Just downloaded the game. It took a while, largely because all the Ancients models made the trip too in readiness for time warp duties. The game operates perfectly even on my antique machine. I am not particularly interested in the Medieval period but am always ready to expand my knowledge and the a...

As Samnium I fell victim to the Romans. All territories gone, I float over the map like a ghost. Unlike a ghost I am steadily accruing money, men and metal against the possibility of my return.

Where are all these goodies coming from?

Can't seem to get any luck :( have lost 11 games. Are you playing random pickup games? I look at the list of games available a lot of times and a good portion of them are obviously bait games where the game creator has set up unequal armies with them having the far superior army. Those are the ones...

did you manage to figure out what the message was about? It seems the ruler name has been used instead of the message sentence here. Or perhaps you have the turn before the event? I think he just died. Nice phrase for public health announcements during the Pandemic. 'Sadly 10000 people had format i...

Also in Blighty. Daniele, could you try turning the server off and then on again please?

According to Sir Richard Burton, the symbol on the Persian flag (Achaemenid dynasty) is a shahbaz, a mythical bird close to the falcon. Now, saying that 'Rising shahbaz DLC' is incoming would have been a bit more obscure to players :lol: However Liz Taylor said only that it was 'The sweetest little...

Agrees from safe distance.

matt3916 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 19, 2020 10:03 pm

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

It's not a place.

Politics or views on it are removed as per rules

Good description of my playing style. Random.

Fantastic news, especially in this time of plague.

Thank you.

You have literally made an old man very happy

I've had to reload the game from My Page
After entering my code the dialogue box on the next screen, which should show the destination folder is blank.

Can someone please give this old numpty what this should be?

The first tanks were called 'landships' so history just repeated itself in advance.

King Pyrrhus fell to a roof-tile thrown by an angry housewife in a relatively minor skirmish. To avoid losing your generals so easily go to settings and turn off the Angry Housewife option.

All my, and other people's challenges have gone too. Hope Slitherine has been paying its bills...

Frankly I set up provinces as quickly as possible and automate them. I ignore trade because I'm not an accountant (didn't have the charisma). I just balance money men and metal. It doesn't seem to make much difference to success or failure in growing a successful empire and I have a blast. Doubtless...

Pocus wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:02 am

You won't get a kind of magic assistant that will tell you exactly what would be best for a given region (implying it is able to decipher your intent...)

Curses. *crosses out item on list to Santa*

I too find it impossible to negotiate peace with soundly defeated rivals, other than by returning all conquests. I get the impression that the more defeats an enemy suffers the worse its attitude to the victor gets. Even where the base chance of accepting peace is 100% any attempt to impose conditio...

I have set up an open challenge in Beta MP called Diplomacy 101 if anyone would like to have a run with the new rules

Well, this exceeded my already high expectations of what the developers would come up with. Congratulations all round for the ambition and let's hope it works out in practice, especially in dealing with AI nations.

This is a massive step forward for an already intensely absorbing game.

I would like to see the option to transfer regions or provinces to another nation, perhaps as part of a wider deal.

It would also be interesting to have trade options beyond setting up buildings and hoping the right goods arrive