Recent content by Forkandles

If you take a culture ruin on turn 1 it doesnt actually help you. You'll only have 20-21 culture and the first policy choice is at 25. Pop on the other hand provides an immediate benefit, and will allow you to take another pop on the 4th ruin you encounter. The ideal scenario in my opinion...

Yeah I build 2 pathfinders in addition to the starting one. With a lot of good tiles to work and fast growth it can take about as a long as standard 2 x scout opening. You really want to take advantage of as many ruins as you can. Also at least one of these guys will upgrade to a composite bow...

I like playing Shoshone and usually take pop, culture, unit upgrade, pop, faith if possible, anything else is a bonus :) You should look up Tichs Shoshone guide if youre interested in a strong strategy for this civ I usually build 2 pathfinders then granaries etc. Maybe a third pathfinder a...

I rate and use ampitheatres for faster border expansion. Your expos quite often only produce 2 culture early on so an extra 1 culture from the amp is 50% faster border expansion 50%!

I think if you reset tiles then reallocate them all you can get round this issue.

Deity. But I think Steam says I have over 1000 hours on Civ 5 and likely a similar number on Civ 4.

Usual strategy is to bulb late like most people. I might however bulb into scientific theory (if it means Ill get my schools up in a more convenient window than if I waited to tech it manually), I might bulb into plastics (same reason) and I also may use one scientist on the fertiliser line (if...

Shakas the scariest guy to start next to for me. All you can do to survive is pay him to war elsewhere or settle really really defensively. Attila a close second because at least his hard counter (Pikemen) comes with Civil Service. Shakas hard counter (the atomic bomb) comes kinda late

Congrats on your win! I hate settling only 3 cities. I always think Ill take another by conquest but never get round to it as I pursue yet another SV

If it looks like Ill be getting religions with faith buildings from nearby AIs, I quite like opening piety after Tradition and then taking the +1 faith from shrines and temples. Works well if you get the oracle as you can start building the shrines and temples at double speed in a time period...

Maximising your city growth is the key to strong game in my opinion. Getting better at this has improved my game a lot. Heres a rough guide to how I do it. Bear in mind that: I usually win a SV between turn 240 and 260. My capital will be somewhere between size 26 and 30. My three expansions...

I was responding to Chums post not the op. Check where I quoted Chum if this doesnt make sense.

2 food, 3 science and 3 gold I think. Dont forget the science is base, so will be multiplied by your bonuses. The idea isnt to support your specialists with these tiles, but to work them And some other 4 food+ tiles (mm unimproved bananas) For a SV Id work a jungle trading post over any...

Tichs Shoshone guide and Tommynts Poland Trad/Lib write up were my favorites for a long time. Playing a few more different civs these days. Just had a turn 242 SV with Ethiopia - Tithe was fantastic in the end about 60gpt Nearly always play 4 city tradition with a bit of either liberty, piety...

I dont understand why this discussion is about one or the other. RAs or rushing buildings. I certainly find it possible to rush a uni or two, then sign some RAs in the period after that and before Public Schools are available. I find that to be the optimal strategy. And if I can see at least 3...