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  1. A little cramped, but I want to place two cities here and could use some help.
  2. Role Play Challenge: LawlEss Hammurabi and the Battle of the Warlords II
  3. so i just got the game and
  4. anyone else think the phalanx is a pretty lame unit?
  5. HELP ME! (Monarch + Continents is impossible! (for me))
  6. Lonely Hearts Club, BtS Edition, Chapter XXXI : Bismark
  7. Help a brotha out
  8. Does Arboria map severely hinder AI?
  9. What should I do?
  10. If I'm going to play as Montezuma, I might as well play as Montezuma...
  11. One dimensional me
  12. Detailed Emperor Difficulty Game, Ancient to Classical - Need Guidance [image heavy]
  13. Hurrying Projects
  14. Attacko's Guide to Stealth WarFare
  15. Map Size and Strategy
  16. Permenant Alliances
  17. question about GL
  18. Two Quick Questions
  19. Who would be your prefered leader for an "always war" game?
  20. research physics before scientific methods
  21. City Build Screen - Queue Question
  22. Bad Economy & Specializing Cities post Rush
  23. Lucky Dip Challenge
  24. Maintainance cost / economy question
  25. Observations on Huge/Marathon
  26. War Weariness Questions
  27. What to do when you have no resources?
  28. Quechua Rush
  29. Inflation...AAUGH...Help
  30. Imports/Exports
  31. "Thou Shalt Not Work Unimproved Tiles"
  32. A temple giving 12 culture per turn??
  33. Whip
  34. Numidian Cavalry? How good is it really?
  35. First Journey Into Monarch
  36. cottage question
  37. ICS civ 4 style?
  38. Immortal Cookbook II: Pericles of Greece
  39. Coping with an early AI DoW
  40. So Julius Declares war on me again, what should I do next.
  41. I just regenerated 5 awesome starts
  42. early rush: hmmmmm......
  43. Strategic Resources - Hammer Benefit for the Empire?
  44. Early guerilla warfare
  45. Help! I can't bring myself to chopping forests to build city improvements!
  46. Queue swapping!
  47. Romans, not much Commerce, Tech order
  48. Tear it up
  49. Attacko's Guide to Fortifications
  50. Some advice on cultural victory
  51. Do you guys use tactics?
  52. Deity Challenge - Mao in WW2
  53. Cultural boundaries question
  54. More resources = stronger AI?
  55. Immortal CS slingshot with oracle
  56. NC XV: Roosevelt of America
  57. Can someone outline (in detail) how commerce is generated?
  58. Occupation army: how much?
  59. Mechanics of Units on Strike
  60. A question about war weariness
  61. AI Forts and resource questions
  62. Who is the strongest leader for a cultural victory?!?
  63. Incredible Deity Start
  64. Personal Balancing
  65. Failed with SE
  66. Need advice on my first Noble game.
  67. Pointers wanted for Mid Game
  68. A few question on siege weapons
  69. Religious Diplomacy
  70. Barbarian farming for XP
  71. tech problem....
  72. Role Play Challenge: Qin the Cowardly: Pre-game Thread
  73. Help with deity level needed
  74. Role Play Challenge: Qin Shi Huang the Coward
  75. PBEM - Double Team game strategy discussion
  76. Triremes and Ironclads Theory
  77. Why won't Julius trade with me???
  78. Early game builds?
  79. How come the city is constantly rioting?
  80. Unorthodox war of desperation.
  81. WFYABTA from a friendly AI?
  82. WFYABTA from a friendly AI?
  83. Noobish question about worker improvements
  84. Pacifism - how much are you paying per GPP?
  85. Lonely Hearts Club, BtS Edition, Chapter XXXII : Lincoln
  86. Weird thing
  87. Tech-race at Nobel-level: pro-help needed
  88. need suggestion on where to go next
  89. Some misc questions (Noble player)
  90. Two Quick SE Questions on my first Prince game
  91. Climb the Ladder II: Joao II - Noble
  92. Climb the Ladder 2: Prince - Zara Yaqob
  93. OCC, Shaka next door-What did I do RIGHT?
  94. Organizing military into Divisions
  95. Fastest space win
  96. Always one better than me!?
  97. Problem declaring war...
  98. I need help (in more ways than one)
  99. I am going to play the Romans. (Monarch)
  100. Gliese's Deity Game #2, Zara Yaqob
  101. Fractal Maps/Maps in general
  102. Renegotiating trades
  103. Later game civic choices for domination/conquest victory
  104. Need Advice, Please: War Ally or Techs?
  105. civ 3 vs. civ 4 city building
  106. Always Lose Early?
  107. Liberalism: Which free tech?
  108. Forts as SoD deathtrap?
  109. re: land bug
  110. Sticks N Stones will break your bones
  111. Quick advice on a city placement
  112. Mid-game production
  113. Attacko's Guide to Air Power
  114. Why is Coastal so highly valued?
  115. Cottages or Settlers: Early Game Openings
  116. Leveraging Vassalage - Tokugawa and Pacifism V
  117. PYL VI: Who to use?
  118. Role Play Challenge: The Crusades!
  119. Observations on my first Monarch game
  120. The ultimate challenge deity part III, Bismarck
  121. What causes negative health in cities from bonuses and power
  122. The Oracle
  123. PYL VI: Same Start Showdown!
  124. What's bets : peace/cease-fire or continuous war
  125. What's the point of global civics?
  126. Economy and Civ
  127. question about monarch level in warlords
  128. The Attacko Challenge: Two Games for Free
  129. A devided continent
  130. The 3 "Great" Wonders
  131. which civ & leader has the best economy
  132. Climb the Ladder III: Suryavarman - Prince
  133. Nationhood vs Slavery ?
  134. Question re: keeping an army up to date & support costs
  135. W/ Financial and W/o Financial?
  136. Expansion/Rex on Emperor
  137. How can I win this game?
  138. AP trouble
  139. City placement-what is the lesser evil? :)
  140. strategy advice wanted
  141. Post Rush Help
  142. Some noob questions after reading Sulla's guide
  143. Tundra archers worshiping Attacko
  144. Flip's "Help a Noob (i.e. Flip!)" playalong
  145. Achieving a Cho-Ko-Nu rush
  146. Amphibious Elephants :confused:
  147. Play the Map Series
  148. Help with starting position
  149. Emperor Cookbook II: Mehmed II
  150. Help Winning My First Game On Noble
  151. general opening strategy: noobish question
  152. Upgrading Pikes and Maces
  153. Cultural Victory strategies; Possible? Likely?
  154. do attrition strats work...
  155. Play the Map I: Big & Small, Snaky Continents & Low Sea Level
  156. where to go from here
  157. City placement advice
  158. Getting clobbered on Prince level
  159. Shaka, Ragnar and me are buds.
  160. Trade Routes Question
  161. A few more noob questions
  162. DMOC's DEITY Game #1 - Gandhi
  163. Diplomacy advice needed
  164. "We are afraid of your enemies"
  165. Lonely Hearts Club, BtS Edition, Chapter XXXIII : Louis XIV
  166. Best Earth 18 Start for SE?
  167. Noob question on early city expansion
  168. Willem van Oranje?
  169. Dirk's deity game
  170. AP Question
  171. Cookbook University games discussion thread
  172. Workers in the mid/late game?
  173. start: how to get an extra turn with tech?
  174. How would you play this start?
  175. Poll for Mad's Next RPC!
  176. Noble's Club XVI - Shaka
  177. Poll - What Difficulty Level Do you play?
  178. "City X can hurry Granary..."
  179. Vassals and techs, should you share?
  180. Turtle Style Civilizations
  181. Climb the Ladder IV: Wang Kon - Monarch
  182. New to Civ -Query re Trade Icon
  183. Role Play Challenge: The Perfect Germans!
  184. Some questions about early city placement
  185. In these uncertain times, help me plan my future...
  186. Plea for more detailed walkthroughs and video!
  187. Another "Help a n00b with his first prince game topic"
  188. Achieving a xbowmen rush with Sitting bull
  189. Thoughts on a new series??
  190. Tips for beginners re cities?
  191. Protective Walls Exploit
  192. Environmentalistic Civilization Strategies
  193. Another Terrible Tundra Start
  194. Economic Importance of Open Borders
  195. War Civ
  196. Question about Axe Rush
  197. Attacko's -Statues, Facism, Industry.
  198. Are culture victories always nerve-wracking?
  199. First Immortal win was eye opening (Ramsses is too good)
  200. Immortal Cookbook rules poll
  201. Barb galleys carring land units
  202. How critical is Pyramids to SE on Emperor+? (BtS)
  203. Does Inland Isabella with Lots of Fur = Early Religion?
  204. Conquest Expansion
  205. What Is So Popular About The Axeman Rush?
  206. One City Challenge/No C y Razing
  207. Question about Early-Mid Game - Science Rate and Avg Number of Cities
  208. Deity cookbook I: Gilgamesh from Sumeria
  209. Take your shots at me! Advise me.
  210. what would you do?
  211. Looking for a no-brainer, Veg-out game?
  212. Paradigm Shift Dug-out
  213. Paradigm Shift dug-out - the one with the poll
  214. Conquest-Oriented Diplomacy
  215. Gliese's Deity Game #3, Isabella.
  216. Civics during war
  217. Question that has always irked me
  218. Chances for AI's to pop a "good" hut?
  219. Creative Trait and Cultural Victory
  220. Strategical Chopping of Trees
  221. Making the move...from marathon to epic
  222. OCC research question
  223. Flanking(the new ability for mounted units to kill siege weapons) how does it work?
  224. Paradigm Productions Presents: PR Girl Cathy
  225. Knights
  226. I hate fishing & hunting as starting techs
  227. Priests in Specialist Economy?
  228. Drill IV or Combat IV? You decide! Includes graphs
  229. Religious Victory Question
  230. Question - Wonders - Obsolete?
  231. Losing buildings when capuring a city
  232. Immortal Settings
  233. Regrowth rate of forests
  234. noobish question
  235. Research path
  236. The Vassalage Metastrategy
  237. Best Troytheface Quotes
  238. Brennus, Monty, and Whipping
  239. Great Generals?
  240. just another newbie
  241. BPT graph
  242. Era Advancement (from Techs)
  243. Best way to become diplomatic
  244. Game help needed! Holy Roman Empire and friends.
  245. Any advice here?
  246. Can't build railroads
  247. Spy GP Farm
  248. fun way to practice crashing/restoring an economy
  249. Problem with workers staying in city
  250. Researching Prerequisites.