I enjoyed the game very much. I was on a military tech disadvantage (i didn't get the chance of researching them until other civs had it, and they didn't want to trade with me) yet i managed to protect my territory with three fortifications manned with first archers and charriots, and finally cavalry and musketeers. The game ended when my leader retired, i was then first on the power graph, but i hadn't managed to conquer anything.

Well... I was playing as the Chinese. Carthaginians, French and Japanese (donīt remember if there was some civ else) where my problem.
I managed to conquer one continent until a land bridge with another continent (the French one). Put a city on this tile (a la Suez) to pass with my navy to either side of the two continents.

The Carthaginians where far, far away (didnīt even know where ).
The Japanese where on two big islands (each were half the size of my continent) that formed an inside ocean between them, with two entries.
Scouting with my ships, I decided to close the doors of the Japanese Ocean to keep an eye on their ship movements. We were already in the XX century.
They were becoming very hostile against me. But I like being Spotless, so I waited...

The French, once in good terms with my civ, started to change their attitude toward my civ: they were angry because I was expanding my civ and they couldnīt do that anymore...

After I built the Apollo Program, the rush began.

I had built a large navy to face the Japanese one. He who strikes first, wins the naval war (in this case).
So, I decided to make my first sneak attack with my long prepared navy against the Japanese. Success! Theyīll be trapped on their islands forever!
The French get nervous. So I called them to a chat, and offered an alliance. They accepted! So, I think that they were just afraid getting into a war with their adjacent neighbor!

Spaceship parts construction were heavy. The Carthaginians were far ahead, And I didnīt had built ONU at that time. So, I had no idea about their current research and techs. I has even behind the French construction.
Suddenly, a window popped up. I was stunned... The French launched their ship. Oh, no! Time to war!! As soon as I could, I landed a number of transports with armors and whatever was at my hand and managed to conquer Paris. French Spaceship Destroyed!!! Meanwhile, ONU was finished. The Carthaginians ship was huge, but lacked the space modules... Weird. Checked their technology... They didnīt have Superconductors!!!! Their empire was two times bigger than mine; I was tired about closing their windows that popped up with parts being completed; Finally, they were with the biggest ship possible, *without the modules*!!!
Ceased Fire with the French. They started to build another spaceship immediately. I was building too, and researching desperately after the techs that leads to Superconductors.

The Carthaginians ship was in orbit, just waiting the modules.
Oh no!! The French launched again!!? Now without a Capital City!?
Oh Oh... I donīt have means to stop them, unless I wipe them out. No time.
Discovered Superconductors. The Carthaginians asked for the tech. "BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" (I gently replied )
I built the fastest ship my knowledge permitted and arrived at Alpha Centauri first!!!
This was, far away, the best civ game that I ever played.

Thanks for your time!

quote: Originally posted by SMACed on 03-24-2001 10:13 PM Yeah, great game . Wierd how you can take out a launched spaceship by eliminating the cap city. But I think that's an awesome game you had there.

Thanks a lot!

About the spaceship, the manual says that all spaceship parts constructed are automaticaly moved to our Capital City. There (in fact, in orbit), our spaceship is assembled and prepared to be launched. I didīn find in the manual anything about the following (although this is known by many civ players) and I even donīt remember where I learned this: if you can manage to conquest the Capital City of a civ that is building a spaceship, the spaceship is destroyed (donīt matter if it was launched or not). So, if you are one of the spaceship builders, lookout! Protect your Capital City carefuly. A little problem: if you are attacking a Capital City to destroy their spaceship, they have the chance to change their Capital to another City. So do we, if we have enough money and cities to choose...
I think the really weird thing was the fact that the French, in my game, managed to construct another spaceship without a Capital City to be attacked...

Again, Thanks for your time!!

I don't like to set my entire empire to SS building, i only use the cities as they get to build the Mfg. plants (i buy them when they're half through).

but the Zulus started building one and buying pieces like hell. They also lacked SuperConductor, but in one of my Frontiers, the English had declared war on me and i was wiping out the constant artillery, marines, and armor that came to die by my city walles manned by Mech. Inf. and a couple of armor. (after my riflemen had been massacred by waves of troops, I managed to get some Armors just in time to blow the attackers up)