...time of play ..

[soujourner]

I am enjoying this verison of Civ II to the max, however the games take from anywhere from four to six hours to complete. Is there a way to shorten the time of the game and still maintain the intrigue?

 

[Mercator]

You can try playing on small maps... Or you can try an OCC (One City Challenge). That is, build only one city... Or go for early conquest.

Then again... 4 to 6 hours? You're already playing Civ2 at light speed!

 

[Bestbank Tiger]

Go with Mercator's suggestions.

Or, just save the game periodically and come back to it. I've had games take as long as three weeks (not playing continuously of course).

 

[Terrapin]

You can try playing on small maps... Or you can try an OCC (One City Challenge). That is, build only one city... Or go for early conquest.

Then again... 4 to 6 hours? You're already playing Civ2 at light speed!

Yeah, 4-6 hours is like a single turn in a, how-many-cities-can-I-build-style game with full on micro-management.

 

[Ace]

You can say that again! With 254 cities, all building a freight each turn, the begining phase of the turn where you select what load each freight will carry will take over an hour, just by itself.