Quest for a "lighter, more casual Galciv"

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Hello... I love Galactic Civilizations. But the thought of getting into another game of it makes me take a deep breath of mental preparation for all the mental involvement it demands. Relaxing at the game is not realistic because it's so demanding and immersive. Are there any heroic modders out there who've found ways to strip things out of it and "lightened up" the game for the less mentally mighty like me? I was just curious. I'd like the game to go a little better with my beer and pretzels instead of needing breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yup!
Read on...

1) Small map, One Opponent (edited to weakest settings!), No Minor, Surrender-ON, every Mega-Events turned off, fastening tech-research, Abundants everywhere - and - so - on.
2) Anything else is Pizza party.

;)
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
and...
3) Pick an easy Victory path, while unticking the boxes for all others!
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thats whats great about this game. Its like a thousand games in one since you can customize the rules and options all over the place.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Even more so, you can pick the exact opponent you want to face, if you think that a fight against a particular Civ will be (even more) of a cakewalk.

Sort of like choosing specific Civs to fight against in Civilization IV
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Maybe I'll spend time playing around with the new editor in Arnor and see how much I can pare off this thing to make it lose some weight. As great as Galciv is, maybe there's a great "lite" game in there somewhere too after gutting it a good bit. That may sound strange, but I'd like to see movement in the direction of simplicity, in keeping with some of what made MOOI, Spaceward Ho!, and Stars! successful. It's probably up to the modders to do it too since there's probably no money in it given how the 4x niche is. I get the feeling that merely choosing options won't quite scratch the itch for me.

Thanks for the replies!
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Exactly what is it yopu are looking for that would not be served by a small map, one opponent and low difficulty.

I can play a game in an hour or so or a few days