darski
Regent in Training
for me it is the Hittites. I am usually spitting out settlers so my defense is very thin. Those twits declare just because it is Wednesday.
Kind of like my opinion of Gandhi.
Zulu and Egypt!
Zulu because they always declare war on me
and Egypt because it my first ever Civ3 game they beat my Tanks with their Knights
Tell you what, I promise to take out that back-stabbing Gandhi, those heart-stealing Aztecs, & the irritating Zulu every time I see them if you promise to eradicate double-dealing Pachawhootie every time you see him!
kk
Hmm, I must have been anticipating you, Snarkhunter, since I have been using the Incas for some nuclear target practice in one of my games. I always wanted to test those ICBMs on somebody, and the Incas killed a defenseless explorer without even complaining about him before trashing him in the middle of the desert. So, TARGET PRACTICE!!!!!
Actually in my current (2nd) Emperor level game, Pacha & I (Byzzies--gotta love those dromons on 80% arch) are best buds. But by all means, don't let that stop you from EMPing him to crater glass
Aside: what this game REALLY needs is Project Orion. More I read about that thing, the better & way cooler it sounds
kk
Snarkhunter, if I get out to DC anytime in the near future, we should set up a meet and chat. And I agree wholeheartedly about Project Orion. What better way to use up a lot of fissionable material than to use it to place a really big payload on Mars? Have you ever read any of H. Beam Piper? It would be cool to adapt his Down Styphon books to Civ3.
I've read a little Piper, but not the ones you are referring to. The most recent reference to Orion I've seen--not directly, but in concept--is Anathem, by Neal Stephenson. John MacPhee wrote a booklength biography/essay on Ted Taylor called The Curve of Binding Energy which is well worth reading; Taylor was an extraordinary physicist & bomb designer. And it has a nice long chunk on Orion. Seems incredible to think it could work, but when I read the Wiki explanation, it sounded down right reasonable. I could definitely see a CivIII project Orion instead of Apollo, with the spaceship parts being shock absorbers, pusher plates, coke-can delivery chutes, cosmic ray shielding, etc. I don't think the editor is that flexible, alas
kk