Ye are talking about different games. Joe (and the people who started this mail) are refering to the Francis Tresham game released in the late 70's and printed by Avalon Hill and Gibson games throughout the 80's.
The one you are refering to Liam, is Sid Meiers Civilisation the Boardgame, and game from a few years ago by Eagle Games and based on the computer game of the same name... (Microprose, the developer of Civ, now a part of Hasbro, bought Hartland Trefoil, the small games company that made the original Civilisation boardgame to shore up copyright concerns) Gav On 01/12/2007, Liam ó Táilliúir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i find not wiping someone out completely is worse than wiping them out. At > least if you kill them off they can leave. Instead what they tend to have is > an empire consisting of 1 or 2 worthless cities that you couldn't have been > bothered sending troops to take as they have no commodities. So they are > left there netting less than 10 gold a turn meaning it takes several turns > to even buy a unit from the current era and giving them next to no hope of > getting any of the tech or qualifications to win. > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <igaming%40yahoogroups.comFrom>: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <joe.dineen%40oceanfree.netDate>: Sat, 1 Dec > 2007 13:33:57 +0000Subject: RE: Re: [irish gaming] Civilisation Board Game > > I feel the need to defend Civ, it is a 10 hour game or there about so > youneed to devote time to it. I have rarely ever seen any one knocked > outcompletely. Remember it is not your strength on the map that matters it > isthe civilisation cards that you purchase. You can always get back in to > aposition because the disaster cards will hurt the big guys more. If you > wantto speed up play but a strict time limit on commodity trading.Joe_____ > From: [email protected] <igaming%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: > [email protected] <igaming%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf > OfFernandoSent: 01 December 2007 00:05To: [EMAIL > PROTECTED]<igaming%40yahoogroups.comSubject>: > [!! SPAM] Re: [irish gaming] Civilisation Board GameI am not sure if I was > already tired when I began to play, but afternine straight hours playing... > I do not think the owner of the game everproposed to play again, at least > not to me! There might be people thatlike the game, but I suppose that > either they knew the rules beforehand(and therefore could play faster) or > they need more than one sitting tofinish a game. Like many games that let > play many people, some can beout of the game after one or two hours, so they > might sabotage the gamejust because they do not see any possible comeback > into top position.Maybe I was unfortunate with the game and the players, > though. Have youtried "Attack" yet? It looks more maneagable for one > afternoon. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:igaming%40yahoogroups.com> > .com, Liam óTáilliúir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> > My advice on this game > is don't buy it. It's awful and very overpriced. If you are looking for > games along a similar vein i recommend War! Age of Imperialism. If you want > to play Civ i can bring it into Cassidys some time> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:58:07 +0000Subject: Re: [irish gaming] > Civilisation Board Game> > > > > The gibson games ones is a reasonable > puchase - you'll pay dearly for an Avalon hIll copy----- Original Message > ----From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Wednesday, 28 > November, 2007 6:34:51 PMSubject: RE: [irish gaming] Civilisation Board > GameI take it you mean the Avalon Hill/Gibson Games version. I doubt it can > begot in Dublin as far as I know it is out of print. You should be able > topick up a copy on ebay easily enough though.Regards,Joe_____ From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] .com] On Behalf > Ofsbradley_irl2000Sent: 28 November 2007 15:12To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [irish > gaming] Civilisation Board GameGuys,I've a friend here > at work who is looking for a copy of the Civilisation board game (the > original) for a christmas present, anyone know if it can be gotten in > Dublin?Stephen [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed]__________________________________________________________Yahoo!Answers > - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try itnow.http:/ < > itnow.http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/> /uk.answers.yahoo.com/[Non-text > portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________> Get the next > generation of Windows Live services now!> http://get.live. < > http://get.live.com> com> > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed]>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > __________________________________________________________ > Get the next generation of Windows Live services now! > http://get.live.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
