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    The AI cheats

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    GOTM 06 - Pre Game Discussion

    I think that I will go for a Culture win. Anyone want to join me in the Kublai Khan Kulture Klub? You know, sort of a "sub-competition"?
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    GOTM 06 - Pre Game Discussion

    Move the Scout onto the hill to the north-west to expose those tiles and THEN make the decision to settle in place or move one tile west. Maybe there will be a food bonus? I prefer settling on a river as opposed to a fresh-water lake. But, knowing the GOTM staff, the bonus will be in a tile...
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    GOTM 05 - Final Spoiler

    p.s. At end-game, Moscow was running Wealth, and Petersburgh/Novgorod were running Culture. I still have a hard time grasping 800 culture PER TURN. That was kinda cool. My timing was pretty good: All three cities advanced to Legendary Culture within about 10 or 15 turns of each other (maybe...
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    GOTM 05 - Final Spoiler

    Game starting notes: 1. Immediately built two extra Scouts, so I really cleaned-up on the Huts. The AI seems clueless about huts at this level. 2. Not even ONE settler from any huts. 3. Fair amount of cash, a Warrior, and another Scout from huts :sad: General notes: 1. I never warred with...
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    GOTM-05 Pre-Game Discussion

    Post deleted. I hope you guys are getting as bored with this mantra as I am with typing it, then maybe you'lll all cease and desist. PLEASE DON'T POST HERE ONCE YOU'VE STARTED THE GAME
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    GOTM-05 Pre-Game Discussion

    Para deleted Huts give things. They give better "things" when opened with a Scout. The contents of a hut is random - everyone will experience different results.
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    GOTM-05 Pre-Game Discussion

    Bummer about the "no Settler from hut" requiring a mod. Are you sure about that? I suppose we were playing "modded" CivIII for GOTM's, I just don't recall. Hopefully the following will happen: 1. The GOTM staff and the players will agree that Settlers and Workers from huts are too much of an...
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    GOTM-05 Pre-Game Discussion

    Like they did in CivIII, I wonder if they removed the Settler as one of the things you can get from a hut. A settler is too advantageous for the few who were lucky enough to get them. In C4, I could see removing BOTH the Settler and the Worker as things you can get from a hut in the GOTM's...
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    Incedible luck on Emperor.

    Game Settings: (if setting isn’t mentioned, then the value is the default) Emperor. Catherine. Pangea. Tropical. Space Race disabled. The AI seems to opt for war more readily when Space Race is disabled, but that might just be an erroneous impression that I have formed? Anyway, as I...
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    GOTM-05 Pre-Game Discussion

    It will be tough to have the patience for Cossack's as the temptation to conquer with Mace (or Knights) will be great. I have played as Catherine before, and the Cossack truly is dominating. I usually build a bunch of Knights and turn science almost completely off after learning MilTrad (at...
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    Worst Civ Personality

    Mansa. If he's close to me, I take him out. Monty & Alex are just pests. Izzy can be a real be-atch if you don't share her religion.
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    first settler

    Depends on the difficulty level. You don't want to go wandering around wasting turns on Monarch or above. Generally, the initial site is very good - on a river or lake, a food bonus or two, some nice hills, etc. At most, I will move one tile, but only if that move will still allow me to settle...
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    GOTM-04 Final spoiler - everything else!

    Your post suggests that the Adventurer bonus (an extra settler) did not have a huge impact on the game. Of course, this was all in retrospect as you re-played the game with foreknowledge of copper location, iron location, horse location, Alex's location, luxury locations etc, etc, etc. The...
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    Scouts on Emporer

    I thought of that, but then I thought about the ORDER OF TURNS: 1. The human goes. 2. The AI goes. 3. The barbarians go. So, let's review: When I clicked "End of Turn", the barb was on the hill. Now the AI goes. What did it do? Move to the square NEXT to the barb? No. It ended up on the...
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    Modern war units tactics

    "Yes the choppers are somewhat useless." I don't know about that. I've run some pretty effective campaigns with them, especially the ones that were cavalry and so had 4 or even 5 upgrades. Rather devastating really.
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    Forced to raze a Holy city / capital

    Very odd indeed.
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    Scouts on Emporer

    Yeah, I just finished the latest book, and once again, things moved WAY too slow. Kinda disappointing to be sure. It's time for him to wrap things up and bring out the finale (Tarmon G'don) (sp?). Still, all in all, a very solid series. I think Matt is my favorite character (Matt "Bloody"...
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    Scouts on Emporer

    Okay, here is what I saw (and it made me pause): I have open borders, so some civ had a scout in my territory. I had been getting barbs coming out of the fog in this particular area, and I had a couple of workers there doing some chops. I was moving an axe out there to protect, and saw a barb...
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    Modern war units tactics

    Don't despair. In one game, I was woefully behind in tech. I barely had learned to build Infantry, and did not know Artillary. But, I had the Heroic Epic with West Point and the Pentagon. I got attacked by a civ that had tanks. Sure, I had Infantry, but not very many and the AI was softening...
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