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Started by Polycarp, November 02, 2007, 08:51:52 PM

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amikaligula

#330
February 17, 2008, 10:24:02 PM
it might be interesting to have an alternate history where nuclear physics has never been put to use as a weapon, resulting in several possibilities:
a)While the U.S. did eventually beat the Japanese, it was far bloodier than deploying the a-bomb and resulted in an easy victory by a war of attrition on the part of the Soviet Union.  Which potentially means that much of the world was a soviet state at one time.
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Stargate525

#331
February 18, 2008, 12:40:05 AM
I dunno about that. I think carpet-bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki would have done the same thing.
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Haphazzard

#332
February 18, 2008, 12:58:31 AM
No, not really.  Even though the A-bomb did massive structural damage, it was the psycological damage that caused the Japanese to give up.  When your family jumps into the river to get away from your flaming house, but ends up getting boiled alive instead, you re-think the whole "to the death" ideal.  Or how about when you look over to the person next to you and his face has literally melted off his skull?  You don't quite get that effect from a carpet bombing.
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Belkar: We have a goal?
Roy: Sure, why do you think we're here?
Belkar: Well, I just figured we'd wander around, kill some sentient creatures because they had green skin and fangs and we don't, and then take their stuff.

Haphazzard

#333
February 18, 2008, 01:18:17 AM
QuoteI'm not to fond of the colonization idea, as it seems that if it was to be good, there would be more like running a business simulation.

It might just be my odd idea of "fun," but I think that would be pretty sweet actually.  Don't think there isn't politics in business.  Especially if one or two businesses are on the black market...
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Roy: Sure, why do you think we're here?
Belkar: Well, I just figured we'd wander around, kill some sentient creatures because they had green skin and fangs and we don't, and then take their stuff.

Wensleydale

#334
February 18, 2008, 03:10:40 AM
Quote from: Haphazzard
QuoteI'm not to fond of the colonization idea, as it seems that if it was to be good, there would be more like running a business simulation.

I could certainly angle at least a part of the game towards that, sure. Hell, I'd HAVE to if we were going to make a 'vaguely' realistic political scenario in the state I was envisioning.

Atlantis

#335
February 18, 2008, 03:29:30 PM
i am unable to continue to take part in TWAD.f You may do waht u like w/ artash.
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Polycarp

#336
February 18, 2008, 05:18:24 PM
Ok Atlantis, thanks for telling me.
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Tillumni

#337
February 18, 2008, 06:15:39 PM
oi, just want to give my apoligice and a heads up that I'll start posting and replaying starting tomorrow, just been abit busy up untill now.

sorry about the lack of heads up.

Locknpop4life

#338
February 18, 2008, 09:52:17 PM
i like TWAD the way it is, but i understand the workload and if you wanna change i will still hang around
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Haphazzard

#339
February 19, 2008, 06:35:55 PM
Not gunna lie, I love the figures for the military units.
Thrice I've searched the forest of sanity, but have yet to find a single tree.

Belkar: We have a goal?
Roy: Sure, why do you think we're here?
Belkar: Well, I just figured we'd wander around, kill some sentient creatures because they had green skin and fangs and we don't, and then take their stuff.

Polycarp

#340
February 19, 2008, 08:13:35 PM
Quote from: HaphazzardNot gunna lie, I love the figures for the military units.

Most of them are either directly from or based off of graphics made for Civ2 by Fairline, a particularly talented Civ2 icon artist.  I have basically his entire "collected works" on my hard disk from my Civ2 days and thought they would add a nice touch. :)
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Polycarp

#341
February 22, 2008, 02:40:05 AM
[ooc]Announcement!
As noted in the main thread, orders are due on Monday.  More importantly, we're entering a fast update stage, where I will attempt to update weekly (more or less).

What's happening is that we are eventually moving towards a "time skip."  We'll end the first chapter of TWAD and resume at a later time frame.

This begs a few questions.  First of all, I want to know your preferences for a time frame - I'm thinking early Iron Age, but I'm open to other suggestions.

Secondly, I want to know what you want to do about the time progression.  I want to strike a balance between continuity and creativity: if I make the map a blank and let everyone make states from scratch, there will be no continuity with the original TWAD.  On the other hand, if I extrapolate all the states in depth and present you with a finished world, you won't have much room to be creative and make your own states.

One thing I have considered is that the "second chapter" will coincide with the first "age of cavalry," where cavalry  finally eclipses the chariot and nomadic horse archers gain the upper hand.  I could give every player a choice - assume control of an existing settled state, or create a nomadic group from scratch that would have the option of settling later.

I am, as ever, open to suggestions.[/ooc]
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Wensleydale

#342
February 22, 2008, 03:12:00 AM
Hmm. I think both Celend and Kuregn would be crumbling by that point, if one hasn't already defeated the other in battle. So.

snakefing

#343
February 22, 2008, 09:45:25 AM
Personally, I think I'd be more in favor of continuity over creativity. As long as there are things happening or things to do in the world, there is plenty of room for creativity. There just needs to be enough scope for people to do things and impact the course of history.
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Stargate525

#344
February 22, 2008, 10:49:41 AM
I'm confused. I assumed that you'd simply continue the world based on our orders (more general for the longer time period, of course). Clearing the world doesn't make sense. I would also think the default would be to continue playing the nations we currently control, or their later reincarnations.
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