Monday 8 May, 2006

So. I made the decision last night to carry on with the invasion. As in maths the other day (mucking around) I calculated there was a 40% chance of winning each battle. And with the amount of catapults I had it wasn't that bad odds.

I took Delhi, the capital, first. They way I could break the back of the Indians and cease all organisation within Gandi's island cities.

After easily seizing Delhi I sent my main offensive force west to lay siege to Calcutta (their biggest city.. size 19). The rest of my armies (around 15) desended onto the lower cities which were well fortified.

The Indians didn't have the time or the resources to complete more then two Musketeers in the end :D But if I didn't take their capital in my landing strike that might have been a different story.

Finally, after 10+ hours of this game.. I CONQUERED THE WORLD! :D

It felt great.. even better when I checked out my civ rating: 107%! My best yet by far.

Conclusion? Never give up.. sometimes overwhelming numbers can counter any superior technology ^_^

Next I hope to start a brand new game. Stay tuned for a complete game log as I go from sticks and stones to a mighty empire (I hope :P )

I just did. (delete the extra entries).

Could you let me know (via private email if you like: jpzagal AT gmail DOT com) what browser/OS you're using? I'm trying some things out in hopes of fixing the problem, but I haven't been able to reproduce it...

thanks,

Jose

Three repeats? That's just scary. You need to do something about the php or whatever :| And is there any way I could delete entries?

Not currently.
I just implemented some client-side javascript to catch multiple posts. However, it looks like I'll have to add something server-side as well. I'm not really sure what the problem is, though it might have to do with the server hiccuping...ie, taking to long to process some requests.

Quick Civ question!

Do you know what the values for XXX and YYY are for this sentence?

"In Civilization, each turn is initially reported as equivalent to XXX years in the history of the planet. Towards the end of the game, the actual duration decreases, with the final turns being closer to YYY years."

thanks!