[Freeciv-Dev] Re: SMAC-style borders (was: Re: Re: Plans for 1.12)

[Todd Goodman <tgoodman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

SMAC doesn't prevent you from building outside your territory, just
from building in someone elses territory (that you're not at war with).

It makes the early stages of a game quite interesting as you rush to
"stake claim" to areas of the map so that your territory grows.

On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Mike Jing wrote:

> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 18:05:30 EDT
> From: Mike Jing <miky40@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: mike_jing@xxxxxxxxx
> To: falk.hueffner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: SMAC-style borders (was: Re: Re: Plans for 1.12)
> 
> >From: Falk Hueffner <falk.hueffner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Date: 20 Jun 2000 23:10:23 +0200
> >
> >Can cities be built outside the own territory? Are there units to
> >expand it? I think it might be fun if you could only build on own
> >territory, and it also might slow down expansion a bit, which is
> >really a bit fast currently.
> 
> Building only on own territory is probably too restrictive and will 
> complicate things.  You have to make allowance for expansion into other 
> continents, which seems arbitrary because you are limited on the same piece 
> of land but not across the sea.  It might also encourage more of the "small 
> pox" syndrome that is already prevelant.
> 
> Mike
> 
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