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    Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

    If you pop a hut and discover Philosophy, it automatically gives you the tech you're currently researching as your freebie. You don't get to choose. Does the Theory of Evolution wonder work the same way?
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    Installing under Windows 7

    When you've lost all hope, consider buying an old XP machine and using it as your dedicated CivIII box. For less than a hundred bucks, it could save you hours of aggravation. Some browsers will still work if you need to upload utilities, etc.
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    Post Short Single Player Tips Here

    I can't recall the mechanics of Theory of Evolution. Since I get two free techs, can I select A, then B if B is dependent on already knowing A? For example, could I choose Industrialization and once chosen, then choose The Corporation (which requires knowing Industrialization)? Or Atomic...
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    Blackhat HOF thread

    You pop the cheapest techs first so it's very likely that someone has already popped CB before you got a chance to research it first. As such, it was highly improbable that you would ever get a SGL going that route. https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/probabilities-of-goody-huts-c3c.93244/
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    Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

    My only units are two workers and an SGL. Can my SGL roam around popping huts for a few turns without the fear of popping barbs?
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    Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

    If I gift a size-1 city with no cultural expansion to AI and re-take the city within 0-2 turns, will the city remain or will it disappear? My recollection is that it will remain (whereas it would have disappeared had it originally been built by the AI).
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    Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

    Yes, you are correct...thanks.
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    Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

    Sorry for the rudimentary questions...been two years away from the game and I'm a bit rusty. Is it a game feature that you will never pop the tech that you are currently researching? Started several games over the past few weeks and that's been my experience.
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    Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

    Is there any other requirement to produce an SGL, other than being the first to discover the tech? I never seem to pop one after the ancient age, even if the game is well in-hand and I'm first to every tech thereafter. I typically do milk runs, so my sample size is quite small as a result.
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    Hall of Fame Rules/FAQ

    Isn't it immaterial whether you started from an autosave or from a .sav of your own creation so long as you did not "reload a save to try and change game events..."? Theoretically, you could intentionally start each new game-in-progress session from an autosave file. The problem is if you...
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    MapFinder Settings

    When Vista first came out, you actually had to pay MORE to have XP installed on a new machine. So the state-of-the-art OS was one price, but if you wanted the old out-of-date lousy XP, you actually had to pay extra. I work for a $30 billion company with > 25,000 employees and we still use XP...
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    A Question About Peace Treaties

    If the deal is Peace Treaty (20) for Peace Treaty (20) and you break it, I'm sure you take a rep hit. However, I'd defer to vmxa on all things civ. I just don't think he understood you.
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    Settle the Land -- Choosing a Site for your Capitol

    A note for newbies...you won't get the food bonus if you settle directly on top of such a tile, but you WILL get the commerce bonus by settling on such a tile. For example, by settling on top of a hill with gold, you'll get that extra commerce each and every turn because you're obviously...
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    HOF III August Update

    Darn, it looks like I missed the submission date by one day. I'm usually good for one submission every couple of years. Congrats all!
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    Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

    Can someone explain the term "n-fer"?
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    Help on Sid Game

    This made me think it was the elevator but I agree I'm probably mistaken. This seems to be the best clue about what exploit they're talking about though I have no idea which one. Apparently you use it "on" someone.
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    Automate: Bombard

    Let's not forget that as of C3C, you can destroy wonders via bombardment which may be a catastrophe. That was never a consideration in vanilla or PTW as it wasn't possible.
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    My experience suggests that a DoW via the sub bug does NOT provide any war happiness. Can someone confirm?
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    Help on Huge Maps

    If the VC you're pursuing is conquest or dom as you said, then 1000AD is an achievable goal which is around 200 turns. I recall Lord Emsworth mentioned he had reached the DL in some astounding number of turns with China. IIRC, it was like the 500-600's which is only ~170 turns. With either...
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    Sid Strategies

    Thanks for the compilation Spoonwood. I'm mired in the tedium of milking my HOF-worthy huge DG histo game and I've been dabbling with some Sid starts when I just can't take the boredom any more.
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