Thinking about it, it's rather limiting that new spells come only from research, lair rewards, or trading. Especially since research is generally too slow to compete with the other two options, and trading requires usable spells to exist in the first place. What about a fourth option, buying spells from merchants? It could work for peaceful play and would help such a strategy spring back from behind. Any other ideas?

So, I think that conceptually, the Council is great. But every so often, a game will have them convene too early, and vote in a leader race before you can do anything. How would you redesign it to solve this problem? Would you also redesign it for other purposes?

   
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With 10 death books + specialist + conjuror summon ghouls costs 52. This is 59% the original cost ( 88 )

This doesn't make sense any way I work this out.

the total cost reduction should be 10 + 12 + 25 = 47%

Which means the cost should be 46.

So what's going on here? Even if I break things up and subtract the percentages one by one I still don't get 52.

If you are ever in Cle Elum, Washington, the Sunset Cafe has great food.

Also, Spade Lake was gorgeous and worth the climb.

Hey all, I am back for more punishment after a long hiatus. I am gonna try a new tactic of just keeping my comments brief in the hopes that I'll finally run a decent thread this game.

The title doesn't lie: your beloved DZ has been around for over 20 years now, though the first 5-6 years were devoted solely to the long-forgotten Democracy games.  The first DemoGame I joined actually included an RPG and became a new way to enjoy pretty much the only game series I've ever loved since the mid-90's.

Just for fun (and proof), here's my first DemoGame post at CivFanatics.   My last post there was in 2012.

I'm definitely not one to promise an abundance of posts, but there were a couple concepts I wanted my thread to include if I ever played here again:
- a reverse recollection of most of the major games I've played in the past, going back to PB38 at least.  You are all owed an explanation for my wacky behavior, and I've been less than forthcoming. Each synopsis will come with its own lesson(s), and I'll highlight the exact point where I mess things up beyond repair in every game.  Then I'll save those lessons as a list of concise guidelines designed to keep me on my toes during this one.
- Naming convention: Most Dangerous Places on Earth.  A perfect match for any citizen that, through no fault of their own, falls under the stewardship of Donovan Zoi.

So much for the brevity part, but I'm cautiously optimistic.  Plus, it looks like I'm on the clock for leader and civ pics, so without further ado...

So another game, another bad thread title.
After more or less bad showing in my last PB, I will set my goal a bit lower.

I will try to post here too, but my main thread will be in german over at civforum.de

Welcome to my thread kind sirs. Gonna try reporting this time but no promises.

So, does a large game mean lategame-oriented picks are much better than otherwise? I haven't played PHI yet.
Edit: oh right, it's random roll. Still, don't have to be phobic of late-era UUs and UBs, which is nice.

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Not sold on an idea for a theme yet.


Possible, but I'm not too happy with them:

• Miguelito and Ginger bring about the end of the world - explore apocalypsis myths from different cultures? We'd hopefully run out of names though
  
• Miguelito and Ginger at the end of the world - a Chile theme, because I have personal attachments, and I like cities having names of actual places
  

Quote:Gavagai is Huayana Capac of England
Superdeath is Louis XIV of Babylon
Commodore is Darius of Maya
Hubabl is Joao II of Korea
Greenline is Justinian of Aztecs
Plemo is Victoria of Scandinavia
Bing is Napoleon of Khmer
Amicalola is Ragnar of the Ottomans
Magic Science is Willem van Oranje of Mali
Dreylin is Mehmed II of Portugal
Scooter is Elizabeth of Japan
Piccadilly is Tokugawa of India
Miguelito is Roosevelt of Egypt
Tarkeel is Julius Caesar of Germany
General Kill Cavalry is Nebuchadnezzar (PHI/IND) of France
GT is Kublai Khan of Zululand
Pindicator is Zara Yaqob of Sumeria
Xist10 is Wang Kon of Rome
Donovan Zoi is Suryvarman II of Inca