<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I hope! The only way I'd go back to playing Civ2 is if some cool scenario came out for it. There's literally tens of thousands of them.
However, Civilization III promises to be even more customizable, and after 8 years, there should be a lot more stuff to be able to do with the game.
I started my last game tonight, on the large World map that came with the game. 7 Civilizations, normally, I'll play Vikings, English, Mongols, or Egyptians. The difficulty level is King, which in my opinion is the most entertaining to play. This time I played Romans (White), which was a favorite Civilization of mine to play when I was a kid. My first contact came with the Zulu's (Orange) when my Horsemen entered the African Continent, then shortly after, I came in contact with the Spanish. Next were the Vikings (Blue), who went to war against Spain (Purple). Then the Persians. Sometime later, he Celts (green) landed, and I still have heard nothing from the last Civilization. I am assuming the last Civilization (Yello) is the Aztecs or the Sioux, since I know that Japan is Empty.
Anyways, I began by trying to cut off the Spanish as much as possible from Expansion, they defeated the Vikings. The Vikings had explored all the way to China, they had a city there, but it was destroyed by Barbarians I think. A few turns later, the Americans were killed somehow, because it notified me of their death to Barbarians.
I began fortifying my border between the Spanish and my Empire, they had better military technology than me and a larger army. I walled all my border cities, and moved most of my army to the borders, building Forts where they were placed, usually in Forests, on Mountains, and on hills, except in the far east of Europe in the Slavic regions where everything is mostly plains. The Spanish had Cities on the other side of the Urals, but I had Cities all along the Urals, and have them fortified and being mined. My Empire stretches South to the Persian Empire, I have all of the Middle East + Egypt and North Africa under my control. A city in China, where the lands are fertile, with plans of expansion in that region.
So far, I have fought no wars, except against the Celts who are attempting to gain a foothold in Africa, and are currently at war with me, usually their ships don't make it past my Caravels which are defending the Coastline around the Strait of Gerbralter. I still haven't explored to North America, so I don't know what's over there, but I have discovered that the Zulu's have a foothold in South America, and that they have several cities in Australia, and have covered half of Africa, no cities outside of the lower part though, The Sahara and the Nile, the Red Sea area, and everything to the West is part of my Empire.
Right now, it looks like war between me and Spain is inevitable, they stole two techs from me, but I didn't declare war at that time because they overpowered me. At this point though, I have Metalurgy, which they don't have, and as soon as I learn Conscription, then, next move they make against me, and it's war =)</div>
However, Civilization III promises to be even more customizable, and after 8 years, there should be a lot more stuff to be able to do with the game.
I started my last game tonight, on the large World map that came with the game. 7 Civilizations, normally, I'll play Vikings, English, Mongols, or Egyptians. The difficulty level is King, which in my opinion is the most entertaining to play. This time I played Romans (White), which was a favorite Civilization of mine to play when I was a kid. My first contact came with the Zulu's (Orange) when my Horsemen entered the African Continent, then shortly after, I came in contact with the Spanish. Next were the Vikings (Blue), who went to war against Spain (Purple). Then the Persians. Sometime later, he Celts (green) landed, and I still have heard nothing from the last Civilization. I am assuming the last Civilization (Yello) is the Aztecs or the Sioux, since I know that Japan is Empty.
Anyways, I began by trying to cut off the Spanish as much as possible from Expansion, they defeated the Vikings. The Vikings had explored all the way to China, they had a city there, but it was destroyed by Barbarians I think. A few turns later, the Americans were killed somehow, because it notified me of their death to Barbarians.
I began fortifying my border between the Spanish and my Empire, they had better military technology than me and a larger army. I walled all my border cities, and moved most of my army to the borders, building Forts where they were placed, usually in Forests, on Mountains, and on hills, except in the far east of Europe in the Slavic regions where everything is mostly plains. The Spanish had Cities on the other side of the Urals, but I had Cities all along the Urals, and have them fortified and being mined. My Empire stretches South to the Persian Empire, I have all of the Middle East + Egypt and North Africa under my control. A city in China, where the lands are fertile, with plans of expansion in that region.
So far, I have fought no wars, except against the Celts who are attempting to gain a foothold in Africa, and are currently at war with me, usually their ships don't make it past my Caravels which are defending the Coastline around the Strait of Gerbralter. I still haven't explored to North America, so I don't know what's over there, but I have discovered that the Zulu's have a foothold in South America, and that they have several cities in Australia, and have covered half of Africa, no cities outside of the lower part though, The Sahara and the Nile, the Red Sea area, and everything to the West is part of my Empire.
Right now, it looks like war between me and Spain is inevitable, they stole two techs from me, but I didn't declare war at that time because they overpowered me. At this point though, I have Metalurgy, which they don't have, and as soon as I learn Conscription, then, next move they make against me, and it's war =)</div>
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