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  1. Mod Test III: Double the Trouble
  2. Colonies in BtS, how effective are they?
  3. First Shot at Monarch
  4. A Losing Game
  5. Another poor isolated start
  6. Recovering from REXing (play this game!)
  7. A game between the best civfanatics?
  8. motherland unhappiness?
  9. Quite proud of myself...
  10. Can you win this game? (one of the worst starts I have ever seen)
  11. Game with Pericles(Greece)!
  12. Playing a war game
  13. Role Play Challenge: Napolean, The Arrogant French
  14. Starting out, Mad Scientist's RPC's & Frustration
  15. BTS Early City Placement/Managment Questions
  16. Forests in a OCC - Chop or keep?
  17. Early Game Tech Lead
  18. Peace negotiations
  19. Anal about overlap?
  20. Windfall game: whoa - did I get lucky or what?
  21. City Garrison Promotions with Cities in Revolt
  22. Farms and (almost) no cottages
  23. Religion and diplomacy
  24. Tectonics: leaving plains expanses to the AI?
  25. Peaks in BFC
  26. 100% Peace games?
  27. quick questions (obsolate, hammer bonus to temples)
  28. Immortal University X - Alexander the Great
  29. Bloody, bloody Japs and thier allies
  30. Some Deity General Questions
  31. Lincoln, Slaver -- An RPC
  32. Don't understand
  33. Nobles Club X - Zara Yaqob!
  34. Emancipation???
  35. Hammers from Religious Buildings w/Apostolic Palace - When? (Updated w/ SS)
  36. Leveraging Vassalage - Tokugawa and Pacifism
  37. When do you use Great People for Golden Ages?
  38. Desert with fresh water but no flood plains? WTF?
  39. Help! How can I get access to oil in this situation?
  40. sense of "heathen religion"
  41. Utilising a tech lead
  42. Renaissance SoD busting?
  43. Resource Prediction
  44. Won my first 'Warlord' game, but only just
  45. Defensive UU's
  46. Diplomacy with Mao
  47. Don't you hate that phase when ...
  48. How does one Rex / Specialist economy
  49. What's up with those watermills?
  50. Where to settle? And plans for them on.
  51. First Noble Victory
  52. Nobel to Prince
  53. Just played my first online game with a friend...
  54. Complehensive Leader Guide Bullpen
  55. king freddy's not sure what to do next
  56. Question about Bulbing Liberalism
  57. WFYABTA @ Friendly?
  58. AP Gauntlet III - Shaka
  59. What do you DO with plains?
  60. best way to rush AIs
  61. chopping - to which city
  62. for new players
  63. interception?
  64. Lonely Hearts Club, BtS Edition, Chapter XXIV : Napoleon
  65. Continental Rally Point!?!? in Civ3, not in Civ4?
  66. Golden Age effects/timing?
  67. Can't play near the sea :(
  68. How do i stop my ICBMs from getting blown up?
  69. Blue Rings...are they any good?
  70. How am I doing?
  71. Technology Progress
  72. do you need roads connecting resorces to city to get benefit
  73. Simple question about Promotions accumulation
  74. How do Catapults work?
  75. Playing larger maps
  76. Ultra early privateers?
  77. AIs, Bulbing, and the Liberalism race
  78. Sisiutil & Lord Parkin (Multiplayer Team Game)
  79. The best Warmongering Leader is...
  80. Warlord another win but crappy score...
  81. Comprehensive Leader Guide: Julius Caesar
  82. Roleplaying Challenge: Dubya
  83. Earth explosion
  84. Food-a-plenty!
  85. Other-guy's-culture bridging?
  86. Whipping your military
  87. Role Play Challenge: GREED!!!!!
  88. Finally beating Emperor
  89. What is the best way to set options?
  90. Please justify spamming workers
  91. Post-Liberalism: Should I war or tech?
  92. should i get warlord expanion pack
  93. J. Caesar: IW->Currency?
  94. Advanced Start Strategies
  95. The Stupidest Place to Settle
  96. Popping a metal from a hill
  97. ALC Game #24 Pre-Game Show: Playing as Babylon/Hammurabi
  98. AI DOW decision mechanics?
  99. Just a quick settler question
  100. Advantage In Adopting Civics??
  101. Can somone point me towards a good Diplomacy thread?
  102. A little help w/ starting position?
  103. City Specialization
  104. Celtic UB
  105. Appeasing the Stupid Aggressors
  106. Somebody please justify flanking for me!
  107. Help me overcome my working-tiles addiction
  108. Siege training camp
  109. Revisiting the Combat Promotion
  110. Great Engineer Farm
  111. promotions for medic unit
  112. Intelligent Wonder-building
  113. Brand new to the Civ series...
  114. Drill vs. Barrage for siege
  115. Cultural Victory tips
  116. Cooperation addiction
  117. map types
  118. Isolated Sitting Bull start
  119. Colonial Challenge! Elizabeth
  120. Liberated city
  121. Is the SE intended?
  122. Spec me an easy prince game
  123. ALC Game #24: Hammurabi/Babylon
  124. tips on religion if you are the odd man out?
  125. EVP II: The Creative Chinese
  126. Greatest victory ever--3 questions in 1
  127. Fun Challenge
  128. Best Way to Promote Siege
  129. What does/doesn't get wrecked when a city is conquered?
  130. Need help with city specialization
  131. CE vs. SE in Multiplayer
  132. Am I All Done For Or...?
  133. Is a GP Farm necessary?
  134. permanent alliances and colonies
  135. Some Love for the Great Prophet
  136. I'm stuck on Noble
  137. City placement help
  138. [RPC] The Great Automaton
  139. Race
  140. Question about temples, monasteries, and cathedrals.
  141. Leader top 5? - Looking to improve my game.
  142. Paper / Map trading exploit??
  143. Advice / Questions On Charlemagne Scenario
  144. Blood of a Warmonger
  145. need help
  146. My First Dotmap™
  147. Monarchist Wimps Anonymous 2 - Early Game Technique - Ragnars Isle
  148. How to achieve a religious victory?
  149. Wanna turn this obscene start into an AP win
  150. Planning rush but get no copper, what do I do?
  151. Deity Walkthrough - Native America
  152. No Religion at Midgame
  153. AI Neighbors: Who Lives and Who Dies?
  154. Timing off the REX
  155. Mysterious cities of gold
  156. Noble to Prince jump What can I do to improve?
  157. Floodplain Capital
  158. Universal suffrage is awesome?
  159. Religion selection before starting a war ?
  160. Can anyone explain why I cannot make swordsmen?
  161. Libraries as replacement monuments?
  162. That Wacky Planet Generator
  163. Immortal University XI - Washington
  164. Ramsesse II WE/SSE help
  165. How much do you write down?
  166. Culture preference after capture?
  167. Sick, Sick, Sick . . .
  168. Workboats, Food, and Hammers, the Eternal Saga
  169. How to Conquer?
  170. Let's talk about Corps
  171. How do you "reset" a game?
  172. Barbs in the Badlands.
  173. Without A Kiss I: Sitting Bull
  174. How do I utilize Elizabeth's traits?
  175. Beginning stratigies (Total Realism)?
  176. My Most Annoying Joao Ever
  177. Looking for advice on low production map (Warlords)
  178. King of the World #4: Mansa Musa
  179. City of no food resorces
  180. Building Upkeep?
  181. Chariot rushes
  182. Religious civics...are they really important?
  183. Question: Corp Support
  184. Straw Poll of Usual Game Settings
  185. Can't spread corps
  186. Everything I have needed to know in life, I learned from Civ 4 tech quotes
  187. On Musketeers
  188. A Call for A Comprehensive Strategy Guide
  189. Refuses to Talk
  190. Let's talk civics.
  191. Role Play Challenge: GREED!!! revisited
  192. Using a "Warlord"
  193. Early game-I don't really have a choice in the tech tree!
  194. Lonely Hearts Club, BtS Edition, Chapter XXV : Hatshepsut
  195. Workers
  196. What Is Your Preferred Stealth Ship?
  197. Great Start!
  198. For deity players, what % of randomly set games can you win?
  199. Just returned - Need tips
  200. Bug!
  201. Early Jungle Expansion?
  202. Rainforest... or Pigforest??
  203. 1st strikes
  204. Genv's Military Doctrine
  205. Is the combat system really tied to difficulty for the AI's benefit?
  206. How do you use you GP?
  207. Attackimg enemies on other lands
  208. How to post game reports!
  209. Overcrowding versus tesselation (a city placement query)
  210. City growth stagnation
  211. SciMeth and Monasteries
  212. Can I Vassalize a Vassal?
  213. The Net Value of Units
  214. To the point ?
  215. Role Play Challenge: GREED THREE!!!
  216. Power Rating
  217. City Placement Basic Tips
  218. Frederick
  219. OCC test games
  220. My First Dotmap: Tips/Suggestions Welcome
  221. War by proxy?
  222. Was this a good strategy?
  223. Story of Russia (and friends)
  224. Stuck in the brown zone
  225. Rushed, what do I do now?
  226. culture calculating program?
  227. Show Me How It's Done: Warrior Rush
  228. Post some map settings
  229. playing with the Dutch - need help against a superpower
  230. Escaping the trap of State Property
  231. My great war...
  232. cultural victory tips?
  233. Best Culture victory leader?
  234. The world thinks your a villan
  235. Trying to get better
  236. Creative or Financial?
  237. [HELP] How to compete in monarch level
  238. Is there any logic to an AI DoW?
  239. Official Traits Poll (Pick 2 Only)
  240. [HELP] War
  241. Using resources outside of the fat cross?
  242. Earth 18 civs scenario
  243. Sharing resources
  244. The Spread Culture Espionage Mission revealed
  245. Justinian, Guilds & Monarch
  246. UN Victory
  247. Breaking Bad Habits
  248. This is weird; anyone ever see this?
  249. How Revolting!
  250. Open Borders