r/Civ2 • u/Versius23 • 53m ago

Online Multiplayer options

I have bought several XP laptops online and set up a non-Internet connected LAN at my house. My two younger boys and I have been playing multiplayer together for a while now.
One of their older brothers came from out of town and played with us a couple weeks ago. Tonight he called while we were playing and asked if there was anyway he could join our game too? I told him not with a vintage XP machine because of the viruses present today.
I asked an AI and after looking at the answers it gave there’s no way I would trust doing anything it said. What are my best options for getting that done? Are there any?

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u/Appearedtuna1 43m ago

Well you would definitely need an internet connection. You can play civ 2 on modern windows too though, look up civ2uia.

Then you would need to either open ports on your router or run a virtual lan like zerotier. Ask your AI to help you with either task.

Personally I wouldn’t worry much about an XP pc behind a NAT, just don’t browse the web and I can’t see how that would be dangerous. You will still need to either open ports or run a virtual lan.