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Nothing game-breaking, but would probably help with the over all aesthetics of the game: Do not limit the looks of the "city" to just the starting tile. Extend it to the initial ring at least. This will make the city look a bit more sprawling. Been holding myself back from researching...

OK, so I was gonna try a Religious Tourism playthrough as Byzantium (Pangaea, Emperor, Standard everything). I rolled a really great map for it too! Even if the start had no rivers, it had three wheat, a Marble nad two bacon. A bit off to the northeast was Uluru. So I grabbed One with Nature as...

OK, I've been playing on and off since 2010. I still can't get the hang of early expansions. What do you put into consideration into determining how many cities base you can do? Sometimes, I can get 4 cities with NC by turn 100, but I can't put into concrete terms how I did it. So, any pointers?

Hey all, I'm currently doing a Venetian Spacefarers game. Continents, Emperor, Standard. I was lucky enough to start on a coast, riverside with 3 wheat (one isn't riverside). Sadly no mountain. Current state of the game: Turn 300-ish 900BPT, never engaged in a war, but I have a nice standing...

Is domination the only VC that Venice can achieve in a timely manner? I've done OCC's in the past and won Science games with them, but with the culture revamp I can't seem to get the policies I need in time. Provided a GODLY start , there's probably a way to compete tech-wise, or am I just doin...

In King, anyway (I'm an Emperor player - I could play Immortal, but I play Civ for relaxation, not a challenge) as China, on turn 298 on a Fractal Map, and it's my first BNW game! Started out in a Desert/plains - heavy area. Good thing there's a river and some sheep in the desert tiles. This...

Noble, Standard, Pangaea. Used Lizzy as my leader (Financial Philosophical rawks) Anyway, I managed to slingshot to Civil Service, and for some reason, the Pyramids weren't built yet, so I went on ahead and took it. Now I have my own state religion, all the governmental civics AND Bureaucracy...

Hi All, I'm normally an Emperor-level Civ 5 player, looking for a "new" fix, so now I have Civ 4. Playing on Noble and I'm not sure I'm doing it properly. I can reach the Renaissance in the 1000 AD mark, but I;m not sure if that's fast or normal. I'm just not yet used to the general timings...

The best starts are usually ones that have a mining lux you can settle on. Of these the bestest would be Salt starts (though I take a special case on settling on top of one, since improving it grants extra food). Am currently in a game as Askia where I have 7-something Gold resources spread...

So, I'm pondering moving up to Immortal. I've dabbled with it a bit already (both science wins) and it's actually in this difficulty that I won a sub-300 game. I'm currently doing another go as Babylon on a Fractal map. We're 3 civs on the same continent, with Hiawatha and Isabella. I was...

Is it even possible to (land) invade a nation with The Great Wall? My army of pikes and crossbows get ravaged by Composite Bows. I can see a possibility with a GA'd Persia (negates the movement penalty somewhat), but I think the only way to get it is to tech Dynamite, which is quite a few...

OK, so I'm wondering if we have a list somewhere of the UU's whose special abilities carry over when upgraded to another era. Some UU's are just the normal ones with an extra normal promotion. Others are just stronger than their equivalents. Some have special promotions that can't be taken...

I was playing as Montezuma and took Holy Warriors as a follower belief, in the hopes that I could get Jaguars in play when I'm already in Industrial. How wrong I was! Still, I managed to eke out a sub-300 culture win (would have been faster had I used the proper religion combo.) So, when will...

OK, so after playing with my last Siam game (in part on testing how Siam fares as a science Civ), I'm a little burnt out with trying to win Emperor Pangaea space races. Suggest some interesting map combinations :) I know you guys know what to do with this. And, no maps larger than Standard...

It seems that every 1/10 games I play, I never have iron in my vicinity. Even if I do, there's so little of it to actually matter. Two swords don't do much against 6 pikes. And with the tech costing so much, it really feels like going there is a waste if you don't have iron. Would it actually...

King Haile Selassie has a lot on his mind. His people had achieved the highest form of cultural enlightenment in the 19th Century AD, but even before then, he knew he was destined for more. He consulted The Oracle at Harar, and found what he was missing: LAND. You see, King Haile Selassie...

War Never Changes: Or does it? Welcome to this compendium of what I know about waging war. Here I'll tell you how to wage war effectively, and profitably. Why? because Gentlemen, I love var! Wars are fought not only to go for Domination. It could get you ahead of the curve in your chosen VC if...

OK, I haven't checked if it does save Raging barbs and the like, but if you need to reroll quickly, go to the Advanced Options and make your settings. DO NOT start the game from here. Instead, go back to the previous screen and press Play from there. Every time you press "Play Now", it will...

Ok, so I know that you can get multiple pops of Great People in the same city (example: A GS and a GA on the same turn). I was wondering, can you get multiple pops per City (getting great people at the same time on different cities)? I haven't gotten around to testing this out, but it might be a...

I'm clueless about this one. I usually just build ground invasion forces :|. So, how do you go about building and utilizing an airforce?