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  1. Is a war mongering OCC victory within reach?
  2. Map trading to AI, do they use it?
  3. Trouble with Emperor
  4. Nukes - Proper/Practical Usage (I nuked joo Monty die die)
  5. How do you win???
  6. Cottage Addiction
  7. Experimenting with Serfdom
  8. Slavery?
  9. Any way do DoW on a vassal?
  10. Advice for current game (prince)...
  11. City info before razing?
  12. Research Rate Benchmarks
  13. space race goes on forever!!
  14. Game Manual?
  15. Bhruic's Patch
  16. Mattewthegreat's RPC: Frederick the Organized II!
  17. Quick question
  18. Old peaceful cultural domination example thread?
  19. If you could start out with any (except Ind/Phil) trait and tech combo...?
  20. what to do when you have no metal?
  21. Speed vs Difficulty
  22. Immortal Univesity VI: Carolus Magnus of the Holy Roman Empire
  23. Police State Discussion
  24. whipping conquered populations
  25. Linear-time GP generation with merchants?
  26. Difficulty Map Size/#of Civs
  27. Elizabeth (financial/philisophical) attempt
  28. Help Ruff with Immortal
  29. Nuclear Tactics
  30. Need your help, again!
  31. SE + war synergy question
  32. Does the organized religion bonus apply reductions to hurry production gold cost?
  33. Switching to universal suffrage?
  34. Why can't I initiate a city revolt?
  35. Won diplomacy all by myself ?
  36. Upper limit to technologies from good huts?
  37. Strategic Manipulation of Promotions, UUs Promotions and Permanent Alliances
  38. Roosevelt 18 civs Prince and beyond...
  39. How to Win, in a Bigger way
  40. AP is such a powerful wonder
  41. I'm horrible at war
  42. Trying to step up to Noble
  43. can't find what I'm looking for...
  44. Explain drill/first strikes to me
  45. It's a mystery to me
  46. Newbie needs help
  47. There is something broken with this leader
  48. Attacko's Strategy Guide
  49. Ships in Captured Cities
  50. Playing faster?
  51. Coastal Starts = Later Expansion?
  52. How long does a civ 4 game take for you?
  53. Role Play Challenge: Stalin's Iron Fist!
  54. Immortal Difficulty, map settings
  55. SSE/EE For Deity Masters (Walkthrough)
  56. Addicted to openings
  57. Early Religion Discussion
  58. How would you accomplish this save?
  59. OCC with no oil...
  60. Trading Resources with the AI tip
  61. Leader-to-map fit: When it fits and when it doesn't
  62. Tips & Advice: Churchill, Warmonger
  63. What's Next? Help on this Isolated Start...?
  64. Corporation/Golden Age Dilemma
  65. Industrious v/s Philosophical
  66. [Shadowing] "Role Play Challenge: Stalin's Iron Fist!"- need an advice
  67. Ap problem
  68. The Psychology of Color choice-your real traits
  69. How to get better Religious diversity
  70. Nobel Brick wall
  71. Deity: Quecha Rush (Earth 34 Civs)
  72. Noble's Club VII - Sitting Bull!
  73. Getting the most out of specialist-enabling UBs
  74. Leveraging Vassalage
  75. How many scouts do you build?
  76. First real Axe-Rush on Emperor
  77. EVP I: The Destructive Vikings
  78. Culture Wars
  79. Is BUG MOD an exploit?
  80. Forbidden Palace (and Versailles)
  81. There's Culture Flipping in This Game?
  82. Protective Strategy
  83. Need tips on game,
  84. Hard limit on corporations?
  85. It's really hard to win without any Iron!!!
  86. Help needed with diplomacy and free GPs
  87. Penalty Bonus from a big stack?
  88. Toku's economy
  89. Late game maintenance
  90. Can a default be considered an exploit?
  91. Nerfing of culture bombs in BtS
  92. Toko super start
  93. Beaten in war on monarch. What am I doing wrong?
  94. Help on GP and $ city specializations
  95. Lonely Hearts Club, BTS Edition, Chapter XX: CharleMagne
  96. Role Play Challenge: Churchill, the English Bulldog
  97. Emperor Standard Size... Is this winnable?
  98. Immortal University VII Vote
  99. The Missing corporation.
  100. City placement question
  101. to many buildings
  102. Culture war, specialists vs cottages
  103. Help with all the food
  104. Help with all the food
  105. I'm not good...
  106. Immortal University VII - Hannibal of Carthage
  107. Elephant Rush?
  108. Mathematical analysis of hammer savings through utilyzing space elevator
  109. Boxed In
  110. Looking for tactical advice vs. Shaka
  111. Playing the Traits series.
  112. building order for courthouses
  113. Aggresive AI or higher difficulty?
  114. Second Wind
  115. Some emperor guidance please
  116. Loving the Great Lighthouse
  117. Attacko's The Art of Defense in Civ4
  118. OCC game tips
  119. Best Starting tech?
  120. Island Victory?
  121. Does well-known strategies work on Marathon speed?
  122. Great Merchant - get me off this island!
  123. When do you switch to Caste System?
  124. Just purchased BTS - my success rate plummets.
  125. Water maps - traits synergy
  126. Orgamized question
  127. Need some help..
  128. Why build trabelet when you have cats?
  129. Positioning of wonders and GP generation
  130. Liberate or not?
  131. My wayward play style needs direction - how do I plan for victory?
  132. Worker First VS 2 Warriors
  133. quick whip overflow question
  134. Age of Ice
  135. Is Barrage broken?
  136. Best strategy for isolated start
  137. advice to beginers
  138. Why don't I get a start like this
  139. defensive pact bugs
  140. Scientific Method: a rough transition?
  141. Game Situation - What would not-a-noob do?
  142. Help with expansion
  143. little help
  144. Any Tips for Space Race Victory?
  145. Rolling Rolling Rolling
  146. Stalin
  147. Monarchist Cookbook Game II
  148. Rank the Aggressive Leaders
  149. Mad's next RPC: Ladies Night
  150. Is there a guide to what techs reduce research times for other techs?
  151. Problem with prince
  152. Taking down city defenses: Spies or Siege?
  153. Attacko's Handbook of Espionage
  154. Free Promotions
  155. Help with BTS Monarch game please!
  156. PYL IV - Watery Leaders!
  157. Protective unit upgrades.
  158. How to win this situation?
  159. Role Play Challenge: Return of the Great Khan, An open RPC game
  160. A cry of help from a long-time Civ challenged player ;o)
  161. Please Help Me
  162. I can't stop Victoria from attacking! (HELP)
  163. Sudden panic- newb
  164. Portuguese naval invasions
  165. Role Play Challenge: REX Queen Cathy, No fury like a Woman Scourned!
  166. GP Rush for Cultural Victory
  167. Markets & Banks OR Library & Uni??
  168. Game Speed Question
  169. I don't understand city specialists
  170. Need help with saving screenshots
  171. Looking for Input on Civ changes.
  172. Understanding the AP
  173. Health in GP farms
  174. I'm going up to noble.
  175. How persistent is the AI?
  176. Completely new traits
  177. Yet another National Park discussion
  178. Ack! Monarch!
  179. AP calling all the shots
  180. Dealing with mediocre terrain
  181. Against the Entire World II
  182. Need more help with a (different) isolated start
  183. Attacko's Treatise of Unconvential Civ4 Mechanics
  184. Cyrus Horseman - Walkthrough (monarch)
  185. Religion - Adopt Now or Wait?
  186. First Noble Game... Advice?
  187. A little help on Noble
  188. Woo?
  189. Civ 3 to Civ 4 transition
  190. Market Research: Who wants an AP series?
  191. Level up
  192. Help me win this on noble please.
  193. Any ideas now? Warlord 1400s Mao Zedong
  194. Another noble thread!
  195. AP Guantlet I: Isabella
  196. Some China Strategies?
  197. Placement questions
  198. Is thee a list of Great People required for all techs?
  199. Drill and Bulbing
  200. progressing to endgame on noble...
  201. AI biased agressiveness towards human player
  202. What is base peace weight
  203. Which Mods
  204. Colonial expenses / partial liberation
  205. Artificial stupidity
  206. Quick question on rivers and oceans
  207. The Immortal Aztec – Walkthrough
  208. Super-Veterans
  209. Captain Obvious
  210. How does gifting works?
  211. You shared your technology discoveries with us!
  212. When to build first settler?
  213. Brownnosing
  214. Cyrus Horseman 2 - The Redemption (monarch)
  215. Tips on Playing the French? (BTS)
  216. Difficulty AI bonus table
  217. Poll: Leader for AP Gauntlet II
  218. How do I get a religion to spread to me?
  219. Advanced Start
  220. How to use National Park
  221. I'm a relatively new player to Civ...
  222. Surviving on Diety, my first attempt (An epic in making)
  223. Oracle Currency slingshot.
  224. What to do
  225. Lonely Hearts Club, BtS Edition, Chapter XXI : Qin Shi Huang
  226. How many floodplains do you like?
  227. Tech path
  228. Best Tech?
  229. Declared on by everyone. Why does it happen?
  230. dotmap this
  231. REX Queen Cathy: Because once is NOT enough!
  232. interface help
  233. Counter For Defensive Longbowmen with City Defense Ups
  234. Gifting upon first contact
  235. Oromo Warriors vs. Rifles
  236. diplomatic win help please
  237. Horse how do i get horses
  238. help
  239. copper and iron
  240. Financial/Organized
  241. New civs appearing in middle of the game?
  242. Rarity of copper
  243. When do I want to build a workshop?
  244. I got dow'ed by the AI at friendly and within a def.pact!?
  245. Settler first strategy
  246. Stonehenge
  247. Flood Plain Builds
  248. Castle & Walls - Obsolete - Do I still get defensive bonuses ?
  249. NC VIII - De Gaulle!
  250. Hub Map - Promotions Strategy Options