Climate Challenge Game

[Freenhult]

Pretty neat. Give it try, see where you get. Harder than you think.


Climate Change Game

[Death]

Good enough for 3 threads? I think not.

[Kraken]

heh, i was very unpopular and killed the earth by turn 7
what a stupid game.

[Freenhult]

...Uh. What the hell? I didn't even realize this got posted a bajillion times. Mostly I kept getting some can't mail it message so I gave up.

[Gen. Volkov]

I am highly dissappointed. There is no "declare myself supreme ruler" option.

I did manage to ruin the economy twice over though. If I had not cared about CO2, or said screw the regs, I would have had a booming economy.

[carbz]

*laughs* death, every post you make i laugh out loud man, seriously your writing is good.

doubgle *laughs* at Kraken and Volkov, i can only imagine the dissappointment at teh bbc if they read your posts, they try and make tool to get everyone thinkign seriously about climate change and you guys revel in the fact you ruined the earth hahahaha

[Death]

Hahah, I'm glad you enjoy them.

Side note, (Profanity is a sign of Maturity) YOU TOO EUROPE!

[Freenhult]

...How did you get your wealth that high?!

[Nuclear Raunch]

Do things that improve your money. Not that hard, you can get your economy that high while still doing well on environment and popularity.

[Freenhult]

Hrm. I'll have to try that later.

[Gen. Volkov]

I did things that improved my money. I still left the economy in ruins. I was popular and got 80% in the climate thingy though.

[The Beatles]

That's my third match, and best result yet.

[Gen. Volkov]

Hmm. How'd you do that? I got kicked out of office the third time around, though I did 100% on the environment.

[The Beatles]

Several strategies combined, really. I figured them out during the first two games:

1. Never ignore the household. After a while, it becomes unhelpful, but there are myriad good policies there.
2. The "Popularity" score is only your popularity in the very last turn.
3. Never aid in negotiations; set an example and it will be followed.
4. If you have made your carbon bar disappear, don't focus on carbon any more, as the difference between 99% and 100% is very small, yet can give you a lot of leeway.
5. Don't be afraid to use options that emit CO2, as long as your overall balance sheet means near-0 carbon.
6. Use popular policies to push through unpopular policies. There are a few cheap and popular policies that can offset the bad ones. Use "Spin your policies", the various wind farms and tree platings, propaganda campaigns (recycling and climate change), etc. etc. to push through things like raising taxes, raising retirement, introducing carbon police, raising fuel taxes, introducing energy quotas, whatever. If you have a high popularity, consider it a mandate to push through unpopular stuff later, rather than as a goal. An ideal tradeoff is a just-above-50% popularity at the very end of the game. Any popular policies introduced that hit the popularity limit are just a waste. But never go under 50%... or you are voted out. Feel free to wreck your popularity with environmentally or fiscally sound policies in the very last turn, although I prefer to end in office...
7. Aggressively make money; that is, if any high-cash option comes up that you can push through, do so. Export energy and green technologies.
8. Invest in hydrogen infrastructure.

etc.

[Gen. Volkov]

Hmm, OK, thanks for the tips.