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  1. Protective Archer Rush on High Levels
  2. Question on GP Farms
  3. Outplaying the AI
  4. Spy
  5. In theory... (team wamongering)
  6. Tips for moving up from Prince to Monarch
  7. Immortal University XIII - Zara Yaqob
  8. How to proceed? (HRE, isolated, Emperor)
  9. Where to place settle, and who to try an Axe rush on?
  10. Tips for a long war.
  11. emphasising stuff in cities
  12. classify me please
  13. How to dissuade the AI from attacking you
  14. What's the advantage of funding a religion?
  15. What happens to excess breakers?
  16. border cities
  17. Courthouses
  18. Carriers, worth it?
  19. Holy Justinian
  20. Very newbie question
  21. ALC Game #25 Pre-Game Show: Playing as the Celts/Boudica
  22. Marketplace
  23. Very newbie question
  24. Couple questions from a beginner
  25. How are these two rivers connected?
  26. Can I choose which city receives the chopped production?
  27. broken combat....
  28. need advice for first few turns
  29. Divine Intervention III: RagnarReign of Terror
  30. Rifles/Trebs vs Maces/Cannons
  31. What am I doing wrong??
  32. Role Play Challenge: The Barbaric Mayans
  33. Is there anyway to save this game?
  34. How much does a building cost to maintain?
  35. Playing aggresively for the first time.
  36. Lonely Hearts Club, BtS Edition, Chapter XXVIII: Brennus
  37. Airports?
  38. What percentage of deity starts is winnable?
  39. Early Expansion
  40. Noble's Club XII-Elizabeth Revisited!
  41. What should I do?????
  42. ALC Game #25: Celts/Boudica
  43. Civ leaders who are easy to crush in single player.
  44. Ups, i axe rushed everything
  45. OCP should I give it a try?
  46. Calling all CIV experts and SE strategists
  47. What to do with this starting position?
  48. Agg AI and the DOW decision
  49. Which is the best Musketman UU?!?
  50. How do they know?
  51. The Native American Civilization has been destroyed!!!
  52. Fit for a Prince
  53. The Axemen Rush
  54. Warlord Aid
  55. Specialist Economies
  56. Worker farm strategy
  57. Tactical Nukes: A gift from your friend and master
  58. Low Score?? What am i doing wrong?
  59. resource noob q :-)
  60. Cities and Buildings
  61. Great General Strategy/West Point
  62. The second GS dilemma
  63. Does war weariness hinder production?
  64. How to take and keep enemy cities in modern era?
  65. Square scheme expansion or rectangular
  66. New to Emperor and Warmongering, Saved Game Advice?
  67. Experience Points Per Level for Units?
  68. Help with Domination on Monarch
  69. Over 100% city defense?
  70. My first noble victory vanishes.
  71. Espionage Points and Demographic info
  72. Philosophical: Long-term prospects
  73. Tiles to develop / work on?
  74. Spies: Strategies, Espionage Points, Defense, Offense, Usage???
  75. River, Coast, Resource
  76. Surely I must be joking...
  77. GP induced Golden age
  78. PYL V: Builder Blast (IND leaders!)
  79. Initial border expansion
  80. a couple of newb questions about game management
  81. Easiest Monarch Warlords start ever!
  82. Finally fixed my PC, need some quick catch-up info
  83. Need some help (+cultural victory +first time playing)
  84. How can I improve my play?
  85. Noble Warmonger/Expansionist Tutorial - Prelude
  86. Pregame thread for hte next three RPCs
  87. First Emperor, is it salvagable?
  88. HBR as an early tech on Emp/Immortal
  89. How does the AI pump so many units??
  90. ramzes strategy idea.
  91. Role Play Challenge:Ramesses the Intolerant: Battle of the Builders
  92. Two questions
  93. STACK o' DOOM
  94. real time question
  95. King of the World 6: ????
  96. can't find the Native Americans
  97. Automating cities - how many of you have actually tried it?
  98. Balancing Science and Military
  99. Alternate PYL series - Interest?
  100. Does Raging Barbarians actually benefit the human player?
  101. A few questions from a newbie...
  102. Anyone ever hit large veins of ore?
  103. Need a list of acronyms
  104. King of the World #6: Huayna Capac
  105. Going to War? Others Attack me as well
  106. Tech help?
  107. Loans
  108. Free stuff from friendly or pleased civs.
  109. mcneebs' first serious game
  110. Lonely Hearts Club, BtS Edition, Chapter XXIX : Isabella
  111. Can you remember the Civ IV tech tree by heart?
  112. Expansive trait and Granaries
  113. Trait comparisons
  114. My Questions...
  115. A few (noob) questions
  116. A Noble Domination
  117. Upgrading Praets
  118. Civ IV Abbreviations
  119. Preparing for War
  120. Leveraging Vassalage - Tokugawa and Pacifism III (Fractal, Emperor, Normal)
  121. countering inflation and problem of growing too fast
  122. Counters List?
  123. Where should I put Oxford in a CE?
  124. what to work, mine with extra commerce, or mine with chance to pop resource?
  125. City Build Quieu Method
  126. terra maps=higher difficulty
  127. Advice on Nukes..
  128. Emperor Builder Forum
  129. Started a serious game, dotmap needed
  130. Guide to hammer decay?
  131. Best cheater contest
  132. Immortal University XIV
  133. Courthouses and the organized trait
  134. At war for the first time
  135. The opposite of Wonder Addiction
  136. a couple of noob questions...
  137. Kublai Khan RPC: "Restoring the empire"
  138. Domination vs. Conquest
  139. Farm/Cottage/Mine vs Workshop/Mill
  140. Best use of city?
  141. Suffrage: How do I use gold to finish production?
  142. Hammer/coin/spec. emphasis
  143. Mad Scientists Latest RPC survey, the next group!
  144. are banks pointless
  145. [BtS] Lessons Learned, Questions to ask.
  146. AIs with defensive pacts
  147. Immortal Cheater Game Help Request (spoiler alert!)
  148. Firaxis hates Muslims
  149. Defensive tactics
  150. Why I Think Monty and The Aztes are actually quite good.
  151. Noble's Club XIII - Alexander of Greece
  152. Climb The Ladder I: Alexander - Settler
  153. Best Unique Buildings?
  154. Role Play Challenge: Suleiman the Magnificent and the Battle of the Philosphers
  155. [BtS] Can someone point me in the right direction?
  156. How do forest preserve work?
  157. Gold / Gems/ Silver Start Poll
  158. General Strategies
  159. Amazing Game With De Gaulle
  160. Playing Germany
  161. Religions Cities
  162. Building Roads
  163. Monarch or Bust III: Mehmed of the Ottomans
  164. Interesting Game w/Greece - Advice Needed
  165. First noble game (looking for help)
  166. First Game on Noble (aka help a noob)
  167. Best way to explore map at start?
  168. Climb The Ladder I: Alexander - Noble
  169. Trade Routes
  170. Moving from Vanilla to BtS
  171. Need help warring
  172. Help with Prince Difficulty (Don't Laugh!)
  173. How to load games from site
  174. Workers Per city
  175. Sack and PILLAGE!!!
  176. Gliese's Deity game
  177. Where did I go wrong?
  178. Having problems, please help
  179. OCC BtS Strategies
  180. Great People
  181. Great Merchant, how far is far?
  182. BTS help at warlord diff.
  183. Where To Build Cities?
  184. Monster Game, Need Pointers
  185. Especially random marathon prince game
  186. Noble Carthage (Help this newb out)
  187. Paradigm Shift Reboot! Queen of Culture 2
  188. qestion about gun powder units
  189. Lonely Hearts Club, BtS Edition, Chapter XXX : Pacal
  190. How much beakers are YOU losing to integerrounding?
  191. wonder build dates reference thread
  192. Jimi's Challenge Series 1: Shaka
  193. Help with first Monarch Game
  194. Balancing expansion and GPP
  195. Where to resettle?
  196. Monarch & The Bull
  197. Failure to be peaceful
  198. Ranking the Greats (Rating of Great People from 1 to 10)
  199. Victory Conditions
  200. CivIV Monarch level - computer opponents with instant forces, roads, cities..
  201. Where do I go wrong, or am I just terrible?
  202. Best way to learn Civ4 quickly?
  203. Be careful bringing civilization
  204. Considerations for Playing HUGE Maps
  205. Why Can't I build Wallstreet????
  206. Specializing Cities
  207. Immortal++ University XV - Churchill in a Hostile Continent
  208. What could I have done differently?
  209. My first immortal game
  210. Emperor Cookbook I: Ghandi
  211. Alone on my island, advice needed
  212. Critique my strategy! (please)
  213. What would you do with a start like this?
  214. Dot Mapping - first attempt/thoughts
  215. Going Native: Or Learning to do better.
  216. When to trade?
  217. Help me with strategy please.
  218. What are the AI weaknesses?
  219. The Pursuit of Happiness
  220. Team Game by Newbie for Newbies - Mansa Musa
  221. Sticky situation.
  222. Quick Questions: State Property, Scientific Method
  223. Watermill too confusing!
  224. Having trouble managing my cities
  225. Reference Guide
  226. Rules on Continents, Owned on Pangaea
  227. Invasion strategies
  228. NC XIV: Saladin of Arabia
  229. OCC and Vassals
  230. Leveraging Vassalage - Tokugawa and Pacifism IV
  231. Basic question about the tile manager
  232. Role Play Challenge: Lawless Hammarabi and the Battle of the Warlords!
  233. King of the World #7: ????
  234. Which civ is the easiest to deal with?
  235. Need help with some basic strategy
  236. How to kill elephants in stacks
  237. Does the AI make enough siege units or not?
  238. Favourite national wonder set-ups
  239. I don't want to screw up this start
  240. King of the World #7: Saladin
  241. State of War as a tool against tech-whores
  242. GPP(Great people problem)
  243. Which wonders are worth it?
  244. Cities on river not sharing resources?
  245. AI's and going to war
  246. Generating a Great Prophet
  247. What did I do wrong?
  248. What to do with forests?
  249. Relations between other AI civs
  250. Should you attack a civ with twice as much units as you?