Recent content by blessern

Definitely temple first Emperor level gives 2 content people, temple doubles that. A must. Granaries just makes cities grow too fast. Barracks I may build in one or two cities to provide units for the rest.

I've been playing civ 1 for almost 20 years now, and now I find out about the effect of Love the Pres. day. A big thanks to this forum. Looking forwards to develop my Super City with Shakespeares T. and Luxuries

Great thread by the way :)

Philosophy also means Medicine (Sheakespeare) (witch you also need for the CfCancer) an Theory of Gravity (I.Ns College) and Democracy ass well as Religion. Electricity on the other hand means the end of the Colossus, so I tend to discover that as late as possible. Sometimes I wait too long...

Isn't i so that that each of the plants (nuke, hydro, power) excludes each other? And when you biuld the Hoover dam you make a hydro plant in every city on the continent, even those where it has no effect beacause there's no mountain/river? so before you biuld the HD i could be a good idea to...

Thanks for a great program. I haven't used it since version two, and now no file is available, any chance of getting a key to version 2, since i've got a new computer? Have sent request. Pretty please? If not, do you have an idea as to when v.6 is out?

One might wonder why this thread isn't named "The most appreciated unit":) And if that was the case my vote definitely goes to the diplomat. It gets around, it conquers cities, it steals and trades knowlegde, it blocks resource squares and otherwise sabotages (city walls etc.), it doesn't upset...

What do i need to play and how do i get it? buying civnet; is there a online store? etc. I'm never on msn and stuff, but you can reach me @ blessern@hotmail.com I'm interested.

Just how can i make this happen to one of my games?

Wouldn't pressing the "happy" - box in the city screen tell you how many happy there would be with no wonders/improvements?

I go straight for discovering/applying The Republic. This gives: Lots of trade (science) early on. Little or warfaring until the Woman Suffrage is in place, just some strategic defending. I usually "sacrifice" the development of a city to build 3-4 defensive units to place around, the city...

I have experienced on several occations that a foreign civ hav used diplomats on me to steal technology. Also once I had an armada of foreign diplomats entering one of my cities, maybe 10-12 over as many turns, without making any apparent acion. blessern