I did a design study on the first turn. It apparently deducts immediately leaving me in the red and unable to go to next turn. Reducing any and all expenses only reduces income for next turn? So, no way to get out of the red, no way to end turn, requires a restart?
Is this a known bug?

It gets old quickly, especially in triplicate. Is there a mod to edit out this obnoxious audio?

They will explain why there is always an impregnable non-sentient herbivore that makes a beeline for my capital as soon as the game begins?
Because you colonized his territory. There are plenty of sci-fi movies that show aliens aren't happy if you colonize their planet (Starship Troopers ...

They will explain why there is always an impregnable non-sentient herbivore that makes a beeline for my capital as soon as the game begins?
Why every non-aligned unit from 50 hexes away converges on my territory?
Why a minor I am not at war with, but is being attacked by another Major, will send ...

The number on the demands page in reports did not change after sending 8 spies successfully.
I believe it is possible that they were all instantly eliminated, but that seems broken.

The demand in the early game for recon om hexes. I have sent out 8 spies so far.... and zero change in the number of hexes reconned.
Is this just broken?
Is it an inside joke I am not getting?

I'm going to go ahead and add another reason the early game is broken. Getting demands which are impossible to resolve.

I see all the posts enjoying the randomness and stating that it adds to the challenge of experienced players, and that they know not to accept them. But for people trying to ...

I'm not sure how to insert a picture:

Hornbeast
Scientific name is 'Superoctopus Heteroliodon',
A land dwelling large (4m) herbivore. It resembles a squid analog. Its chemistry is water-carbon based and it is oxygen breathing.
Is a omnivore herbivore. Has the following Feats: Social, Chitinous II ...

How does one turn off the non-sentient, impregnable creatures?
All of that advice absolutely failed to stop this herd of non-sentient herbivores from defeating every force between them and my city, and then they attacked my city and killed most of my leaders.
Obviously this is both ridiculous ...

I keep trying, and failing to get out of the first 20 turns. I understand that it gets much better, but the beginning game is full of poor design choices.
The invisible units that take over your territory, attack your units, get right up to your capital, yet remain completely, totally invisible is ...

I know it has been said many, many, many times before, but it desperately needs a mode in which a person can learn the game without a 95% chance that a random event or start will require a restart.
I understand that advanced players want 'challenges'. But 'challenges' without a base mode in which ...

Is there some way to avoid the event trader demands you buy ammo for 200 or whatever credits popping up over and over and over again? I'm not even to turn 20, and this has happened 4 or 5 times. I've run out of money, and now my enforcement is going up +5 every other turn.
Is there some way that ...

Is there any sense behind this mechanic? Every game I start, I end up bouncing off because of the ridiculous number of 'ambushes', especially by neutral powers. I have no idea what the intention is behind the mechanic, but it isn't working, and needs to be seriously rethought. It is just annoying ...

Thanks! Downloading now. I guess this means I need to generate a new start. I liked the last start as far as the layout goes, a city on a peninsula jutting out into the unknown oceans.

I just installed Oceania and have tried out a new game. My population is starving from the very first turn. Is that expected? There is a starting private dock, but no farms. They are consuming like 400-600 food to start with? If I am reading that correctly.
Any ideas?

On turn 2, my starting city is bum-rushed by a horde of minor infantry. Is that just an instant-loss and restart?

I keep bouncing off this game due to two highly annoying early game mechanisms. First, the fact that every neighbor gloms towards your capital with every single unit they have. I am guessing that since they have five or more units all bee-lining towards your capital from every direction, none of ...

So am I doing things right, just unlucky? Or do I need to do different settings to get a metal deposit?

<t> Difficulty was one up from easiest. Normal I think? The zones were fully prospected. No more deposits to be found. Is 145% heavy metals low? It's just all four straight games I started since coming back, I have yet to find a single metal deposit in my starting or surrounding territories. Also ...

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