Not to mention that, but most of the huts I've knocked over have contained friendly bands of mercenaries. One was a dead village, one brought me the tech I was just researching, and one brought me 50 gold.

Can I mess this up?

Well, if it don't work right, I'll blame it on the fact I've got a cold, which is playing hob with my brain.

Hut units off exploring.

"Barbarians land near Jimsville. Citizens are alarmed."

Run away, run away tactic fails.

quote: Second city goes down. Hut units off exploring. "Barbarians land near Jimsville. Citizens are alarmed." Run away, run away tactic fails. Thousands of years later the archaeologists find ...

I think everybody here could relate to that...

you always get something?

quote: <font size=1>Originally posted by East Street Trader on 11-13-2000 06:55 AM</font> Thousands of years later the archaeologists find ...

LOL!

And why can't I click the mouse, the keyboard, do something to exit this scene? I know I lost. The computer knows I lost. Let's just get on with it! But, nooooo, I have to watch the goofy searching flashlight until it tells the world... I'm dead!!!

I always play with raging hordes and am another who has never experienced an empty hut.

Maybe it's a different version or pc/mac thing. I play 2.42 on pc.

kcbob - yep, been there, done that. Escape, exit, F1 - nothing short of switching off the computer stops the damn thing.

And I'm not about to switch the computer off, cause [bold]next[/bold] time ...

quote: Originally posted by East Street Trader on 11-13-2000 12:28 PM By the way, Jim W, you mention the mountains as tho' they are a plus feature. Can't say I seek out mountain squares for my capital's home turf. Is it that you consider the tactical defensive opportunities outweigh the loss of productive squares?

While I prefer mountains outside of the city perimeter, I'll take one, maybe two, inside if there're plenty of specials along with them. Nothing beats a fortress on a mountain. Love 'em.

quote: Originally posted by kcbob on 11-13-2000 12:31 PM While I prefer mountains outside of the city perimeter, I'll take one, maybe two, inside if there're plenty of specials along with them. Nothing beats a fortress on a mountain. Love 'em.

One of the things I've discovered is that every hill or mountain, when mined, is worth three shields(three shields and a grain if it's a hill). So while you can eventually build up quite a population in a city containing only prairie/grassland/swamp squares, you can do a lot more building of important things if you have a hill or two to mine.

My take on the situation, anyway.

quote: Originally posted by kcbob on 11-13-2000 11:24 AM LOL! And why can't I click the mouse, the keyboard, do something to exit this scene? I know I lost. The computer knows I lost. Let's just get on with it! But, nooooo, I have to watch the goofy searching flashlight until it tells the world... I'm dead!!!

I am proud to say that I haven't seen that for a while. That is, not including the phalanx game.

quote: Originally posted by Jim W on 11-13-2000 05:26 PM One of the things I've discovered is that every hill or mountain, when mined, is worth three shields(three shields and a grain if it's a hill).

In my version (MGE 1.3) mined mountains only give two shields (one initially and one extra when mined).

quote: Originally posted by Richard Bruns on 11-15-2000 08:26 PM In my version (MGE 1.3) mined mountains only give two shields (one initially and one extra when mined).

Naughty, naughty! You actually got away from the weed-covered villages and back to the original point of the post! ( )

Now, I could be wrong, but it seems to me that the mountain gives three shields.

I'm using MGE, but right now I can't seem to find anything that will admit to any particular version. It sseems to me that when I found this info before, it was something like 2.42.

I think it was because I messed up a few things, which slowed me down.

Or maybe I took it a little too casually, because of the good start.