Your colonization civ of choice

Jaguar · October 28, 2003, 23:58

I allowed multiple so you could vote for more than one if you aren't sure or think there's a tie.

I think it's clearly not France and likely not Spain, but I'm having a hard time deciding between the English and Dutch.

Gramphos · October 29, 2003, 02:29

I like playing English. Love those immigrants.

aaglo · October 29, 2003, 04:03

I like playing the english (quick colonization) and the dutch (bigger&faster ship in the beginning).

Gilgamensch · October 29, 2003, 05:52

not an easy one..............

I lie that the English got a much higher immigrant

(emmigrant) rate.

The Dutch got a far more stable home-market.

The rest I hardly ever used. Except the Spanish, when I was just playing Invader

Can't remember the french........what was their special treaty?

Jamski · October 29, 2003, 06:26

I rely on the immigrants. Population = power in this game.

-Jam

Asmodean · October 29, 2003, 15:46

Yeah...the English were powerful. Those immigrants just kept coming, and you could build up a powerful nation easily.

Asmodean

The Pioneer · October 29, 2003, 16:27

Love the Dutch! So when is the second colonization coming out?!

So long...

Main_Brain · October 29, 2003, 20:49

Spanish

With Inca Gold = Skilled Workers instead of immigrants

English was too easy at Beginning

Yet you could always refrain from using the Spanish Boni :=)

aaglo · October 30, 2003, 02:25

The french cause much less unrest among the indians (a sissy trait

)

Sikander · October 30, 2003, 07:28

I like the people you get with England.

The Viceroy · October 30, 2003, 17:08

English and Dutch most of the time, you could really get a good colony going with the English, and the Dutch economy was really good for raising armies.

On an off day id play the Spanish, and kill every native I could set eyes on .. which was profitable .. for a while, until they all were dead.

Jaguar · October 30, 2003, 23:41

It's available on a source that has only the letters K A and Z in its name...

I bought it a long time ago but I lost my disc.

Gilgamensch · October 31, 2003, 04:48

Quote:

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
Ahem. Can someone point me to the Windows version of the game?
Over here at Fun Unlimited (a video game store), the MS-DOS version (I think) is running for $25. A bit too much for me

Are they nuts ?!?!?!?!?!?

Such an old game and so much money..............didn't they realise that the world has turned already a couple of years?????????????

Jamski · October 31, 2003, 05:53

Windows version is available at a certain DOGS that go BELOW the other DOGS.

Go figure

If not, try classictrash.com

-Jam

pg · October 31, 2003, 09:05

i had my best games with the spanish when i got lucky and managed to get some good soldiers, or cannons early along with a galleon. for consistancy both the english and dutch are good but overall i like the english a bit better.

Andemagne · November 11, 2003, 17:23

sorry, DB.

Andemagne · November 11, 2003, 17:24

Dutch are my favorite in this game. they get much more money from trade with europe than others.
and more money means more stuff to you.

English skill of 50% more crosses is also great, but I think that there is a limit to how quickly you can get those immigrant to the docks in europe. can anybody confirm this?
and you can compensate this english skill by building few cathedrals and hiring few preacherts.

Spanish skill of 50% attack bonus against the indians is nice, sure, but you get minus 4 points in the colonization score for every burned indian village, that isn't nice.

French skill of less indian alert is worth nothing if you trade with the indians.

EDIT: and BTW, Great thread idea!

I was about to post thread about same subject.

Skanky Burns · November 12, 2003, 07:04

I would have to agree with the vote for English. More people is always fun.

The Slayer · November 28, 2003, 00:10

I loved the Spanish and the Dutch. Lot's of money in both cases.

Jethro83 · November 28, 2003, 01:06

My favourite is The Dutch

Not only do they get the Merchantman instead of a caravel in the beginning (meaning more immigrants coming in the one voyage), I could land and set up shop in Argentina, buy silver from the Incas dirt cheap, and that would be the only source of funds I needed until I got all of my factories across the colonies built and populated. That would set me up for an easy war of independence.

Asmodean · November 28, 2003, 19:10

Quote:

Originally posted by Jamski
Windows version is available at a certain DOGS that go BELOW the other DOGS.

Well for the life of me, I jusr can't seem to figure out what dogs you mean

Asmodean

geniemalin · December 23, 2003, 08:03

On the higher difficulty levels I can't live without the French bonus - otherwise I end up with too much native restlessness. Any of the other civ's bonuses I can compensate for.

Elok · March 2, 2004, 14:41

I always thought it was Dutch, hands-down. I mean, yeah, the English are okay, but a single fountain of youth neutralizes that pretty quickly.

Footie Mad · March 12, 2004, 08:42

I usually played the dutch as well.

Elok · March 12, 2004, 10:08

Colonization is an excellent simulator of the real world, it seems: here, too, nobody cares for the French, and we all want to move to Amsterdam.

GePap · March 15, 2004, 18:57

I liked the Dutch and the Spanish. The thing is, if as the Spanirds you begin away from the Incas or Aztecs, then you are really not going to do well. But if you land close to them, like in Argentina, then baby, 25000 gold from the Inca capital buys a heck of a lot of goodies.

geniemalin · March 15, 2004, 22:11

It really does seem to depend where you land. I've tended to start in areas relatively dense with natives early on, which is perhaps why being the French has been so important to me (early conflict with natives = bad at higher levels.)

But you're right, if you land right near the Incas/Aztecs/Mayas being the Spanish might be better, and if you little early contact with either group of natives then the Dutch would probably be best.

General Ludd · March 15, 2004, 22:56

I always played as the dutch or the french. I like the dutch for their free ship, or whatever it was. And I like the french for being french.

MrWhereItsAt · July 28, 2004, 08:14

Are you all nuts? When you're the Spanish, you just get by even if you're not quite as great as the other powers until you get Cortes into the Congress and you find the Aztecs and/or Incas. Then send a Merchantman or Galleon full of Conscript Dragoons and start blitzing. You should rack in a TON of cash, more than enough to buy your way to whatever you want, and that is all you should need to put yourself to the win. English are OK, but as any other civ you can boost your immigration easily anyway.

conmcb25 · August 2, 2004, 12:14

The English

I bought another disk of this on eBay several months back for less than 10 bucks.