posted July 03, 1999 17:11            

1. Effects of starvation: Something which I found most unrealistic in Civ I and Civ II, is that the consequence of starving your people to death is to increase the happiness of the city concerned. When a city is starving, the population should become very unhappy, causing civil disorder, leading to the collapse of the government in a Democracy.

2. Elections: A realistic, and very effective trade-off for all the advantages of a Republic or Democracy, is that elections should be held periodically. Should the player lose the election, he is removed from office, thus losing the game.

Any comments?