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No fixes for bugged multiplayer, no PB, no PBEM, not even a hotseat. Otherwise, it should be better.
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With the time away from civ, I've helped by 7 and 10 yr old improve in chess. Our Chinese language school has a chess club, and they've joined. 7 yr old now wants to play me everyday. 10 yr old was getting killed every week till Thanksgiving. Since then, he's earned 2 forfeits and 1 draw, all against players that were beating him previously. He then showed me a paper on Wednesday, 8 or 9 messy diagrams, but he was very proud of them. I asked what the heck he was showing me, and he said that him and 2 friend in school were plotting opening moves. 3 to 7 moves on each diagrams. Openings for 5th graders! I beamed If you have a good chess book recommendation for younger players, I'd be much obliged. |
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Doesn't matter really, I've retried the map 6 times and it's impossible to get around Babylon's initial aggression.
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You do all realize that the very existence of CDZ is for playing multiplayer on a franchise named Civilization ?
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So, I would try to get some decent book for the kid, not very thick or difficult but written well and which will EXPLAIN things, not just tell what to do and when. A brief list might include: 1. Capablanca "Chess Fundamentals". I read it when I were 13 or 14 so might be a bit steep to a 10-yo but it is very well written. 2. Lasker "Manual of Chess". A little bit too thick but Lasker likes to EXPLAIN and he makes the reader understand. It is a big book but reads easily and is very self-explanatory. IIRC, I read it when I were 11 or 12 and thoroughly enjoyed it. 3. Nimzovich "My System". It is for a more mature reader but parts of it can be started early. It explains the magic behind putting pieces on the right squares and is basically not an entertainment but a thorough strategy guide. Fisher and Karpov wrote a number of short books for beginners aka "Bobby Fisher Teaches Chess" and similar stuff. It is very simple but can be short and entertaining endeavor. Oh, a good thing is that you can download most of these books without paying too much from torrents or if you still want a hard copy, they are sold online at substantial discounts.
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That's sooo 2004.
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