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Let's start by looking at the following screenshot, where the "active unit" circle shows my invisible destroyer: I'm playing an unmodded standard speed game (prince, small inland seas map). So I'm certain that this is not (a) a cloaked Romulan war ship, nor (b) hiding under Harry Potter's...

When loading a saved game with "Sort by last modified" selected, the games are not listed in the correct order. The attached screenshot illustrates the problem. It was taken with version [1.0.0.38], but was present in the game at release as well.

If you play long enough, the number of civics cards you get will exceed the amount of space available on the screen. And there is no scroll bar to access cards that are off the right end of the screen. And there is no selection button to view only the purple "great person" cards.

Playing as Sumeria. Got notifications that (1) Germany's culture is now dominant over mine and (2) Germany only has to dominate one more civilization to get a culture victory. But Germany has been badly losing a war to America, and only has one city left. When I check the culture victory...

I clicked on the "Community Forums" link from the front page (www.civfanatics.com) to look for a place to ask a question and found part of the answer immediately, which changed my question to the following: When I connect to CivFanatics using tapatalk on my smart phone and go to "CivBE", I...

I've been reading several threads recently about the merits of Liberty vs. Tradition, and this quote (from the thread I struggle when adopting Tradition) stuck with me: A couple of days ago, I started a game on King (not Prince, however), continents, random civ, standard size, standard...

So, I occasionally get these strange (dumb?) ideas about unusual ways to play the game. Here's the latest (which I have not yet tried): At the very beginning of the game, as soon as you settle your first city and have to open the research track panel for the first time, you must completely...

So, I just started (without finishing) a series of games. Each was standard size on continents. The first game was as the Celts, planning to play a sacred sites cultural game -- and I started as the only civ on my own continent, with only one city-state accessible before astronomy. Got tired...

As the classical era ended, memories of past civilizations faded. Even a knowledge of geography waned, as most people never traveled farther from home than a man could walk in one day. After many years, in one tiny corner of Iberia, representatives of different villages came together to begin...

A couple of days ago, I started thinking about some things that I'd like to see improved in the eventual development of Civ6. The two biggest issues I see with units are The failure of ranged promotions to carry over when a unit upgrades to a non-ranged version. The bizarre sequence of...

I recently tried an industrial era start for the first time in BNW. It seems to make for an interesting (and maybe harder) game, where you have to make different decisions than in the usual ancient era start. Some of the key differences: No ancient ruins. Religion is disabled, so you cannot...

A long time ago, I started a thread to discuss a no beelines house rule. I realized that I hadn't played one of those games since Brave New World came out, so I decided it was time. I will use a strict interpretation of the "no beelines" rule: You must research all technologies in one level...

This post resulted from two facts: First, I've been reading lots of the discussions here about how hard domination is in BNW. Second, I've been playing most of my games on "random leader" and "random map". So, when Genghis popped up on the start screen, in seemed obvious that I should try for...

listen: there's a hell of a good universe next door; let's go -- E.E. Cummings The multiverse is full of an infinitude of universes, and each universe is full of an infinitude of gods. Everyone knows the major gods: the god of war; the goddess of love; the gods of the hunt, and the winds...

With the ongoing discussion about Great Scientists, I decided it would also be useful to hear opinions (or even better, gather facts) about the best use of Great Engineers. I find it almost impossible to resist the lure of using a GE to hurry the production of a World Wonder. When should...

I've been thinking about trying some advanced starts, and wanted to get some feedback on how to adjust the usual ancient era starts. In particular, what are the best builds, social policies, religious beliefs, and research plans for a Renaissance start? For those who haven't tried, here's...

India often gets very little love as one of the civilizations you can play in Civ5. In the recent thread on "Worst civs", it was frequently mentioned. In one of the "elimination" threads that were rampant a few months ago, it was the first civilization to be voted off the island, and its UA...

I've decided to try another story/LP, this time using the following settings: It is a standard size and speed king map. Ill be playing the "frontier" map for the first time, and, in the frontier spirit, have turned on raging barbarians. I have also decided to give an Asian flavor to the...

In the crackpot radical strategy thread, I recently posted a screenshot from a game I played as the Celts where (1) I got the "longest name ever" achievement, and (2) I built the utopia project in 1994. The settings were cooked to make this easier (prince, large, pangaea, standard speed, with...

My previous Civ5 games have been limited to standard-size maps, since my computer couldn't handle anything larger. (It could barely handle the standard-size....) But now I have upgraded my computer to something significantly more powerful and am ready to tackle a game with a huge map. I assume...