I doubt that topic name made much sense, so here is what I'm getting at:
I wonder if the game would be flexible about the number of players and number of civs in a game. I.E. if you have a game with three civs, can only three people play, or if you have a scenario with four civs, would you need 4 players, and with only three the AI would control the other.
While it might not make a whole lot of sense yet
or even appear to be very uesful, here are some examples:
You could make a Second World War scenario with Russia, Britain, America, Germany and France as Playable. Perhaps the player with Britain could also control France, seeing how they'll be knocked out early and forced to jsut sit tight with a couple cities left (vichy France) but they might be a bigger player later on once they are liberated, and you don't want the AI to handle the French forces.
Or (probably a better example) what if just you and a friend want to play said scenario? Just like in Axis and Allies one could be Germany, and one could be everyone else. Basicaly, it's not like they'll be fighting amongst themselves, only with Germany.
The other thing I mentioned, multiple players ber Civ plrobably makes more sense.
Basically, you and a partner or two could share the control of a single civ, and you could come and go as you please. Be great for a full game and nobody wants to play all at once; just pass it on to a friend after a little while and take turns, while popping in when you can to help out and see how things are going. Even better for all you players of the Civ3 Democracy game, just play against the AI, but actually have game members in the game together making changes and coming to decisions actually in the game.
Anyway, those are my thoughts, anyone else see any of this as a good idea? Or is it just me?
