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The way I finally got it is to realize that it's a matter of timing. Whether my capital works 2 forests for 5 turns then 2 sea for 5 turns versus 1 forest and 1 sea for 10 turns, at the end of it I end up with 10 production and 10 trade. However, doing production first means I get those two...

Actually, what about an episode on how to counter the tactics of top three civs (Chinese, Zulu, American)? So if you know you're facing a Zulu player - are there things you will do differently in the early and middle game?

I have to say I'm really enjoying playing the Mongols (single player only, though I might try another multiplayer in the near future. I should probably play the no-peace scenario first.). Thanks MadDjinn! I would enjoy hearing an episode on the Americans, including how to cheat and how to...

In CivRev combat starts with attack and defense values and turns them into a percentage. Thus a basic cruiser has an attack of 6 and a basic cruiser fleet has a defense of 18. So that means the single cruiser has a 1 in 4 chance of doing damage to the fleet. (I don't know if it's there are...

Hmm.. On the PS3 version I go into "custom", then click off a square I don't want, then click on one I do want. Even though you have selected "food", the auto-worker will often select a square which has the highest output. Also, especially in the earlier ages, the auto-worker will always try...

Joining a settler is also occasionally useful (in SP) to increase the size of a Mongol captured barbarian village (size 1) that has no access to food resources. (Especially if you have a city which has good food & production resources to pump out settlers.)

Note: when you complete Democracy you can go around and rush any in progress archers, but for that turn only. You can't start building archers and any uncompleted archers will just be stockpiled hammers next turn.

Yes, building up more Warriors can provide an early warrior rush. But to be effective, you need to make contact very early. One disadvantage of islands in SP is the AI can warp units from cities to boats. So if the AI parks a galley next to your island, it doesn't have to spend any turns...

You are correct that starting from an island can be an interesting challenge. From my perspective you spent a lot of time in the beginning game building warriors. Two warriors (5 turns) is usually enough for early exploration. Then you should change your focus to expansion and/or teching.

If you don't want to break the plastic wrap, download the demo and give it a try. You might be pleasantly surprised.

At the beginning of the game selecting science/gold will still have some production & food. Later in the game (probably once you reach the industrial age) selecting science/gold will stop all production and change those hammers to trade. If you want only science/gold at the beginning of the...

Who knows what the AI uses for decision logic. It may be partially based on the information available to the AI. So if the AI is restricted to a single island, it doesn't "know" how many cities you have. I typically ignore all threats. I will only appease them if the AI has caught me...

You can load all land units on all boats except for subs. Subs and galleys don't provide naval support. And unlike previous versions of Civ, subs are fully visible. Note: it is possible to transfer units from one boat to an adjacent boat.

Yes barbarians are fairly wimpy. Before a certain point in the game they will always lose to a full strength warrior*. (Which is really great for the Aztecs.) But they might beat anything which isn't at full strength. They will also send out raiding parties which can take an undefended city...

My 2 cents: Your first objective should be to get the artifacts before your competition. So while there are advantages to waiting to get some artifacts (Atlantis, Ark of the Covenant), it's better to get them early than not at all. I believe in each (SP?) game there are 4 artifacts, and in...

Although I don't know about the iPad version, there is a free demo of the iPhone version. So give it a try. I'm betting you will enjoy it.

I think the problem was the number of units in play. I was the Germans and was cranking out units, and so were my opponents. I've played a couple of games since and haven't had any issues.

Just because you can win by Domination, doesn't mean you have to. Try for the victory you're not leading in. Play the "weaker" Civs, or at least something other than your favorite. The AI may be fixed in it's patterns, that doesn't mean you have to be. Make it more challenging for yourself...

There's an entirely different universe beyond that black hole. A point where time and space as we know it no longer exists. We will be the first to see it, to explore it, to experience it! Increase power to maximum. We are going THROUGH!

Things may be weightless, but they still have mass. And the energy required to reach a given velocity is proportional to the mass. More fuel would obviously increase the mass and therefore increase the energy required to reach a velocity. But more fuel would allow the engines to burn harder...