Recent content by darrenl

Recently I was playing a Civ IV Beyond the Sword game, and near the end, saw that almost all of my cities had significant unhappiness. When I examined further, the explanation was that "The world considers you a villain" (or some such similar text). I had recently selected "Defy Resolution"...

Hello, I read your article here (http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/strategy/culture_mechanics.php) and have a question. Does the culture bomb loophole still exist in the current latest version of Beyond the Sword? (Upping the culture slider and artist citizens before using a Great Artist to...

Okay. I've read the relevant parts of this article (twice, actually), and have but one question remaining. The article refers to a potentially abusive strategy involving the "culture bomb" associated with using a Great Artist. It also references that, at the time of its publication, Beyond...

Thank you for the energetic, musical welcome, and for the article link. I'll have a read.

How is the percentile calculated for cultural control of a tile? Example: The red city is near the blue city. The red city has culture of XX and currently has 21 tiles. The blue city has culture of YY and currently has 20 tiles because one of them belongs to red. Hovering over the disputed...