Recent content by Chrispy

I am a big fan of that method with Kuriotates, especially with Runes. While working a high yield plot doesn't help, you can turn that lone population into a merchant with the Temple of Kilmorph, turning that 3 per settlement into 6 per settlement. With those numbers and low city maintenance...

I could see the Doviello getting a similar ability, although calling it "Tolerant" would make no sense for the Doviello. They could take over a city and perhaps keep all the buildings there (or have a higher % for keeping them), focusing on attacking the living instead of sacking the buildings...

Can't believe I didn't think about a Granary first to help whipping out the other buildings. Whipping out a navy might make sense as well, although I think the civ needs the beakers from a library more. In fact, I'd consider using Minoan as the GP farm long-term. You can still run some...

I love the idea for the Elohim. I mentioned a similar idea about the Kuriotates (having the option of building any race in the supercities), and I'm glad to hear it was originally intended for them. Too bad it cannot be implemented effectively with the Kurios, though. This certainly makes the...

With calendar now acquired, there is another happy coming from the incense, and with 2 incense a trade could bring in another resource for happiness. I like the idea of S.Paya that Polobo brought up, but I'm not sure it's worth it if you can't get gold to speed its production. Maybe for...

As others have stated, the UB is quite good. I don't remember if it was originally +1 health or just leaked wrong before BTS was released, but I recall being very happy when I saw it was +2 health. Yes, construction is a tech later than math, but for 20 hammers more than an aqueduct you get...

As Demus points out, many Calendar resources are readily available without Sanitation. Plus, the civs that start with Fire mana or by the Pyre of the Seraphic can use Blaze to get rid of those jungles earlier.

Yes, it took a while to get Civ concepts out of my head when I started (pre-BTS). It also takes some thought to get FFH concepts out of my head when I play BTS. My biggest one is playing BTS and thinking those Calendar resources or wine will come online quickly.

I didn't think about waiting until the barbs declare war on you. But the last time I played the Clan, I didn't want to have the barbs declare as I'd recruited a city built right next to the Lich. Free death mana and defense. Given the tech issues of barbarian, I usually use it once the barb...

Before Replaceable Parts, I understand the argument. But once you get Replaceable Parts and Electricity, I think the watermill wins out: Workshop is 2 extra hammers with Caste System, 1 without. Watermills are 2 extra gold and one extra food. Each extra food in State Property is half an...

I had not thought about the diplomacy angle with Falamar; I'm usually too busy leveraging Charasmatic to smash. Lanun are very flexible as you see above (Esus, Runes, and Message all make sense strategically, and Esus and Message both work in terms of storyline.) Regarding pirates, I also...

First, if you are considering a diplomatic victory, you need to get Buddhism to Caesar, Charlemagne, and Saladin. Since at least 2 are running Theocracy, that either involves gifting the unit or pushing them out of Theocracy via espionage or trade. If you want to go to space, the best thing to...

I forgot it was Gilgamesh who built the AP. If it's Sis vs. Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh has the advantage with Hatty (+14 to +11) and Hammurabi (+14 to +12) over Sis. If that's the case, then moving to Representation makes more sense and Bureaucracy and OR are the priority before the next election to...

I do think it's way too late for the cultural victory now even though you could get those cathedrals up and running quickly with copper. I think diplomatic makes the most sense. Right now, you have an diplomatic advantage over Hatshepsut with Gilgamesh and Shaka if I am reading the glance...

Wow, a lot to catch up on from the US holiday weekend. With a block like this, the Apostolic Palace could be a major factor soon. Fortunately, I'm guessing that Theology was first discovered by HC before his demise given the dates of the religions discovered. Plus, right now only Zara knows...