Warlords

I just got back from the mailroom…I’m in trouble. I’ve got a lot of artwork to do tonight…at least i had planned on doing that. But my copy of *Civilization II: Warlords * just got here. I held off ordering that when it was released because I always stay up too late thinking “just one more turn”.

I know from experience that if I load that game tonight I’ll spend all evening trying to conquer the world. I haven’t tried the expansion yet, obviously…anyone out there play it and if so how was it?

Geez, if even if I don’t load Civ 2:Warlords, the supply room called and told me a package from Amazon for me got redirected to them…and its probably *Neverwinter Nights II. *

Correction…I realized I typed Civ II when I meant Civilization IV. Sorry.

was i the only one hoping this was about the atari 2600 game?

In case you haven’t already played Civ 4, the big alteration is that city expenses grow quickly as you build more, so you’ll want to limit yourself to 6-10 cities.
When placing cities, use the special resources as much as possible, because they are not only far more productive, but allow certain units or have bonuses on health / happiness.

The main changes in Warlords are:

  • some Civilisation Leaders can produce settlers twice as fast
  • there is a new Great Leader unit (formed by combat against other Civilisations, not Barbarians or animals)
  • there is a new building for each individual Civilisation
  • there are regular scenarios and one hilarious challenge: be the Barbarians and wipe every Civilisation out!