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The Scramble for Africa – A Civ 5 AAR (Part 17)
How do you like your Africa, sir? Poached? or Scrambled?
By Brant Guillory, GrogDude
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Last month we suddenly got some shade thrown our way by our erstwhile “allies” with whom we’d been all buddy-buddy for the entire game. This time? Let’s see…
Scoring
It looks like I’m way ahead, and in a base game, I’d be totally cool with that. But I have no idea if there is any end-of-game scoring in this scenario, or how it would apply.
Moving Through
I need to get some guys home through French territory. No way we can just swap open-borders treaties right now with everyone getting an attitude with me lately, so I’m going to have to bribe him.
Classic Reviews: Tide of Iron
Review by Brant Guillory, 4 February 2015
INTRODUCTION
So you may have heard about this little shooting match that happened waaaaaaaay back in the ‘40s? Started out when the Germans decided they needed a little more elbow room and they decided that Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and most of Western Europe was perfectly suited to their needs? No? Buddy, you really need to read up on your WWII history.
Tide of Iron is a hex-and-figures boardgame (a combination gaining in popularity) covering actions between the US and German forces on the Western Front in WWII. It is played at the tactical level – squads of soldiers and individual vehicles – and decked out in Fantasy Flight’s trademark gorgeous components and graphics.
Tide of Iron also supports a four-player mode, in which teams play each side; the pieces are color-coordinated in two different shades to support this multiplayer mode.
The Scramble for Africa – A Civ 5 AAR (Part 16)
It’s a Civilization Scramble – It’s like four-ball, with muskets
By Brant Guillory, GrogDude
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Episode 15 saw some internal improvements, and me pontificating on the wisdom of upgrading units vs building new ones.
My New Central Trade Hub
As noted last time, Johannesburg was parked here so I could launch caravans. Well, let’s launch some caravans.
Putting the Bald in Garibaldi
I actually hadn’t met everyone yet. Wow.
The Scramble for Africa – A Civ 5 AAR (Part 15)
Scrambling Africa like an egg at Sunday brunch…
By Brant Guillory, GrogDude
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Two episodes ago, we made friends with a lot of city-states. Last time, we made friends with a bunch of civilizations, including some that are pretty irrelevant to us.
Lancerscout
Out lancing and scouting, and running into a mountain. Ow. He’s really not doing much for me, so let’s get him off the payroll.
Who Needs a Unit
Antananananana(BATMAN!)rivo seems to need units.
The Scramble for Africa – A Civ 5 AAR (Part 14)
Gettin’ scrambly wit’ it…
By Brant Guillory, GrogDude
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We made a bunch of new city-state friends and renewed our vows with Maria, but we still have no clue how we’re actually doing in the game.
Bye, Bye Workers
Unlike the French, I get to fire workers when I’m running out of things for them to do, and I’ve got enough workers to continue to improve the land I have left.
Last Cultural Achievement
Not a lot to choose from here, eh?
