. That's what I was answering to. Is it based on C3C? It doesn't say anywhere.

 

[Yoda Power]

It's pretty fun too actually. Though I dont think it's based on C3C.

 

[ainwood]

Moderator Action: Banish thee, thou general observation about this remarkable game called 'civilization'!


ie: Moved.

 

[morchuflex]

There already was a board game called Civilization when I was about 12, and I'm 37 now...
Of course, it had nothing to do with Sid's, but maybe Sid took inspiration from it?

 

[Bibor]

If you mean the *new* Civilization game by Eagle Games, i have the box next to me right now

I even like the idea of "one tech for all" more than tech trading like in CIV3. SOmeone "buys" the tech others pay 50% of price to that player when buying improvements/units made available by that tech.
Example: Horseback riding allows you to build Horseman units. It costs 10 gold. If you want one, you give 10 gold to bank and bank gives 5 gold to the tech owner. Same is true for every thing you can *build* in the game. Somebody mentioned "war profiteering"?

-bibor

 

[Arathorn]

Yes, one of the original inspirations for Sid Meier's Civilization (computer game) was the Avalon Hill board game Civilization (and Advanced Civilization). A few iterations of the computer game gives Civ3. Eagle Games, then, builds a board game based on the computer game. So, it's a board game based on a computer game based on a board game. :boggle:

Arathorn

 

[Masquerouge]

But Arathorn, you forget that there actually a computer game version of the board game Civilization. I used to play it a lot, the map was bigger (gaul was included up to the brit isles) and trade was different, but it had the Avalon Hill game flavour...
So maybe in fact Sid made a computer game version of the computer game version of the board game version, instead of making a computer game version of the computer game version ?

 

[Arathorn]

Nope...the Avalon Hill computer game Civilization very closely modeled on the board game came AFTER Sid Meier's Civilization computer game. The AH version was 1995, which is after Civ I but just before Civ II, as I recall.

Interesting juxtapositions of stuff...

Arathorn