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I usually play on Emperor on Immortal. In an Emperor game, I thought it would be fun to get crossbowmen early, so I managed to get Machinery with the Oracle (I researched Metal Casting with a Great Merchant I got from Temple of Artemis). I must admit that it was fun to slaughter Montys huge...

So, my old thread, that obviously still serves a purpose, got closed, since the rules state (well, actually no they don't, but who cares?) that old topics can't be bumped. Well, the old thread is certainly still of interest to all Civ V freaks out there. What true CivFanatic would say no to...

I saw this posted on the 2k boards: http://www.amazon.com/Sid-Meiers-Civilization-V-Pc/product-reviews/B0038TT8QM/ref=cm_cr_pr_fltrmsg?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0 312 Reviews 5 star: (48) 4 star: (35) 3 star: (30) 2 star: (51) 1 star: (148) The latest reviews...

The user tupisac was kind enough to post an image of the upcoming Civilization VI on the 2k boards: Update: Here's the latest version. As you can see, the new design has an even more organic and streamlined look than the previous build. Thank you tupisac for these great images...

Many people keep talking about "how Civ V is not supposed to be Civ 4,5" and that "Firaxis was forced to try something new". Well, I don't think anyone wanted an exact copy of Civ IV. My opinion is, if it ain't broken, don't fix it. Also, many of the people that enjoy Civ V seems to have...

Many people seem to think that the economy in new game lacks the depth that it had in previous releases, other claim that it's actually more complex and harder to master now. I'm think it would be interesting to see if there's any pattern between how long you've been into to Civ and what you...

Select any unit, right-click and drag the cursor to any tile that isn't withing the line of sight. If there is a unit or a camp on that tile, the cursor turns red. By doing this, you can always check if there are any barbarians nearby.

Alright, so I installed that virus know as "Steam", that seems to take complete control over your games, just to be able to try the demo. Steam installs it, then the game crashes during the opening video. And I'm far from alone. A new game should never make your computer crash. It should tell...

Let's see... We have automated workers, automated cities (which tiles that should be worked), automatic cultural expansion, no more stupid slider to adjust... Most of us agree that these changes will remove a lot of the repetive and tedious elements of the game. But one thing is still...

As it is now, Iron Working reveals Iron. But shouldn't a civ with tons of iron be more likely to discover Iron Working than a civ with no iron at all? I think it would be interesting if the land had an impact on research. For example: - Animals make it easier to research Trapping, Animal...

I've been playing Civilization since 1993. Even though I don't write here very often anymore, I still visit the page every day to see if there are any news about the Civ franchise. I almost screamed out my happiness when Civ 5 was announced and I applauded the changes that were made, such as the...

I began playing Railroad Tycoon when I was four years old and since then I've played almost every Microprose game. In all of these games, the big challenge has always been to improve my game and develop secret strategies that I use to get a better score than my friends. Since Civ II, almost...

We all know by now that early liberty bells make the REF grow ridiculously powerful. We also know that liberty bell are what expands your borders. We also know that setting up a working economy is just a waste of time. Then I thought: Is it really logical that liberty bells make your borders...

This may not sound as a big deal, but one of my favourite elements of Col1 was that resources could be discovered under the forest. When you first started building your colony, there would be very few special resources but after a while all kinds of nice terrain would show up; Wheat, prime...

Ok, it's no secret that I think that this game has many issues. But one thing that comes to my mind is that everybody's just talking about winning, but actually, you can still get a higher score in a game that you lose. I remember when I was a little kid and played Civ I. I still remember my...

Something I've found very annoying is that my ships seems to "auto-group". For example, I have a caravel and a frigate in a colony. I fill the caravel with cargo and send it back to europe. Then my frigate mysteriously disappears for several turns. Finally, I find it frozen at the europe sea...

With the current rules, it takes an absurd amount of turns for the colonists to learn even basic skills like lumberjacking. You shouldn't get punished just because you get your first schoolhouse up and running early and use it to train carpenters and farmers. In my opinion it's idiotic that you...

In the real Colonization, you'd eventually get a Frigate from his navy and if you made a lot of money, he would offer to send a set of trained mercenaries. These elements seem to have been completely removed. The king should of couse want you to stay powerful compared with the other european...

Since so many (including myself) seems to hate the fact that it takes longer and longer time to educate colonists, I decided to make a poll so that Firaxis get the picture. Why would you want to spend 30 turns and pay 500 to turn a colonist into a stateman, when you can use this colonist to...

Joao just captured a barbarian pop 4 city right between our empires. The city contains horse, cow, clam and wine. Yet, the very next turn he says "Here, take it". I know that the AI on rare occations give away cities, but I thought they only were willing to trade the really bad ones. This is...