New AAR series kicks off today
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Does it get steamy?
You suck, Brant. I didn't know this scenario existed. Now I'm going to have to go find it. >:(
Why not plop yer next 2 cities so they have those natural wonders you found 1st turn? :idiot2:
They both will give you a huge early boost. and they are not that far from your capitol so roads won't be expensive.
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on February 04, 2016, 07:54:42 AM
You suck, Brant. I didn't know this scenario existed. Now I'm going to have to go find it. >:(
Gods + Kings expansion
Quote from: Barthheart on February 04, 2016, 08:13:41 AM
Why not plop yer next 2 cities so they have those natural wonders you found 1st turn? :idiot2:
They both will give you a huge early boost. and they are not that far from your capitol so roads won't be expensive.
Trying to get onto the coast for seaborne traffic. Watch and see, grasshopper :)
Coast smoast! What kind of min-maxer are you anyway. :P
Quote from: Barthheart on February 04, 2016, 08:15:57 AMCoast smoast! What kind of min-maxer are you anyway. :P
the kind who has a pretty good track record of winning Civ5 games ;)
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 04, 2016, 08:27:00 AM
Quote from: Barthheart on February 04, 2016, 08:15:57 AMCoast smoast! What kind of min-maxer are you anyway. :P
the kind who has a pretty good track record of winning Civ5 games ;)
Is that a challenge? :coolsmiley:
I have all of the Civ V expansions, including G+K, so it should be on my HD somewhere.
Quote from: Barthheart on February 04, 2016, 08:30:54 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 04, 2016, 08:27:00 AM
Quote from: Barthheart on February 04, 2016, 08:15:57 AMCoast smoast! What kind of min-maxer are you anyway. :P
the kind who has a pretty good track record of winning Civ5 games ;)
Is that a challenge? :coolsmiley:
Yes, but we're going to use the clipped-corners mod for the strategic view...
Pfft... no one uses the strategic view. ::)
Quote from: Barthheart on February 04, 2016, 10:18:55 AM
Pfft... no one uses the strategic view. ::)
That's true. 700-some hours into Civ V and I didn't even know there was a strategic view until I saw it in Brant's last AAR.
I didn't even know this was in the scenarios! :o Nice find and nice start to the AAR. Steampunk is nice and different. O0
It's funny how you mooks want to impugn my Civ capabilities when you don't even know half of what's in the game ::)
WHOA! Who you callin a twit? :o
I mean, if we weren't making fun of each other between rounds of peach schnapps, we'd have to start discussing international postage or something O:-)
Nice use of impugn, too.
What difficulty do you play at that you almost always win?
Prince is the low end of my spectrum, but I've won at least 2 games at diety level
Throughout iterations? Or just specific ones? Either way, I'm impressed. Envious, too. I've won on Monarch, but Deity is WAAAAAAY above my skill :)
I rarely play the pre-fab scenarios. I usually set the general settings something along the lines of
- huge world
- small continents or archipelago
- temperate climate / 5b age
- standard or abundant resources
- 7-9 other civs
- 10-16 city-states
I always start at the dawn of time
Every Monarch game I've won was on a Tiny or Small map. 4,000 B.C. Usually Pangaea. Regular everything else.
I enjoy Civ V games on larger worlds with lots of civs so there's time to develop and build before coming into contact with each other. I hate generating big worlds and finding another civ 10 hexes from my capital. >:(
Usually I just do Continents Plus, or Terra.
So, how do you guys find success on the higher difficulty levels? I assume you have to do a ton of micromanagement in your cities to min/max production of everything. I hardly ever mess with assigning citizens within a city to certain jobs, which is probably why I don't play at the higher difficulty levels. Also it's quite satisfying to drop a nuke on a society that has barely mastered sailing vessels. :)
Though that's getting old. I've been toying with the Prince and above levels lately. Instead of getting my butt kicked I usually end up imploding my civ because happiness is ALWAYS in the toilet. :-\
I lose way more often than I win, even on Prince. And I don't play V, but, there is more attention to detail for me when playing at the higher levels. I still haven't quite figured out city specialization. At least not in the sense of getting the best production out of each city. That's what I do when I play solo games. Works sometimes. Other times, not so much.
Fun-looking scenario! (I'm almost tempted to fire up a game and try it.) Will definitely follow this one. O0
Question, though: Why are Settlers so bloody expensive in this scenario? Are they just that gung-ho on trying to limit expansion?
Yes
Is no one going to talk about Brant's link to that atrocious McCartney song to the equally disappointing Ackroyd/Chase action-comedy?
Because I had forgotten just how bad that song was. I had not forgotten how bad the movie was, nor how the promos (featured occasionally in the video) made it seem like gold. But I remember listening to that song over and over again on the radio and wishing with all my heart it was better and being heartbroken every time.
And now that I'm grown up, I spend free time on this site! :D
COINCIDENCE?!!?
Quote from: JasonPratt on February 10, 2016, 12:07:15 PM
Is no one going to talk about Brant's link to that atrocious McCartney song to the equally disappointing Ackroyd/Chase action-comedy?
Spies Like Us was a fun movie!
The song is terrible.
Quote from: mirth on February 10, 2016, 12:14:04 PM
Quote from: JasonPratt on February 10, 2016, 12:07:15 PM
Is no one going to talk about Brant's link to that atrocious McCartney song to the equally disappointing Ackroyd/Chase action-comedy?
Spies Like Us was a fun movie!
The song is terrible.
Yes
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Yes
Very pleased that you've fired up another CivV game Brant! I will be cheering for the Barbarians Canadiens though! Good luck all the same.
Episode 2 today
http://grogheads.com/?p=9846
back on AARsday :D
Kill him! Kill him fire! :knuppel2:
Eh, take his gold. You've got better things to be doing, and it's not like you can't come back and smack him around some more later. :D
new episode today
http://grogheads.com/?p=9884
MOAR AAR!
http://grogheads.com/?p=10493
Look it's Part IIII!
Soon, Part IIIII will arrive.
Quote from: JasonPratt on March 24, 2016, 08:45:45 AM
Look it's Part IIII!
Soon, Part IIIII will arrive.
Dude! Spoiler alert, please!
Quote from: JasonPratt on March 24, 2016, 08:45:45 AMSoon, Part IIIII will arrive.
Well, Jason already gave it away, but part IIIII is out today
I'm loving this AAR. I'm waiting for Brant to publish his "Guide to Civ5" next for dabblers like me. O0
Quote from: Boggit on April 08, 2016, 07:21:22 PM
I'm loving this AAR. I'm waiting for Brant to publish his "Guide to Civ5" next for dabblers like me. O0
oy vey, that sounds like work :(
http://www.amazon.com/Civilization-Official-Strategy-Bradygames-Guides/dp/0744012457
next part out today
After reading about some mods that I've seen out there the past few days (improved City-State Diplomacy, more luxuries, etc) I'm about 50-50 on just punting on this one and installing those mods instead and running an entirely new mod-driven AAR.
Thoughts from the peanut gallery?
Quote from: bayonetbrant on April 29, 2016, 08:45:57 AM
After reading about some mods that I've seen out there the past few days (improved City-State Diplomacy, more luxuries, etc) I'm about 50-50 on just punting on this one and installing those mods instead and running an entirely new mod-driven AAR.
Thoughts from the peanut gallery?
Do Vox Populis! O0
I don't know that I can do the entire thing as they've constituted it b/c they only built a Windows installer for it
You'd just have to go through the maul install procedure, which involves placing the .mod files in the right place and the right order.
Should work out fine for yer Fruitputer but will take a bit of work.
Quote from: Barthheart on April 29, 2016, 09:09:59 AMLazy much?
::)
Hell yeah. You realize who you're talking to, right? >:D