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I'm not sure if this mechanic has been discussed before, but I thought it was worth a thread. Over in the funny screenshots thread, I posted this cap, grousing about what a dick the map generator can be: The relevant part is that there's a nearby iron deposit... completely blocked in...

Going up a difficulty level resulted in getting smacked down. I decided to jump back down and, instead of carefully choosing my leaders and civs, to simply leave myself at the mercy of the random number generator. I resolved to play out the whole game without regenerating, or rerolling if I got...

... I saw a headline that read, "DOW drops 400 points", and I briefly wondered how a declaration of war could drop 400 points. Five seconds later, I felt real dumb.

Title pretty much says it all. I'm looking into the SE, but I often play with tech trading disabled. Can the two coexist? My understanding is that the SE relies greatly on the ability to trade light-bulbed techs.

The thread about the strongest civ/leader combos made me start thinking about the worst possible combinations (I have a perverse fascination with weakness; this is why I love the Miami Dolphins). I'm tentatively going to say Gilgamesh (Protective/Creative) of Khmer. Protective is almost...

Paratroopers are an interesting new unit, but I can't quite figure out their utility. -- In enemy territory, they stand a good chance of getting intercepted. Even if they land safely, they're going to be all alone and vulnerable to counterattack. The best you can do for backup is to send a...

Just had an odd situation: I noticed Sitting Bull was getting disturbingly close to a diplomatic victory via the AP. I was close to mass media, so I beelined to obsolete it. Mission accomplished... or so I thought. About ten turns later, he won a diplomatic victory via the AP. How does that...

I don't think I've ever seen this religion situation before:

Lexicon of CFC-- Help build the list As a newbie myself, I have a couple ideas on how to make this site more accessible to people new around here. There's a lot of slang, lexicon, in-jokes, etc. that can make it hard to just jump in the conversation. A handy guide to the lingo, with no more...

Of all the improbable messages I've received, my favorite was "Enemy infiltrators have stolen the secrets of Liberalism!". Now, granted, Civ4 isn't intended to be a realistic simulation. But I like to imagine how that heist went. I think the enemy spy went into the bar, and listened to people...

I've been a long-time lurker, and I've enjoyed many of the articles/discussions on UUs, UBs, leader traits, etc. There doesn't seem to be an article evaluating each of the wonders and where they're useful. Rather than try to evaluate all of them, I'd like to run my thoughts past some more...

I got the idea for this thread when I noticed a restriction on the Internet wonder: You get any technology possessed by two known civs for free. I'm forced to wonder if that restriction has ever actually mattered. What are the odds of getting to the modern/future era, being in a position to...