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[Doc Adrian]

I hear you there Grand Dad, I like Colonization but Civilization and its depth still holds the records for playing the most time in a row and having people threaten me at gunpoint to go to sleep award.

I thought that was a raw deal with the revolutions too that your the only one that has to fight your mother country, I suppose its because of limits to the amount of soldiers on the board, still why should they get the breaks .

I usually start doing war on the towns with more liberty bell points when the enemy starts getting close to revolution.

Greetings, all.

I just found out this site when I was doing a search for Colonization. I couldn't find any copies of Colonization so I thought I'd give it a shot online, and here I am. I just downloaded it, and I have a question or two for you guys.

I had Colonization for the Mac 10+ years ago, but unfortunately, the disc got screwed up somehow, so I couldn't play Colonization anymore until today. I finally got it running on my PC computer, and I'm looking forward to having some good nostalagia times.

The question I have, is I've been wondering if there is any way to extend the game cut-off year? I remember it was 1800 or 1850, but I was wondering if I could go for a longer game, such as extending the game to even 1900, 2000, 2100+. Wouldn't it be quite funny and interesting to have 1700's tech in 2100+ AD instead of lasers, spaceships, etc.

At any rate, if any of you know how I could extend the game cut-off to past 2000 or more, for a truly epic game, I'd be greatly grateful.


My other question is... is there a max number of colonies that I can build? I've played Civ 1, 2, and 3, and I've built 50 - 100 city empires. In Civ 3, the max number of cities is 512, I believe. Is there any similiar limit in Colonization? I'd like to try to build 20 - 30 colonies to make a nice, epic empire.

Any info on that would also be greatly appreciated. k:

[Microprose Veteran]

Uh Sharina, the point of this game is not to play it for ages and ages.

The point is: get a nice colonial empire going, thwart the imperial dreams of other nations and earn your independence by fighting your mother country.

The longer the game, the looooonger the War for Independence will be and you want to avoid having to fight a loooong War for Independence (it sucks).

Ah... But I do enjoy long and epic games. I want to try to pull off several feats I couldn't do on my Mac version. For instance, I'd like to see if I can colonize the whole map, create 50 colonies, have all my colonies be fortresses, all my colonies have factories, etc. I want to see how extreme I can take Colonization to. I want to see if I can go further and harder than ever before.

Towards those ends, I've been looking for any way to extend the cut-off year, and need to know if there is a max cap of colonies that can be established in a single game.

I've been able to remove the time-cap factor, or at the least, extend it until beyond 2500 A.D. in Civilization 2 and 3. I wonder if this similar thing is possible with Colonizaton or not.

[Doc Adrian]

Too each their own I suppose...I am amazed it wouldn't take a day of real time just to move that many troops though, things can get crazy the more pieces you have on the board

[MadMarius]

Love it..a very intresting game to play at any time and you can play it anytime without getting borred of it. Started a revolution about5 times and won only once but the ending was great(those fireworks realy rock)i'm glad that so many peapole enjoy playing it altough the second part isant' as good as the first..the game is still gteateven after 11 years from it's launch...


Happyer banana evey day..spent on Abandonia :bannana:

[Christian]

I only managed to finish the game with the difficulty setting Conquistador. Anyone managed to pull off the Viceroy? And what is the preferred nationality? I think by far that the Dutch are best because that Merchantman really helps in the beginning and that fact that prices don't go down as easily earn you easy cash.

[Doc Adrian]

I've done it two or three times Christian, and I have owned the game since it came out

Sometimes I just get lucky.

I also like the dutch besides the bigger ship and stable prices I also don't have to fight them

[blastradius14]

If you want to never die, build a city on a square completely surrounded by ocean.
The war cannot end for you, giving you time to continue building up your military for an offensive rush on the tories. Also gives you time for Foreign Intervention.

The Col Edit utility is awesome. You can get it here http://www.colonization.biz/download.htm.

or here
http://www.civgaming.net/col2/col2dwn.shtml

[Grand Dad]

I've been enjoying reading all the new posts since I last visited this site and they're all so interesting...some even funny.
Yes there's one tiny mountainous island, but my friend where are you going get the resources to build up or expand your city or your empire?...you can get some ore and food by fishing but wood is the most essential item and what and how much can one colonist, two if you make your soldier do a colonit's work do,...unless you just stay there through out the game Sure no one can attack you, not even your mother country...sure is an interesting idea :blink:

I've always found that it's better to play as English...you get more colonists free + you get more crosses.
You can build as many colonies as you can afford but defending them becomes an extremely difficult task 10-15 are ideal...at least that's what I have discovered during these past 11 or so years k:

Sure you can keep on playing long as you want...just keep on fighting and losing...but then all the fun goes down the ocean :bleh: The whole OBJECT of the game is to achieve independance! In Civ III and it's two expansions I really wonder how our friend managed to extend the time limit, anyway you're told, when the game is finished 'officially' that you can play but no points will be added to your score...!

Happy Gaming!