[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Advanced barbarians / neutral cities

[Lalo Martins <lalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 08:31:56PM +0000, martin wrote:
> Hello Masheikh you must include us Scots in the Barbarian grouping ,the Romans
> could not tame the Scots and told Rome that the land to the north Britain was
> filled with wild uncontrolable clans of people (in other words Barbarians)
> .it was the clans that first formed the Monarchy in Scotland and then into the
> kings of Scotland .so I think it should be possible for Barbarians to gain
> towns and get new units just like a real nation.just that it should not be
> going to win the game by using the space race.

Why not? You contradict yourself. Is there any reason why, for
example, the real-world Scottish can't be the first to Alpha
Centauri? (Or Mars, for that matter)

Keep in mind that, by that time, they will have ceased being
"barbarians" for centuries.

Also, most existing nations have evolved from "barbarians" in
one form or another, so the point is quite moot. Even getting
back to Freeciv, what are _you_ when the game starts? Some
settlers and some explorers, and sometimes some military?
Barbarians.

Not to forget that hitting huts and getting some military units
from them in the early stages is a known strategy. So most
players can be considered a "coalition of barbarians" in origin.

> can you think what it would be like on a Barbarian space ship.:) 

Of course I can (assuming they are still "Barbarians" by that
time). It would be more or less like on a Klingon ship.

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