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The Gestapo and the NKVD/KGB would really be impressed (and jealous) of the effectiveness of "political correctness". Free Speech, nah, only if you agree with us! Anyone here ever read "1984"? Oh yeah, and has anyone ever seen that eleusive "moderate Muslim", that everyone talks about...

That will work if you don't have too many cities. But as your empire gets bigger, the pollution will become a constant "pain in the a$$". Eventually, you will get at least one hex of pollution every turn. Starlifter has a very good thread on pollution, but I don't have a link to it. If you...

Agreed, but the handfull of divisions the RA had was not nearly as valuable to the French as the RN was. It freed the French from worrying about/defending the channel, and provided them with help in the Med vs. AH and the Italian fleets. But. on the plus side for Germany, with Britain on their...

In other words, the Major Powers were only interested in their own "interests" and worked with or against others as it suited that "interest". They all worked together during the Boxer Rebellion in China, too. Caprivi could have forseen that an alliance with the British would have been a...

True, But he certainly was aware that the French were not real happy about what happened in the 1870-71 war and that they were going to try to recover their lost provinces.

In light of the way things actually worked out in reality, that could have been an excellent deal for the Germans. Being allied with Great Britain, would mean no worries about their overseas trade and as long as the Germans could continue to import goods, they would have had no problem dealing...

The US government tried to get the country to convert to the Metric system back in the 70's, IIRC. But it didn't go over with the majority of the people. End result, we are stuck with both systems. Buy a Toyoda and you need metric tools, buy a Ford and you need tools in inches....

There is no one "perfect" ship to explore with. You have to select the best, ie., most useful to you, unit that is available at the moment. If you have only discovered Map Making and the Trireme is the only ship available, its fruitless to speculate about the value of ageis cruisers vs...

The Gold manual has 3 basic sections: Gold data, how to use the editor, and a scenario section. The scenario data is mostly repeated on the intro to each one when playing, and the editor is not used unless you are creating scenarios. That leaves just the section on Gold itself, and almost all...

Wrong! The settler will be of the civ that spawned it. If it was a "non" unit, it would belong to you and the game would end because there would be no AI civs left. Remember, when civs respawn, they do not start with ready made cities. They get a settler and have to found their first city. So...

Actually, you can get all 255 cities, but it requires a little luck. You need to have respawns turned on and after you have built cities on most of the map, you start eliminating the AI civs. This is where the luck comes in, because you need to have an AI settler appear on a piece of land where...

It it may seem "schockingly obvious" to you, today, but, think about the mental outlook of the people in the 1930's. The adult population, of that period, was all too well aware of the carnage of the Great War and wanted no part of a repeat performance.

Wrong. It is Kurita who deserves credit of the American victory. If he had followed his orders and continued his attack, he would have smashed the escort carrier groups between him and the beachead, and could then have hammered the beachead, sinking most of the support/supply ships there...

Catfish, Your absolutely right! Time would be better spent actually playing Civ. :)

If you want to keep changing the conditions, there is no point in pursueing this thread.

The Japanese did not make "mincemeat" of the Russian forces in 1904/5. They did defeat them in a slogging match that fortold of the destruction coming in WW1. At Khalkin Gol, Zhukov used tanks to make "mincemeat" of the Japanese. Who realized that their tanks (which they really did not know...

1: You should have more than one city so you can build lots of warriors 2: Usually putting a fort on a mountain is done at a chokepoint where the AI cannot move arround you 3: The warriors will kill the catapult. The cat will get one warrior, but with a fort, only the defending unit...

The Japanese leaders never intended to "Win" the war with the US by invading the continental US. Their plan was to smash the US Pacific Fleet (Pearl Harbor) and establish a defensive line through the Islands they grabbed along with the resources of the Southeast Asia area they invaded and then...

Scientifically, I believe your right, BUT, it ain't never gonna happen! The world's population is pushing 7 Billion people now and if people start living really longer, it is going to be standing room only. Without colonizing other planets, there is just so much room on this ball of mud. So if...

Got it via the "Military Book Club" at least 15-20 years ago.