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  1. City Management
  2. brainstorming - article on national wonders (pairing)
  3. quick question on AIs declaring
  4. What would you do?
  5. Tell me how am I doing?
  6. Do i go back to war now?
  7. AI Elimination of other Empires?
  8. automated workers question
  9. Need help with some decisions
  10. What Civ Should I Choose for My 1st Monarch Game
  11. Where do I go from here?
  12. Kublai is an excellent warmongerer
  13. Help improve my game
  14. creating friction between none backstabbers
  15. Early Rushing
  16. Recovering from REX II - The Rush
  17. Settler first opening
  18. Need critique for Monarch
  19. Playing BTS on Cheiftan
  20. Quick question about the medic III unit
  21. Making civs not know each other in worldbuilder
  22. Help with Emperor
  23. NEVER Build Barracks!
  24. Emperor Washington
  25. First Turn
  26. First Turn
  27. adjusted score in HOF
  28. random_immortal
  29. Newbie guides.
  30. Need help with wars
  31. Request: The ideal-ish terrain setup for each type of city
  32. How to stay relevant past the early game? (Immortal)
  33. I think my enemies are about to pulverize me early game!
  34. First 10 techs?
  35. Education/Liberalism do you trade them?
  36. How to deal with other CIV without getting a war?
  37. Upgrading Units vs Rebuild
  38. The Late Game Slowdown
  39. Aggressive AI setting and Diplo
  40. Earth 18 civ strategy
  41. [MP]Islands naval warfare
  42. Ughhh Barb Uprising
  43. Is this a good Great People strategy?
  44. best indicator for success: gnp, mfg, crops
  45. what should i do next?
  46. Attacko and the Historians-How not to Die
  47. Tips on diplomatic win for a newbie?
  48. Newbie question
  49. What buildings for core cities?
  50. Re: Apostolic palace
  51. Random leader or choose?
  52. Binary Research
  53. Help with early game diplomacy
  54. Emperor Challenge - Justinian (Open Game)
  55. Under what circumstances is it worth going for an early religion?
  56. OCC strategies
  57. Combat Odds.
  58. How do bump the AI from pleased to friendly?
  59. Worst game ever (Noble)
  60. Need help managing my empire.
  61. Do you need holy city for Religious Victory
  62. What is the most "normal" map?
  63. Immortal+ challenge: Wolves amongst the Sheeps
  64. Is there reason to build anything besides cottages?
  65. Attacko and the Ghosts of Civ- Early Civ Strategies that still Work
  66. Mansa Musa (Spiritual, Financial) Civic Hopping - Diety
  67. Best National wonder combinations?
  68. The big NUKE
  69. Great Spy troubles.
  70. Getting to Monarchy with no luxeries
  71. Role Play Challenge, The Next Generation Pre-Game thread: Comrad Lenin!
  72. Bad Start?
  73. Jump to emperor, maintenance/upkeep stifling economy
  74. Moving the Palace
  75. Knowledge is power - use of the military advisor
  76. Open RPC Challenge: Morgan Kane - Last Man Standing
  77. Great Scientists... when you already have an Academy...
  78. Aircraft carriers and ai (computer)
  79. Largest map size anyone's ever WON on?
  80. changing victory conditions
  81. Promotion Tip
  82. Role Play Challenge, The Next Generation: Comrad Chairman.
  83. City placement help
  84. Yet another ''help the noob'' thread (yeah I need advice please)
  85. Banks/groceries
  86. The Worst Playable Game Situation
  87. Lonely Hearts Club, BtS Edition, Chapter LI: Victoria
  88. Stuck On Monarch/Archipelago
  89. Help me!
  90. isolated starts and great merchants
  91. Levee/Dike city location requirements
  92. I have nothing more to build and some other question.
  93. Help! For some reason I can't build temples
  94. The Unkillable Submarine
  95. Ecology/Environmentalist Question
  96. Back into Civ4
  97. what should I do against Mansa Musa
  98. Earth 18 - America/Founding Religions
  99. What is a good BPT rate in ____
  100. New game 1st in ages
  101. How you like my war preparation?
  102. Can you manage Great Person Points
  103. city capture and problems
  104. Attacko's 7 Facts of War
  105. Help Help Help! on Monarch level
  106. Culture from Corps/Artists
  107. city placement and terrain improvements
  108. Help with those spanish.
  109. A case where the best defense isn't a good offense?
  110. Map Regeneration Question
  111. Question about no tech trading option.
  112. Granting Independence to Captured Cities?
  113. National Park and Globe Theater combo
  114. I beat the game and is wondering what room for improving I need
  115. Resource Question
  116. Amazing City Site - Farms or Cottages?
  117. AI Leaders' Behavior
  118. Earliest Liberalism Date Ever
  119. Help Improve my Imperialistic Agenda
  120. I've Reached a Plateau - Any Pointers?
  121. Some advice about my game (Noble)
  122. Quick Inquiry
  123. What happens to tech points when I suddenly acquire said tech?
  124. unhapiness question
  125. Deity Mode
  126. Can someone direct me...
  127. Lost Infrastructure when capturing a City
  128. Conquering my enemies - whens a good time to stop?
  129. Late-game problems
  130. Question concerning barbarian galleys
  131. Unit Support Costs Question
  132. Different strategies for different Victory Conditions
  133. Finally made the jump to Prince, and...
  134. Resource denial: quick question
  135. City location help
  136. building world/national wonders
  137. City Population
  138. Noble Start - goddies everywhere but...
  139. Vertical Growth
  140. Monarch game start: how to even the odds
  141. RP Showcase: Shaka's Impi conquest
  142. When should a GP Farm really get going?
  143. Open Emperor Game
  144. I am going to win! Wait..uh oh
  145. Simple tips needed: improvements and specialists
  146. tech priority bulb great people person
  147. Role Play Challenge, The Next Generation: Comrade Lenin's New Deal
  148. De Gaulle (Industrious-Deity Series)
  149. Help, I don't know if there is a winning scenario here
  150. City Power
  151. WIB Immortal Challenge I
  152. Help with invasion
  153. Help Me Beat Deity
  154. Stack Attack
  155. BTS - It hates statistics & me.
  156. When does AI ask for war help?
  157. strategy & cultural/diplo victory
  158. Info Sceen
  159. One last call for help
  160. Vassal voting
  161. A Question About Team Projects
  162. why is this so hard at normal level?
  163. Please help!
  164. Barb Anti-Spawning doesn't work for cities!!!
  165. Questions about drafting
  166. Barbarian galleys
  167. Inflation
  168. Earth 18 map, Advantage Greeks or Romans?
  169. A quick Inquiry on Marathon.
  170. What's wrong with Vassals?
  171. A summary of my highest scoring and most enjoyable BTS game yet
  172. Ge 675 bc
  173. How to maximize the Oracle?
  174. Threatening my neighbors
  175. I need help refining my gaming style.
  176. Is early domination victory best victory to get most points?
  177. My strategy... what do you think?
  178. Wonder Buiding Vs. War Mongering
  179. Capitualtion rules
  180. My 1st Noble Win??Help...
  181. Early Game Deity training - Semi Isolated Jungle
  182. Discovering goodies on a mine.
  183. financial or organized
  184. Lonely Hearts Club, BtS Edition, Chapter LII: Stalin
  185. Where would you settle, given this start?
  186. Sitting Bull Archery Domination
  187. Winning on emperor - but need polishing
  188. Has anyone the numbers behind siege&collateral damage?
  189. How often do you find yourself in unwinnable situations
  190. NC XXXI: Charlemagne
  191. The Prince is about to become the Monarch
  192. Advice on Deity Cyrus game
  193. What century do you know you've won?
  194. RFC - Simplified Opening Platform
  195. questions, mainly on city specialization
  196. Corporations...HELP!
  197. Spies Stealing Gold
  198. Diplomatically staying Peaceful
  199. Religion
  200. Icon Driven Play- Attacko's Guide to Screen Manipulation
  201. The Choke
  202. City specialization, plains
  203. Not so noob question
  204. Effective use of air units
  205. Is monarch considerd "hard"?
  206. The Creative Trait
  207. When to use scientists to build academies?
  208. City Specialization/Placement Specialists, and You.
  209. New Strats and Practicing Starts
  210. Major early war...when to quit?
  211. Improve tiles with one worker or stacks?
  212. The GREATEST Wall
  213. Explain Flanking
  214. Is there a way to simply disable the Apostolic Palace?
  215. Settling too close to an AI
  216. Your land, leader traits, and VC
  217. RPC-TNG: Pre-Game thread, Nikola Tesla: Mad Scientist or Supergenius
  218. City Overlap ---- when and why?
  219. Help with international diplomacy.
  220. How am I doing here?
  221. Spread of Religion
  222. Opening strategy for Huge/Emperor/CustomContinents/RagingBarbs
  223. +2 hammers for religious buildings
  224. A dotmapping example with overlap
  225. Leaders you have yet to try out
  226. Need Analysis and Opinions (Darius I of the Persians - Noble)
  227. Another help me beat deity thread
  228. Does anyone else use this war tactic? Is it an exploit?
  229. Question about WFYABTA
  230. Role Play Challenge, TNG: Nikola Tesla, Mad Scientist or Supergenius: You Decide
  231. First 10 things you build
  232. How early can the AI declare war?
  233. Another request for advice
  234. Could I have rushed this?
  235. how to stop early apost palace diplo victory?
  236. Current game suggestions and tips
  237. What is more powerful, Knowledge or land?
  238. Need ideas for this location.
  239. My obsession with Horse Archers
  240. GPP, overrated or underrated?
  241. Diplomacy Intricacies Involving AI
  242. Postwar economy...how to bring it to balance
  243. Monarch - Can I tech faster?
  244. PVI Louix XIV
  245. neede some tips specifically for combat
  246. First shot at deity - advice welcome
  247. Ultra Ultra Ultra Ultra Extreme Deity Challenge
  248. NC XXXII: Louis XIV
  249. Immortal Space Race Problems
  250. early game: any guideline to the number of workers?