Civilization IV PBEM Game
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Civilization IV PBEM Game
Ok, is anyone interested in a play-by-email game for Civ4?
I know Sonic# has it, I'm not sure who else. But you can play with as few as two people (if there are too few, you can populate the rest of the world with the AI). The more human players the more interesting, but also the longer each individual turn takes.
I'm playing one PBEM game on the XKCD boards, but it's really slow (it has 6 players now and is literally across the world--South Africa, USA, New Zealand, England, and France). I was wondering if we could start one up here as well--and maybe go a bit quicker.
If there's any interest, we can figure out parameters (map type, game rules) from there. KF
I know Sonic# has it, I'm not sure who else. But you can play with as few as two people (if there are too few, you can populate the rest of the world with the AI). The more human players the more interesting, but also the longer each individual turn takes.
I'm playing one PBEM game on the XKCD boards, but it's really slow (it has 6 players now and is literally across the world--South Africa, USA, New Zealand, England, and France). I was wondering if we could start one up here as well--and maybe go a bit quicker.
If there's any interest, we can figure out parameters (map type, game rules) from there. KF
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Civ Rev has spoiled me from playing Civ 4 anymore. Maybe we can play VGAplanets instead? XD
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If I ever get my copy of the game back, I'm game!
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What exactly is this PBEM game or rather, how does it work?
I only have Civilization II and III though.
I only have Civilization II and III though.
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PBEM = Play By E-Mail. It means someone takes their turn, saves it, then sends that save file to another person (typically player 2 or whoever is after you). They take their turn, send it to another, so on and so forth. Some of the mechanics may have changed, I don't know, but that is how it used to be back in the 90s.
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Heh, I just started playing again after a very long (1.5 years) hiatus. I had played Revolution in the meantime, and it has spoiled me a bit, but after losing my first AI game and winning one against my brother, I'm starting to get back into the swing of it.
I'd love to do PBEM.
I'd love to do PBEM.
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Phyco, what's the likelihood of you getting your game back? A 3-player game is 10 times better than a 2-player game, after all.
You would need Civ4 to play, I'm afraid. KF
Yeah, it's play-by-email. So, I'd play a turn then email the save to Sonic#, then he'd play the turn then email the save to Phyco, then he'd play the turn and email it to the next one in the list, etc., until the cycle repeats. I still haven't figured out how diplomacy works, though.Sonix wrote:What exactly is this PBEM game or rather, how does it work?
You would need Civ4 to play, I'm afraid. KF
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Ah Civ 4. So refreshing. If I can find my old copies of Civ 4 with Warlords and Beyond the Sword then yes, I will play.
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It may be easier to play by post. You could start a thread about it here and just let people know when it was their turn and also talk trash.Kizyr wrote:Phyco, what's the likelihood of you getting your game back? A 3-player game is 10 times better than a 2-player game, after all.
Yeah, it's play-by-email. So, I'd play a turn then email the save to Sonic#, then he'd play the turn then email the save to Phyco, then he'd play the turn and email it to the next one in the list, etc., until the cycle repeats. I still haven't figured out how diplomacy works, though.Sonix wrote:What exactly is this PBEM game or rather, how does it work?
You would need Civ4 to play, I'm afraid. KF
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Play-by-post would require attaching a save file to each message. It's much easier just to send it around by email.
Great! The expansions won't be necessary since we'll probably be going with regular Civ4. However, I do have both of them and if everyone else who wants to join in eventually (once we get this underway) has Beyond the Sword, then I'd actually rather try a multiplayer game using that. KFArdent Fox wrote:Ah Civ 4. So refreshing. If I can find my old copies of Civ 4 with Warlords and Beyond the Sword then yes, I will play.
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Kiz, unfortunately one of my friends is holding the game hostage. I refuse to go and visit him at his house, but he kind of refuses to come to my house since the last time we hung out, it was at my place. His reasoning is, I dunno. Mine is that I don't want to have to deal with his psycotically abusive mother, something I keep telling him and something he just doesn't seem to understand.
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Well, regular Civ it is. Would play by post work? Could we, in fact, attach the files by post?
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Hmm, I might pick up Civilization IV for this if I can find it cheap. There shouldn't be problems with US/EU copies, or?
edit: Ok, unless I somehow can't play with European copy, I'm going to buy it. I can get it for like 5-10€.
edit: Ok, unless I somehow can't play with European copy, I'm going to buy it. I can get it for like 5-10€.
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Yeah, it's pretty cheap, and they now have the complete edition (with the expansions and Colonization) for $30 US, which is what I got. (It was cheaper to buy it for the expansions.)Sonix wrote:Hmm, I might pick up Civilization IV for this if I can find it cheap. There shouldn't be problems with US/EU copies, or?
edit: Ok, unless I somehow can't play with European copy, I'm going to buy it. I can get it for like 5-10€.
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"Than seyde Merlion, "Whethir lyke ye bettir the swerde othir the scawberde?" "I lyke bettir the swerde," seyde Arthure. "Ye ar the more unwyse, for the scawberde ys worth ten of the swerde; for whyles ye have the scawberde uppon you, ye shall lose no blood, be ye never so sore wounded. Therefore kepe well the scawberde allweyes with you." --- Le Morte Darthur, Sir Thomas Malory
"Just as you touch the energy of every life form you meet, so, too, will will their energy strengthen you. Fail to live up to your potential, and you will never win. " --- The Old Man at the End of Time
"Than seyde Merlion, "Whethir lyke ye bettir the swerde othir the scawberde?" "I lyke bettir the swerde," seyde Arthure. "Ye ar the more unwyse, for the scawberde ys worth ten of the swerde; for whyles ye have the scawberde uppon you, ye shall lose no blood, be ye never so sore wounded. Therefore kepe well the scawberde allweyes with you." --- Le Morte Darthur, Sir Thomas Malory
"Just as you touch the energy of every life form you meet, so, too, will will their energy strengthen you. Fail to live up to your potential, and you will never win. " --- The Old Man at the End of Time
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The problem there is that the save files range from 100KB to 1MB (such as late in the game and with large maps). With having 3-5 save files per turn, that really adds up, and I'm not sure about burdening the lunarthreads storage like that...Ardent Fox wrote:Well, regular Civ it is. Would play by post work? Could we, in fact, attach the files by post?
Man, everything turns into a soap opera with you! Maybe you should switch your timeslot...phyco126 wrote:Kiz, unfortunately one of my friends is holding the game hostage. I refuse to go and visit him at his house, but he kind of refuses to come to my house since the last time we hung out, it was at my place. His reasoning is, I dunno. Mine is that I don't want to have to deal with his psycotically abusive mother, something I keep telling him and something he just doesn't seem to understand.
Oh no, there shouldn't be. The other game I'm in spans 6 countries in 3 continents (US, UK, France, South Africa, Canada, and New Zealand). The only problem there is time zones. KFSonix wrote:Hmm, I might pick up Civilization IV for this if I can find it cheap. There shouldn't be problems with US/EU copies, or?
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I really want you guys to play by post, or at least start a thread, so you can post screen shots and talk smack and amuse me.
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We can easily do that without having to attach saves to each post. Using email doesn't preclude having a thread about it. KF
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I don't think my life is like a soap opera at all. I don't have some long lost brother/sister/father/mother/uncle/all the above at once for the redneck operas, nor do I date anyone, so that takes care of any romance arks. =P
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