Darn. I just read your Feb 04 post Korn and thought "what this sounds like is like SimCity 3000 on a much bigger scale." Then I read your Feb 05 post
If Firaxis could make an ordinance "tree" that grew and changed with the passage of time and changing scientific and cultural values that would be brilliant. Particularly if the effects of differing combinations of ordinances were not felt immediately but built up over time. That would actually lead to the sort of situations we have had in the real world, with badly chosen or antiquated policies slowly fuelling resentment until one final straw suddenly explodes into revolt, repression or emigration. This would help to banish the eternal China syndrome, one of Firaxis' stated ambitions. Getting it right would make designing the perfect tech tree look easy, of course
On the Unit Workshop, all I can say is that without it I can't invisage ever having a fight between the Persian phalanx, sling and elephant army and the Byzantine legion, archer and cataphractoi. There will be insufficient incentive to adopt different army types even if the diversity is available.
Reminds me of certain celebrity leftists who whine at every election that they would "move to Canada" (or wherever) if so-and-so isn't elected. Cry me a river.
