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On turn 276, Washington's culture took control of the Fish tile between it and New York. On turn 282, I switched the tile to New York's control, began working it, and improved it with a Work Boat. I just tried to add a Seaport to the queue behind a second Work Boat, but despite that improved...

I feel penalized for wanting to peacefully build a great civilization. :confused: As the game stands now, peacefully expanding isn't really an optimal growth strategy. Even if there is good land to move into, doing so too much ultimately slows [if not stops] Social Policy advancements...

This is a first. The loading screen hadn't even cleared off the screen and my starting Warrior had already been attacked by Montezuma.

Do Puppet cities ever build units? I've seen puppet cities building Barracks, Forges, Armories & Military Academies, but I've never seen one put out a single unit. It's annoying, really, because all those buildings cost maintenance. If the city is never going to build a unit, what's the point?

Does anybody have a list of the City-States bonuses? I know the Militaristic bonus is always 1 unit per 20 turns (friends) or 17 turns (allies), but I'm not certain about the others since they vary per Era. What are the particular bonuses for Friends & Allies at the varies Eras? Does...

So I'm sitting here in the Modern Era with Fighters, Tanks & Infantry. I get bored with the happy family I have going on with my neighbours and decide I want to crack some skulls overseas. So, I change the production in my 'shipyard' city and ... um ... I can build Destroyers, Submarines...

The Monarchist Cookbook is a concurrent succession game series to help readers learn how to play and win at Monarch level in Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword. This is the 2nd game of the series. For more information or to discuss the format, please visit the Monarchist Cookbook Bullpen...

:wallbash: Barrage ... is it worth it? :suicide: For starters: I'm using the latest Bhruic Unofficial 3.13 BtS patch & supplement. My math is based on World Builder tests and this Collateral Damage Calculator originally posted by VoiceOfUnreason here. ---- I have until just recently used...

These questions relate specifically to AI civs who willfully (peacefully) become Vassal states of a player. <snip> (see below) Under what conditions can the Vassal break from the Master? Under what conditions can the Master break way the Vassal? If none, how can the Master...

Can somebody explain why the right side of Tenochtitlan's Culture is chopped off? EDIT: That isn't the "end of the world" (map edge) ... I already checked that.

I noticed in a game earlier a stack of enemy Galleons (4 :strength:) and Caravels (3 :strength:). On the way into my territory, I wanted to pick off the Galleons but when I went to attack, the weaker Caravels were defending first! :confused: However, after dropping their payloads, the...

I know the mechanics of Capitulation and what buttons to press; that's not what I'm asking. What I want to know is wtf kind of formula the AI is using to make it feel losing 3 major cities in one wave to a vastly superior invasion force is "Doing fine on our own". Is there some kind of...

This bug is purely cosmetic. It doesn't appear to affect the gameplay at all. It is only present in BtS 3.13 if using any of the various unofficial mods or patches which re-enables the Glance screen. In < 3.13, this bug is present. -------- If an addition or subtraction operand ("+"...

A new book entry has been added: Corporate Maintenance Explained

A new book entry has been added: City Specialization: Where I do it

In two recent games (Ironically, both as Washington of America on a Huge Pangaea), I've had Pericles as my neighbor. In both games, we've been the same religion and had good trade relations. However, I never got him past Pleased. And both times, he would never cancel trade or go to war...

So I just started a Random game, and this is what came out (sorry for the big screenshots ... I'm too lazy to upload them to Photobucket tonight ... I had to open & reopen the game enough times just to get the screenshots I wanted as it is already.): I moved my Warrior 1NW from where he...

In a recent game, I noticed this: I'm the only civ in the game with Industrialism -- which reveals Aluminum. I can further confirm Justinian doesn't have Industrialism, because I can see he's still 7 turns from researching it. So why does he have a Fort on that hill with the Aluminum...

Does anybody else find this penalty annoying as hell? How do they know who negotiated what against whom? I know I don't get any messages telling me somebody negotiated a trade embargo against me when a couple civs suddenly and mysteriously stop trading with me on the same turn ... I just...

I'm stuck in a tech-path rut, and I need some new ideas -- all are welcome. EDIT: BTW, I play on Monarch difficulty.