Extreme Adventure Candidate?

[scooter]

I'll save my words, just check this starting spot out:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/attachment...1181187979

[mostly_harmless]

I had something similar in one of my private games.
See here.
I actually have not touched that game again so far.
mh

[T-hawk]

Yeah, and see this thread for some other examples:

http://realmsbeyond.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1463

In my case, at least it was the AIs that got the icebergs. The start location finder will often choose a spot with a cluster of seafood resources. Then the start point normalizer kicks in to turn the ice to normal tiles. But neither of those mechanisms do anything outside the city radius itself, so you can get stuck with a pretty big ice wasteland out there.

I'd actually be interested in playing out such a start as an extreme adventure - anyone else intrigued by such a game? This would fit with Sooooo's suggestion that extreme adventures not just be high difficulty or strict variants, but throw in an oddball challenge.

[scooter]

I'd actually be interested in playing out such a start as an extreme adventure - anyone else intrigued by such a game? This would fit with Sooooo's suggestion that extreme adventures not just be high difficulty or strict variants, but throw in an oddball challenge.

I wouldn't know what to do with this start, but I'd be very interested in seeing some of our more experienced players play this out and report on it, even if it's just a brief "here was my approach and how I handled it."

[sooooo]

Looks like a great start ... if OCC is checked. 6 forests for 3 health, stone to build pyramids, 3 health resources that are doubled by a harbour, plenty of food to run scientists ... nice!

But even without OCC it might be possible to win this. Use heretitary rule instead of globe theatre, though loss of oxford would hurt. Maybe you play OCC for the first half of the game, get early grenadiers and capture an enemy civ.

I would play this ... if I had access to CIV this month which unfortunately I don't. What difficulty level?

[scooter]

What difficulty level?

Not sure, the OP didn't mention it but he did post a 4000BC save, the thread is here:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=226180

No spoilers outside the screenshot you just saw.

[Atlas]

But even without OCC it might be possible to win this. Use heretitary rule instead of globe theatre, though loss of oxford would hurt. Maybe you play OCC for the first half of the game, get early grenadiers and capture an enemy civ.

That is probably how I would play an ice start like that, or alternatively, if you find metal or horses, just do the same thing earlier. Alt + build Axes/Swords til you got about 20 should do the trick.

This thread also has some poor starts and poor surrounding terrain- gaze and be thankful

http://realmsbeyond.net/forums/showthrea...light=damn

[Gusto]

Delurking.

I'm currently playing extreme adventure private game myself.

The starting location was good.


It was later, exploring, I realized my game was an extreme adventure.


I'm having fun with the challenge. My focus is expansion and growth; and take out George Washington, who's sharing Antarctica with me.

I would try the same stragedy with your game - expand, grow, and take out the nearest neighbor.

[EDIT] Frack! I didn't see nearby England. Take out England than expand. I may try an Archer rush. Research Bronze Working for Slavery. Use the Explorer East of English capital to recon city until you attack. Another option is to research Bronze Working/Animal Husbandry to find nearby Copper/Horses. Settle city to connect resource, and rush with Axes/Keshiks. My $0.02.

[TheArchduke]

Not that bad. Aim for Great Lighthouse and try to get a sea/trade lan economy going.

[sooooo]

Gusto: Is that a custom continents map? Custom continents is my favourite map when it produces balanced continents, but every so often it will make this long narrow continent full of tundra, similar to the one you have there.