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Yes, I'm resurrecting a dead topic. Krenim bad.
Anyway, I'm seriously considering buying Civ III with Play the World. Other than Jay, does anybody else have Play the World? I find the idea of playing on a planet where the other leaders are Flare forum-goers very interesting...
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Krenim, you might want to wait a few days. They're just coming out with Civ III: Conquests, a new expansion pack which includes some awesome-looking scenarios (the titular "conquests" of the game), including The Fall of Rome, Ancient Central America, and World War II in the Pacific.
I'm not certain if C3:C has the multiplayer capability included, but I'm pretty sure that it does include all the other features -- the extra civilizations, the additional units, and so forth. You should probably double-check before you buy.
Here's a pretty good place to look, that I've visited on occasion: CivFanatics.
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Well, what I meant was I plan to get Civilization III: Gold Edition, which is Civ III and Play the World together. I've played Civ I and II, and really enjoyed them both.
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Mmmm, a Flare smite-fest. Sounds interesting.
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I got Civ III Gold last night, and I must say I'm impressed. The concept of borders is probably the best new idea. I hated when rival civilizations would found new cities right next to mine in Civ II, so that fixes that. They also toned down my favorite Wonder: Leonardo's Workshop. That's a good thing, since I found that building Leo's Shop first pretty much assured me total victory.
The multiplayer options sound interesting. Alas, I doubt I have the time to play an entire game online, but I suppose that's what the e-mail game function is for.
So... Who wants a royal smiting?
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I'll be up for a game...after December 4th.
The GRE looms.
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I bought Civilization III: Conquests tonight. It includes Play The World and adds 15 new cultures (Arabs, Byzantines, Carthaginians, Celts, Hittities, Incans, Koreans, Mayans, Mongols, Netherlands, Ottomans, Portugal, Scandanavians, Spanish, and Sumeria), new world wonders, new weapons, and of course the 9 scenarios (Mesopotamia, Rise of Rome, Fall of Rome, Middle Ages, Mesoamerica, Age of Discovery, Sengoku, Napoleonic Europe, and World War II in the Pacific).
So, now that I have PTW, and hopefully more of you have it, who wants to start nuking each other? I'm probably crap but I'd at least like to try...
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So, who all has the game in question and would be available to have the smack down put on them by me?
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I think it might just be the three of us, considering how this thread's been dead twice thus far. Still, it would be nice to have more. After all, what's the fun in playing Civilization without enough civilizations to backstab?
Wait, did I say backstab? I meant ally with. Really.
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I just got DSL so I'm really itching to play an online game.
Do you guys have Conquests though? Or just original Civ with PTW?
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I just have Civ III Gold Edition, which was Civ III with Play the World. If I understand correctly, this just means that anyone who plays an online game with me cannot use a Conquests civilization.
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Maybe, but Conquests also adds new kinds of units and stuff for every civilization...
I'm just not sure if people who have Conquests can play against people who just have Civ3.
Kind of like you can't play Starcraft against Starcraft Brood Wars.
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