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So, I was told a while back to simply ignore the British ships, since it isn't necessary to do away with them. It's only necessary to defeat the land forces. So, I eventually finally won a few games that way. It worked ok sometimes, but I still had a lot of issues once the landing forces landed...

So, I started out playing on Settler, no shock there. As I got better I eventually found myself playing and usually winning on Noble. I now win about 90% of my games by either the UN or Space Race. I typically wage a few wars, usually a couple small scale peacekeeping type conflicts, with one...

Just curious, but it seems that very few people on the boards talk about playing as (or against, for that matter) the American civ. Is there a reason for this? Are they typically weak leaders in the game, or have other disadvantages that cause people here to shy away when choosing their civ? I...

So, we all know the quest. I have to build 22 religious buildings (temples and monasteries) which will allow whoever it is to discover the location of the Holy Mountain, so I can settle near it. Needs to be done before I reach industrialism... So on and so forth. I've only completed it one...

I've been noticing as I play that I will skip certain units totally. And that these units I skip tend to be the same ones over and over. Does anyone else do this? I typically skip mounted units altogether until knights come around. Even when I get knights though, it's a short while before they...

I noticed something odd today... I was playing on a BTS (BUG) huge map, pangaea, me vs. 14 AI civs. Saladin and Churchill both have defensive pacts with me, and are pleased with each other and have open borders with each other. Their main territories are far away from me (and each other) but...

So, I was thinking about the game today during a training lesson (bad idea I know, but I've heard the lesson before) and was trying to come up with ways to incorporate more tactical decision making into the combat of the game. For instance, if I am on patrol and come under heavy enemy fire, and...

So, I have been playing the Warlords expansion for some weeks now and decided to switch to BTS. I put the BUG mod on there, since it seems that there is a consensus that it's the best way to play the expansion. I've read some stuff to help me catch up a little on the differences between Warlords...

So, I am playing a game vs 11 AI civs. I'm on Noble difficulty since I am new, but it's my first noble game. Doing pretty well. I have the strongest military and good relations with everyone besides Isabella. In fact, Catherine and I had a defensive pact for a while (then I accepted Elizabeth as...

I just thought of something I was very curious about recently... I am still newer, but when I was more new I played a game with me vs 10 other AI opponents. This was the first time I'd played against so many, so I was going to test myself. All of a sudden, very early on, Barbarians started...

So I recently played a Warlords game with a huge terra map, me vs 11 opponents (AI), noble difficulty, since I'm still sort of new. I eventually won by diplo with the U.N., because out of the total 11 civs left (Ghandi was dead), all voted for me but two, and one of those two abstained. 3 or 4...

So, I was playing Colonization for a while and having a really hard time getting my people to the point of revolution. It took a really long time. Long enough for the English to amass a giant force to invade. I'm talking 40+ Man-o-Wars, and that was the smallest part of their force. I had...

Here's my normal scenario in games that I haven't already wiped out all opposing civs (thanks to this forum, I've learned the keys to military victories): I'm playing Warlords, marathon speed, I'm usually the United States, but not always, usually playing the Russians or Chinese or British or a...

I'm new to the series, but not new to turn based strategy games at all. Been playing them since Deadlock. I've recently bought Civ IV and I think it could be great if I can just get used to the complexity of it. I'm having one major issue though; I can't win battles. Like, at all. I've been...