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Freeciv players might enjoy http://longturn.org http://longturn.org - Freeciv games where one turn takes a day. Games usually last half a year. We've been playi
by a3089268 12y ago
Freeciv players might enjoy http://longturn.org http://longturn.org - Freeciv games where one turn takes a day. Games usually last half a year. We've been playing it this way for ten years now, since around 2004.
- ramayac 12y agoIt's... it's like a really, REALLY long chess game... that's AMAZING!!!
- sspiff 12y agoI started this comment trying to explain how Civ was not like chess at all, but concluded that the two have much in common. There's an opening, where there are a few tried-and-true, well studied strategies, and the goal is to claim territory. Then there's a mid-game, where all available land is claimed, and competing players start trying to steal territory from each other, and capturing the others pieces (or cities). I can't seem to find a parallel in the end game though, it doesn't require nearly as much planning and cunning in Civ to finish of a wounded opponent as it is in chess.
- T-hawk 12y agoThere is a parallel in the end game: Military advancements. Civilization lets you research new technology for significantly more effective military units, to ease the mop-up phase. The equivalent military advancement in chess is queening a pawn. The difference is that chess requires continued tactical execution to get there, while Civilization lets you sit back and get there on a superior economy.
- twobits 12y ago"one turn takes a day. Games usually last half a year. We've been playing it this way for ten years now, since around 2004." So you are still a noob? :-) :-P