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Question #1: Can one chop rain forests to trigger population growth or reduce the number of turns to a population increase? Question #2: Does Magnus' innate ability apply to rain forest chops (increasing the amount of food generated)? Question #3: Is there formula for how much food is...

It has been quite a while since I last played Civ 5. I picked up BNW at release and played a bit but stopped. Now I have the itch again. With the release of Steam OS I also want to test out Civ5 BNW on Linux/Steam OS. My son will be joining me as we dive back into BNW. However, I need to...

Hello all, I'm looking for empire development strategies and tips to help me refine my play style. In a recent game as Pacal (Mayans) at Warlord difficulty, while looking to achieve a science or culture victory, I... - fought a successful early game defensive war against Attila - recovered...

Hello all, I recently picked up the expansion and the Civ DLCs and I have some questions. 1 - Do the embassies only last 30 turns like luxury resources in trades? If so, how do spies continue to perform their function in stealing techs if the embassies expire? 2 - Is there an embassy/spies...

Hello all, I just picked up Gods and Kings yesterday evening and I'm trying to find out how the research agreement mechanic works. Is the following formula and example correct: Standard Game Pace = life of RAs = 30 turns My_BPT = 400 (each turn for the life of the RA) Partner_BPT = 400...

Anyone out there experiencing this? The game randomly stopped responding with a blank black screen. I rebooted to be on the safe side and figured I would validate the local files. One file fails validation. The reacquire process fails and further attempts to play the Civ 5 game results in...

Was the new patch released yet? Please forgive me if this has been asked already.

Hello all, I have a few questions regarding aggressive play and taking the Autocracy social policy. The first thing that comes to mind is the loss of the Liberty and Freedom SP branches, due to the Autocracy SP requirement. 1) Has anyone developed a successful strategy that: - takes the...

Is there a way to reliably tell which tiles are within a ranged or siege unit's attack range? It gets a little frustrating to move a catapult or artillery to a position where there are 2 tiles between my unit and an enemy city/unit only to discover that the enemy can't be targeted, but the...

Hello all, I recently picked up Civ5 and started playing. My son, has also taken an interest in the game. He is coming up on the end of his 5th grade school season and it looks like the 5th grade is going to be a full school year of first honors. I'm considering getting him Civ5 as one of...

Hello all, I recently purchased Civ5 and went through the tutorials. I'm looking for strategy advice for my level of game play. I've played Civ 3 just a tiny bit but it was 8+ years ago so I consider myself a newbie. I know one has to juggle: - food/production/gold output -...