The Age Of Floating About In Space | Millennia - Part 11 (Historical Turn-Based 4X Game)

Millennia continues and Northampton finishes work on it's new space centre so we're able to join in with the Space Race! We're probably a bit late on the scene but we give it a go anyway.
There are four stages, ranging from getting a simple satellite in orbit through to putting people onto the Moon, and we're able to take part in each stage with a level of risk attached, but of course other Nations are involved too!
Our research progresses very well indeed and we're able to grab quite a lot of useful new technologies which allow us to build things like solar panels and new suburban areas. One tech means we can build the internet backbone and another means we're able to build a supercomputer, but the supercomputer seems to be controlled by an AI...
Also we finally upgrade our old wooden ships, we get to take a look at the entire world without fog of war and some clever Cupboardian folks create the world's first MMORPG!
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Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures. Set the course of history and experience different timelines in every playthrough as you write an epic story through your actions. Lead your people through times of crisis and ages of discovery, face great challenges and opportunities, and build a civilization that prospers through the ages.
Dictate the course of history across ten ages, from the first cities to space travel. Accomplish certain objectives and you can move time into a Variant Age - an alternate history with new rules, new technologies, and new units. But beware Crisis Ages; following a path of chaos and disorder may plunge the world into a future filled with war, sickness or ignorance. Then again, a wise ruler can always turn a crisis into an opportunity.... Choose the path with care, as the ages you pass through will have a lasting impact on your people and the world.
Customize your nation by adopting unique Nations Spirits over the course of your game. Will you be a nation of warriors or explorers? Are your people lead by a Great Khan or a builder of monuments? Are you known for defining pop culture or for dominating global finance? What parts of your culture will reverberate across history?
Manage your economy with care and create a juggernaut of growth and construction. Start with basic resources to gain food, wealth, and production. As your advance, decide how to best convert these simple goods into more valuable products through research and improvements. Specialize your regions, turning iron into weapons or tools, wood into paper or lumber, gold into coin or jewelry. Ship surplus goods where they are needed, allowing the breadbasket of your empire to feed far-flung colonies or your industrial heartland to supply troops near your enemy.
Pursue knowledge to research scientific and cultural advances, unlocking new units, buildings, and improvements to grow your cities or strengthen your armies. Research Defense to train the first archers, Smelting to master iron production, or Guilds for making wine. Variant and Crisis Ages feature unique alternatives, introducing everything from Cloud Estates in the Age of Aether to underwater cities in the Age of Utopia.
Achieve your ultimate success through a Victory Age. Toward the end of the game (or earlier if your strategy is sound), dominance allows a nation to dictate the winning conditions. The rest of the world must decide if they will struggle to achieve victory before the leader ... or oppose the leader's attempt. Risk everything to take victory in the Renaissance or carefully plan for triumph in the modern era.
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[@eiebfiebrkcfne5399]

Everything’s going well in this episode! What a time to be a Cupboardian!

[@DoctorSquirtle]

Congrats on being the first to land on the moon! 🌝

[@Mirkwood42]

That was a fantastic episode. Super computers,video games and the icing on the cake. Landing on the moon 🎉😮. That was amazing work Penge 👏

[@anthonyr.1568]

I wonder if the crossbowmen are wearing turtlenecks and playing Candy Crush on their iBow. On another note, I think many of us would love to see you expand towards the uninhabited territory to the east. At the cost of Japan if need be.

[@ianbrooke6342]

200% is the Maximum you can provide, it means AT LEAST twice what is needed. So 161/74 means 74 is needed and you're providing 161, ie 217% shown as %200

[@anthonyr.1568]

42:57 I guess your city's need is the number on the right, and what you provide is on the left? So 161/74 would mean you provide much more than what they need.

[@anthonyr.1568]

51:06 The capital of Brazil is Brasília, a planned city that was inaugurated in 1960.

[@TheGeekCupboard]

That's true right now but what was the capital before Brasilia? Was it Rio?

[@anthonyr.1568]

Absolutely

[@joshuacr]

Weren't you *just* firing crossbows and catapults into the sky, and now you're firing Betty to the moon? Well done Penge! (Actually Alexandria is a port city in Egypt! Whether Rome owned it or took it over from Greece is another question. ) Gee I wonder why a militaristic nation is having problems not blowing up things and using computers, eh Greece? (Again well done Penge! We'll just overlook that AI singularity thing....) 1:07:15 Actually since you were down only 1 Smart Grid i was hoping you would try the age of archangels.

[@saethman]

Jeff, noooooooooooo! Not in vain though, his sacrifice laid the path clear for Betty (in a universe, not to far away, "Tanks? No, I'll grab my crossbowmen and take them to the moon!") I know you said not to worry, but I am still worrying about Teaism :( Better go grab myself a cup of Tea to calm down :) Btw: Wasn't there a tech that allowed you to rush research? If so, instead of wasting knowledge on 0-turn tech you could rush them with your gigantic pile of money

[@SFKzra]

Is there any reason why you couldn't integrate your vassal, rush a smart network, then enter the Age of Archangels?

[@TheGeekCupboard]

I'm not entirely sure but I suspect the Age of Archangels might be a bit evil. There are sky beams and they never end well, there's always a lot of death with sky beams!

[@SFKzra]

@@TheGeekCupboard That's fair mate. Just thought it might be a faster route to a unique age than acquiring the necessary social fabric points. Loving the series by the way 👍

[@joshuacr]

@@TheGeekCupboard No major spoilers but the age of ascendance is the standard ending of "I am superior I know everything" I have no idea of archangels I have not yet done that ending.

[@user-gk4ey7ef1e]

I think you should go down the age of archangle because (no spoliers) it fits with the exploratory and smart nature of cupbordia.

[@user-gk4ey7ef1e]

Please don't leave brazil to fight alone, you have a proper milltary now, please use it. I think you should research microchips because japan is jetting more fighty. I don't think you should do a truce if they attack you again because they are the ones who attacked you first, and you should teach them a lesson to not do that again.

[@saberq6413]

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