Recent content by Willowmound

I see the same as you. Nothing.

Here's a fix for that!

Luckily, the graphical representation is all wood. Fixing the text should be easy.

I certainly hope so!

No, I don't have any plans for making an ActualQuotes for V. Even though the spoken and written dialogue rarely match, the fact that they do speak makes a big difference. The text just seems less important and any elaborate quotes would stand out instead of slotting smoothly into the flow of...

I see that is indeed what they call those stone age axe heads that have no handle. I have learned something new today. I guess the name comes from the fact that the bit that cuts -- the axe head -- is held directly in the hand. Which means this is a hand axe: ...and this isn't:

Which we'd ordinarily call a "throwing axe", wouldn't we? EDIT: Cross post!

Whatever it is, it is a ridiculous name. "Hand-axe", as opposed to what? Foot-axes? Free-standing machine axes? What axe isn't a hand axe?

If it were an alien civ, it would have to be made to appear (or have a chance of appearing) in the late game, around the time the X-Com unit becomes available. Then it could actually be fun. Civs uniting to fight off an alien invasion. But nobody wants an alien civ starting out in 4000 BC.

Well, that's a shame.

I have waited patiently for someone to make this mod ever since Denmark was released but it's beginning to look like I will have to do it myself. I would really like to change Denmark's unique embarked graphic post-Industrial. The Danes retain the Longship embarked graphic all through the...

U-boat is just an anglicised form of the German word U-Boot, which is short for Unterseeboot (literally undersea-boat). In English it simply means German WWI and WWII submarines specifically.

Archaeological site.

It's RPS. They do things properly.

Shaka confirmed! http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/04/12/impressions-civ-v-brave-new-world/