the biggest problem with Civ-likes is the snowball effect, you struggle to get a decent empire going and then suddenly you're invincible.
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Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman The US is sort of invincible in this sense and it still faces interesting challenges.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies I suppose you can just make conquest/power projection get harder the further you are away from your core territory?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman Realism is often a good fallback. If civilizations winning forever isn't a natural part of reality, why not?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies@admittedlyhuman eugenic/dysgenic cycle (pretty sure this is actually the answer, not being flippant)2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@MemberOfSpecies@admittedlyhuman how long would this cycle take in theory? 1000 years?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@drethelin @MemberOfSpecies @admittedlyhuman well eu-phase is slow/linear, dys-phase fast/exponential
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