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Civilization has been a blight on my family. My dad brought it home from a trip once only to have it contaminate first his brain, then mine. For years, one of

Civilization has been a blight on my family. My dad brought it home from a trip once only to have it contaminate first his brain, then mine. For years, one of us would hide the thing or break the CD or just throw it out only to eventually buy another copy or a new version when it comes out, being careful to ignore the fact that we were both hopeless addicts. The problem with the Civ games is that they make it easy to get into "flow" state where you're just clicking around, doing stuff, constantly stimulated etc. It's trouble, trouble I say.

DrJokepu 17y ago
Why is that trouble? Consequences, schmonsequences!
pella 17y ago
-------------- some links --------------------- http://www.freeciv.org/ http://www.freeciv.org/ ( my favorite ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeciv http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeciv http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_(series) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_(series) -----------------------------------------------
eru 17y ago
You should (not) try the original Master of Orion. Also available as abandonware. It has some nice twists. Sirian (http://www.warpcore.org/~sirian/moo1/index.html http://www.warpcore.org/~sirian/moo1/index.html) has some very nice reports on MoO games he played. Stay away from MoO 2.
- cakesy 17y ago
  Sorry, MOO was ok, but it didn't have the depth of civilization. It was a simplified version of the Empire building strategy. So many things wrong with it, I would suggest you do not waste your time.
- stralep 17y ago
  For me it is Master of Magic... So old... And it still rocks :)
  - mortuus 17y ago
    so good! have fought with many a dosbox bringing this one back to life.
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jballanc 17y ago
Holy Crap! And here I thought I was the only person who's had to break a Civ CD...
- brandnewlow 17y ago
  Drastic times call for drastic measures... I remember when my dad called me to ask if I'd taken his Civ III CD back to Chicago with me. "I've been looking around for it," he said meekly. I told him, yes, I took it, but had recently snapped it in two. There was a pause before he said "It's probably for the better."

DrJokepu 17y ago

Why is that trouble? Consequences, schmonsequences!

pella 17y ago

-------------- some links --------------------- http://www.freeciv.org/ http://www.freeciv.org/ ( my favorite ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeciv http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeciv http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_(series) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_(series) -----------------------------------------------

eru 17y ago

You should (not) try the original Master of Orion. Also available as abandonware. It has some nice twists. Sirian (http://www.warpcore.org/~sirian/moo1/index.html http://www.warpcore.org/~sirian/moo1/index.html) has some very nice reports on MoO games he played. Stay away from MoO 2.

cakesy 17y ago
Sorry, MOO was ok, but it didn't have the depth of civilization. It was a simplified version of the Empire building strategy. So many things wrong with it, I would suggest you do not waste your time.
stralep 17y ago
For me it is Master of Magic... So old... And it still rocks :)
- mortuus 17y ago
  so good! have fought with many a dosbox bringing this one back to life.

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jballanc 17y ago

Holy Crap! And here I thought I was the only person who's had to break a Civ CD...

brandnewlow 17y ago
Drastic times call for drastic measures... I remember when my dad called me to ask if I'd taken his Civ III CD back to Chicago with me. "I've been looking around for it," he said meekly. I told him, yes, I took it, but had recently snapped it in two. There was a pause before he said "It's probably for the better."