I am interested in knowing how other players started playing civ. Personaly i i began when i was about 7(i am now 15) I wanted to buy awesome new game called Settlers 3 which was on 2 or 3 cd's. When my Father told me that we didnt have money for 2 cd pirate game(I live in Bosnia) i had to buy something else. So i bought Civ2. Then I spent entire evening on ww2 scenario trying to figure out how to move units. I only played that scenario because i didnt know English so took Germany and attacked everyone else. I never figured out how production worked until Civ3 came(i used the cheat option).
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Tomoyo
Fate
It took me 30 minutes to find out how to found a city. 
I actually didn't start til Civ3.
I work on a Mac and don't have any games on it.
When I inherited a PC....
I always remember the review I read before I bought.
It started with, "Aw #%@! the sun is coming up again."
At the time I thought it was a cute joke.
I work on a Mac and don't have any games on it.
When I inherited a PC....
I always remember the review I read before I bought.
It started with, "Aw #%@! the sun is coming up again."
At the time I thought it was a cute joke.
gmaharriet
Ancient Crone
I was getting tired of playing Age of Empires, so I asked on a bulletin board whose focus was world history just what would be another good history-related game...one that wouldn't be nothing but constant shooting at an enemy. They highly recommended CivIII. 
Mordack
Increase the Deceased
circa 1991 - Civ on a 486? running Win 3.1
catapults and chariots ruled the day
will never forget that old school beeping attack sound - it haunts me in my dreams
catapults and chariots ruled the day
will never forget that old school beeping attack sound - it haunts me in my dreams
It started with a love for Risk and Axis and Allies. In college my buddies and I had epic double board Risk games. I got the computer version of Risk and I crushed it so that got old quick.
I asked my girlfriend what her 6th graders liked. They mentioned a bunch of video games and a builder game called Civ 3 to her. Big mistake. I got it.
In my first game I couldn't figure out how to fish. Finally I sent a galley with a settler on top of it thinking the settler would want to fish. No dice.
As the addiction grew my friend's would ask "How are the Zulus"? or "Have you figured out how to fish yet"? They thought it was funny. I didn't.
I asked my girlfriend what her 6th graders liked. They mentioned a bunch of video games and a builder game called Civ 3 to her. Big mistake. I got it.
In my first game I couldn't figure out how to fish. Finally I sent a galley with a settler on top of it thinking the settler would want to fish. No dice.
As the addiction grew my friend's would ask "How are the Zulus"? or "Have you figured out how to fish yet"? They thought it was funny. I didn't.
IXIRandyIXI
Dirty Warmonger
I started playing Civ2 when I spent the night at one of my friend's house about 5 years ago. Both of us sat at his parent's computer and played a randomized game all night (using the cheat option to nuke a bunch of civs into oblivion 
). I was hooked after that night; when I finally got my computer about half a year later, he gave me his Civ2 CD and I played the game for days.
). I was hooked after that night; when I finally got my computer about half a year later, he gave me his Civ2 CD and I played the game for days.
Harbringer
Your A One Flower Garden
I started with civ 3 about 3 years ago. I figured it all out fairly quickly and then i got conquests. After that i found a version of civ 2 and played that for a while and then went back to conquests until i found a version of civ which i played for another quite a while. Then i re-got civ 2 and played that + civ 1 for about a week(occasionally i still played civ 3). Then i went back to conquests and played thjat until 1 and a half days ago when i decided to put down the civ. I uninstalled it and vow not to play civ 3 again, its to time consuming and frustrates me to much. I now play much faster games now.
I started playing civ3 about 3 years ago. I had played Colonization and Masters of Orion before, and when I saw this one on the shelf I thought, "hmm, that's probably a good game." How little I knew then....
I remember the learning pains, though. I remember building mines only on the edge of my territory because I thought they would damage attacking units. Probably a side effect of too much minesweeper.
I remember the learning pains, though. I remember building mines only on the edge of my territory because I thought they would damage attacking units. Probably a side effect of too much minesweeper.
I started playing CivIII when it came out (when I was in 6th grade, now I'm in 9th). I clearly remember the first game I ever started and what it felt like to have a new game and have NO CLUE what to do. I think that CivIII has taught me what to do when I get a new game that I have no idea how to play (like I recently bought Chris Sawyer's Locomotion) and now it usually doesn't take as much time to figure things out.
Crazily enough, I started CivII at the same time because my CivIII box came with CivII inside!
Crazily enough, I started CivII at the same time because my CivIII box came with CivII inside!
Captain Carnage
King
My friend gave me Civ I in 1998 because he didn't have 4.25" disk drives but I did. Then 1 year later I hired Civ II from Segabin, then last year I got Civ III, then 3 months later I got Conquests when I was supposed to be at a job interview
Bob1475
Prince
I am sure I am one of the older people on the Board (will be 54 this year). I started with CIV 1 because I have always loved strategy games (goes back to RISK board games). A number of games were out about the same time - something called Empire and a few others. The best reviews were for Civilization. I bought it and quickly got hooked and got my son involved. I bought every upgrade and new one that came out. Just one more turn....
Lord Parkin
aka emperor
I actually played my first game of Civ3 fairly decently, all things considered - I won a histographic victory in AD 2050 (though just barely, with 300 points and nearest AI about 250!!! ). I think the reason I did so well on my first game compared to most other people is because I got Civ3 while I was on holiday in 2001 - being on holiday I had no access to my computer, and therefore I HAD to read through the manual before playing the game. Though far from perfect (as those of you who've read it know, it's quite inaccurate in places 
), reading the manual at least helped to give me the general fundamentals of the game. (It took less than five minutes during my first time actually playing the game to figure out the couple of basic things that weren't covered in the manual. 
)
). I think the reason I did so well on my first game compared to most other people is because I got Civ3 while I was on holiday in 2001 - being on holiday I had no access to my computer, and therefore I HAD to read through the manual before playing the game. Though far from perfect (as those of you who've read it know, it's quite inaccurate in places ), reading the manual at least helped to give me the general fundamentals of the game. (It took less than five minutes during my first time actually playing the game to figure out the couple of basic things that weren't covered in the manual. )searcheagle
Emperor
I discovered Civ I in 1995 or so. I spent a night at a friend's house. We played the game non-stop. In fact, his parents eventually forced us to do something else. That something else turned out be to take a ride on a Public Bus, just because.
I bought the game after I got home. The game actually made sense to me. The only thing I missed was the effect of the terrain. I understood it was used by defense but not for trade/commerce, shields, and food. It took me a while in Civ I for me to realize why NORAD, my city where every city square was Mountainous kept dying out.
I bought the game after I got home. The game actually made sense to me. The only thing I missed was the effect of the terrain. I understood it was used by defense but not for trade/commerce, shields, and food. It took me a while in Civ I for me to realize why NORAD, my city where every city square was Mountainous kept dying out.
irishlamma
Chieftain
i started about...well
the beginning of this month, I have a total of 1 win
the beginning of this month, I have a total of 1 win
Whomp said:
Haha, that's great Womp!My brother got Civ 2 Gold Edition several years ago for his birthdya. I played it and got completely hooked on it, then saw Civ 3 on sale somewhere about a year ago and have been playing it ever since.
Perfection
The Great Head.
I got Civ 2 when it was new, what was it 10 years ago maybe? I don't recall.
k-a-bob
Waiting patiently.......
circa 1997 or so.
A friend loaded Civ 2 on the Graduate school lab computer and showed me how to play.
It's probably the reason I didn't get my advanced degree!
A friend loaded Civ 2 on the Graduate school lab computer and showed me how to play.
It's probably the reason I didn't get my advanced degree!
TyranusBonehead
Bound & Determined
I'm a late-comer to the Civ franchise. I'm 41 now and didn't start playing until about a year and a half ago. I was terrible, I couldn't even win on the chieftan level, therefore I put the disc aside for almost a year. I finally picked it up again on a whim, my son won his first game, I couldn't let him beat me, so I started playing more seriously. I finally won at chieftan level (histograph win), and wound up getting Conquests. Since then I've had victories at Chieftan, Warlord, Regent, Monarch, and Diety (yes, strange early rush win). I find now that I don't want to do yardwork which I need to do, I'd rather play Civ. But, I'm responsible...I guess....I wonder if my son's too young to mow the yard......
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