I've played many games over the years, but very few actually taught me something new. Today, I would consider that game to be won, even if I a lot remained to be done. By that time I had also conquered half of the Bavarois' land using Howitzers. Even holding beachheads was a nightmare, but I finally managed to take the whole island. This proved to be very difficult, as they had Walls in all their cities. Then I chased the Arabs off my island and tried to invade their own. I had plenty of room to expand, and got to Advanced Flight before even filling my island with cities. The first time I beat the AI was a 5-players game on a large map. ![]() Finally, I ended the game by sending a spaceship to Alpha Centauri. ![]() I built railroads to speed up colonization, and even some buildings in my cities. Barbarians taught me how to defend my cities (and conquer poorly defended ones). For the first time I saw the whole tech tree. Yes, playing alone in the world was very formative. I should be able to find it if you're interested (but I think it's in French).Ī game I learned a lot in was a lone game. Reading it was very helpful, and helped me understand most of the core concepts: science, combat and the like. The few units my ally sent to me didn't help much.Īt around that time, my father gave me an old manual for Civ II or III. You can imagine how easily they wiped me down. I don't think I had City Walls in my cities. By then I had researched Railroad but not Gunpowder, which they had. I ignored them for quite some time, until they finally attacked. I actually had a dozen cities and an ally when my neighbour broke treaty. I had learned smallpoxing from the AI, and successfully applied it. ![]() (Bush had invaded Iraq of the same reason, right?) I can't remember what happened next, but much likely I was overwhelmed by 4-5 Korean units and I lost the game. I remember founding a city in the desert to get more production "out of the oil". By the time I had built 3 cities, Koreans had a few dozens. I was about 10 years old, and I didn't even know of Sid Meier's games.
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