NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/games/12457

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From: [e-mail] (Paul Dale)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Re: Civilization
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Date: 4 Sep 92 08:48:23 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Tom R Krotchko) writes:
>
>I'm just a neophyte at the thing, but I'm puzzled why a city will run out
>of food if (a) I have a grainery (b) There is farmland galore around my
>city. It seems to be my major stumbling block in the beginner's game.
>
>[e-mail]
>Tom Krotchko

Well, you might have had it stolen if the city is on the coast (swashbucklers
don't steal women and wealth but grain :-). You may have missed the food
supply markers in the city display, if the end of the line has turned black
then you're losing food. Populations can also get too big to be supported
by unirrigated land or, even if it is irrigated, if you don't have a
government which gives a food supply bonus. I'd like to see a size 25 city
under a despotism :-)

The key to the game seems to be controlled growth with very well timed
government transitions with an aim to maximise trade (food generally takes
care of itself, as does production. With money and research anything is
possible :-).

Paul
Systems admin./applications support/programmer.
BUCS, Bath University, Claverton Down, Bath, Avon. UK BA2 7AY
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