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I tried this with Venice after discovering a religious city state early and getting an instant pantheon. It worked really well for exactly this reason. An early boost across the board. I actually managed to found a religion when I popped a piety goody hut.

Depends on the map. Go for the NC immediately if your start is growth heavy and isolated. In other situations, I may interrupt science progression toward Philosophy with resource improvements and minor wars to capture workers and or dissuade expansion by opponents on to MY ISLAND.

Nice.

You have until 10/7

Getting bombers requires you to research Biology and possibly Refrigeration which are expensive technologies to strive for when attempting a domination victory. Researching Oil is the left side of the tech tree. Iron Working, Steel and the UU - Samurai are unlocked by technologies on the right...

Since BNW came out, I have gone freedom. I tend to produce a lot of GP tile improvements and have at least one city where GP is the focus. Specialists with 1/2 food and 1/2 unhappiness, and +25% GP production and +4 GP tile improvements fits my gameplay nicely. I've recently tried Autocracy...

I have not had a problem competing in early wars. The trick for me has been to pick a friend and get trade going ASAP. Pick an enemy. Use my army to cripple their trade routes. Buying units with that gold. Decimating their army and razing most of their cities. I generally play on immortal.

I've seen in many games, that all the CS spawn next to a resource that almost no one else has, such as whales or gold. My reasons to conquer a CS, in no particular order. 1. I'm struggling economically, and can't afford to ally. 2. I'm weaker economically to an opponent who maintains Alliances...

This. The flank bonus is very worthwhile. I wear down barbarians, then use the scout to finish them off. I once had +2 Sight, positioned the unit on a hill, and foiled every sneak attack through two ages, before it was taken out by bombers. ALso, I always rename by scout-archer, to Ranger.

E:FE is a horrible, horrible game. I say this, because I bought the original game (the one before this retooling), hoping it was a revision of Masters of Magic. Even after all the extra work, E:FE disappoints on so many levels. What is Endless Space?

I've won deity once, by exploiting the parameters of the game to my favor. It's a legitimate win, since I didn't outright cheat the game by modifying files or using cheat mods, but it wasn't a win that I care to brag about, or compare to someone who achieved one of the other types of victories...

What isn't covered by Browd's excellent answer, is the context X pressure, in terms of turns per conversion. In other words, if a city is receiving 6 pressure, a new believer will spawn in how many turns?

The diplomatic and military advisor should be something you can call up, whenever the AI contacts you for deals of any kind.

Windows 8, touch enabled Civ 5?????

1,251 hours ... Some of you guys almost make me feel normal.

Since the latest patch...

My start style has stagnated quite a bit with the changes to some of the wonders. The Great Library and Hanging Gardens are a must have for my style, and I've been close to rage-quitting when another civ beats me to them. On prince, I can typically achieve these wonders, in this order...

I'm far more interested in the map file. I've wanted a mod that has all natural wonders, regardless of size. The hills between N and S America is great. Be nice too, if El Dorado and the Fountain of Youth are randomly located. Gives the poor player stuck in the New World something to cheer about.

Post save game or it didn't happen.

Having the AI purchase as much influence as it is capable once the UN is built seems like a pretty simple routine to build. I've seen Oda do this to me on Deity. I was playing duel and one city challenge. He was incredibly friendly to me the whole game, and then it was all over, very quickly.