Governor Olivia Chilla has posed some interesting questions in Game Help about the role of money in Caesar III:
1. How little starting cash is necessary to create a roaring trade town? 2. What is the least amount of cash with which you have started (and successfully completed) a scenario? What resources did you have?
The recent Pharaolympics had a speed event which started with 0 funds --and Cherub Brugle modestly fails to mention that he won that one in his comments and thoughts on the subject. So, governors, How little starting cash is necessary to make the game challenging and exiting? You scenario designers out there might want to take some notes.
As you can see a nice bunch of scenarios, and...still within the top ten...Caesar Alan's Londinium.
Now the following hasn't got much today with Caesar 3, but a bunch of Governors have moved into outer space and are busy playing Astronest. Confused? Just follow the link and you'll be...even more confused.
July 20, 2000 — The Empire and Elephants both have long memories..
Long time Caesar III player and frequent contributor Governor Jack Noir has returned to grace Game Help with his comments and expertise. He shares his reminisces of one city's defenses
Long ago I entertained this forum with tales of my 9 attemps to win Mediolanum. One of my final tactics was to fortify with towers the natural mountain forts in the north-east and north-west corners. Later I built walls BEHIND these tower forts. In the north-east my wall was 4 layers thick. I then built stalling walls two spaces in front of the main wall and in some places used single wall elements built in checker board fashion (javalins shoot through these).
You can find his comments in Eternal Elephants in the Game Help forum. Nice to see you back in the Empire, Most August Sir
July 18, 2000 — Download statistics 2000.07.08 — 2000.07.14
Another week of download statistics coming your way. Now accordign to the 8.20Mbyte log file you people have downloaded a massive 60,000+ files. Now either there's a server problem or there are some really bored people out there.
Scenarios downloaded between 2000.07.08 - 2000.07.14
As for the rest of us staff people the Pharaolympics keep dragging Angel Gustavia back to the desert and yours truly has just traded the deserts of Lut Gholein for the soggy Kurasht jungles. Never worry, we're still here, though...as you'd have guessed by now with two news updates on a single day!
Is there any governor out there that sailed through Lugdunum on the first try? I doubt it, most all of us found this level to be a mid-term exam that no amount of preparation was really sufficent. Paulus the 1st is reporting his trials and errors in Game help, Lugdunum Woes. For a historical perspective, you might want to check out the Les Pages Tourisme Lyons History page, Lyon: a city at the confluence and in the Athena Review Image Archive: Lyon: Scale model of Roman Lugdunum.
Been spending a lot of time in Egypt these days, but wandering around the Empire this morning found this intriguing discussion started by Governor Olivia Chilla on god appeasement strategies in Game Help. She writes in part:
Mine is to build an equal number of temples for each god. I have festivals at intervals of 6-9 months. Sometimes I have built an extra temple for a god whose blessing I craved, but it seems to be a dissatisfactory approach in the long run since the blessings do not continue.
What is your strategy for getting a timely blessing? How do you avoid Neptune sinking all your fishing boats? Are Oracles worth the extra expense? Add your comments for keeping those gods on your side.
There are Palace Blocks Galore in the newly resurrected thread for your consideration in Game Help today. And governor Ursula Hx is reporting Tarsus conquered!, you might want to check it out the winning strategy if you are still fishing and fighting in that city by the sea.
All is rather quiet in the Empire today. Seems many of our regulars are spending time in Egypt with something called the Pharaolympics So, it would be a good time to reply to Brutus Forci's request for your Gaming History - A Short Resume in the Other Games Forum.
And, some of you may know our Angel Alexander is an English professor in Colombia, South America. He uses various innovative methods to increase communication skills with his students, include Age of Kings. Ride along on a recent field trip with his English Workshop students to the Belen Church.
A grand total this week of 4266 downloads. I seems people are back to playing scenarios, as almost all entries are in that category. I wonder if Palus Trivea is set in a swamp?
Our governors are adding new creations to the Housing Block Discussion almost daily, check out the latest glyphs in this highly informative and creative thread. And for a little diversion, the Roman History forum has a plea by aulus septimus lurkio for Information on Caligula (the Emperor not our fave forumer). Was he really insane? or just insecure? If you have some sources or want to see what is known, drop by and join in the discussion.
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