tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766274760993268226.post3734986312780708142..comments2022-03-22T03:29:40.832-06:00Comments on Games - Strategy and Tactics: Through the Ages-Part X-Culture:Where Culture Comes FromChancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04483507740749991176noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766274760993268226.post-40413261794641406972012-01-17T01:05:08.424-07:002012-01-17T01:05:08.424-07:00Correct, Earthenbulwark. wars and Aggression, fro...Correct, Earthenbulwark. wars and Aggression, from a pure culture gain perspective, do not seem very important. However, there are many wars and aggression which impact the players in other ways (stealing resources, stealing science, destroying another player's building/population, etc.). These affect the other player, but are not direct culture gains/swaps.<br /><br />As for the game we played, in a 2-player game it is very different. Aggressions/Wars have twice the impact as a reduction in one is a gain in the other. In a 4-player the defender suffers a drop and the attacker sees an increase, but the other two players only see a relative increase of one player's score.<br /><br />The culture gain is accounted for in the calculations for 4 players (which are not shown here). Some players suffer a "negative" culture gain indicating they lost culture from Aggs/Wars. What we see in the diagrams in this blog is the contribution of culture from Wars/Aggs to the player who ended in 1st place.<br /><br />Lastly, one aspect I found interesting is the player who ended in 2nd place gained more culture from Aggs/wars than the player who ended 1st. These Wars/Aggs were mostly against the player who ended 3rd/4th, but were not enough of a gain to make up for the culture difference with the player in 1st. Both 1st and 2nd are picking on 3rd and 4th, but not each other. The effect is to widen the scores they have between 3/4, but not much of a relative increase between 1&2.<br /><br />Confused yet? I'll need to focus on military soon. A few more blogs on culture and we will be ready to go.Chancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04483507740749991176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766274760993268226.post-16795853064297919792012-01-16T20:00:12.108-07:002012-01-16T20:00:12.108-07:00To be more fair, I wonder if your current method a...To be more fair, I wonder if your current method accounts for military culture changes effectively. For example, in our most recent game, I gained about 40 culture from wars... but I achieved around 80 points of cultural advantage by taking them from you - the culture leader.Earthenbulwarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766274760993268226.post-82334787673815769472012-01-16T19:55:14.600-07:002012-01-16T19:55:14.600-07:00"This is not to say Wars or Aggressions are n..."This is not to say Wars or Aggressions are not important, but the culture gained from them is very little in a typical game."<br /><br />Is that what happened in our most recent game? :PEarthenbulwarknoreply@blogger.com