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Chamnix, there's some good advice... From now on, I'll never settle on grassland when I can choose plains instead. :P

It would help if you had pictures of the bug... I can't think of any way to explain it though. And Civ III isn't going to get any more patch updates... :(

Still, this sort of thing is a good tip to point out. You can irrigate places that you normally couldn't by temporarily irrigating connecting tiles. It's useful to know (although many already do).

That's quite right, Greyhawk. Some people call it science farming; they specifically convert far away and hopelessly corrupt towns to science farms. That is, the town's land is mostly irrigated to sustain a high population. The excess citizens become specialists, generally entertainers, tax...

Yeah. Agr is mean that way. If you build a city with only grassland tiles, and you railed everything, there's no way you won't have an odd number of food (either 2 or 4). Best pillage one of the tiles after it's irrigated. (so you end up with 3 on that tile). Although... I don't know why you...

Well irrigation is all well and good, but you have to follow through with aqueducts if the town needs one. (Settlements adjacent to a river or lake do not need to build aqueducts.) This is especially necessary for the settlements nearest your capital since they have the lowest corruption rates...

That works well too, since your workers are probably more busy making improvements during the Middle Ages. The Crusaders you get are more likely to have some free time for fortresses. I think I may try the fortress+barricade idea in my next game (should make invading fast units a bit less...

Uh... building outposts costs workers... (which cost unit support as they walk to the edge...) That doesn't seem too good. :( Then again the idea is still very interesting, at least nobody'll be able to walk into your territory without it being war. You can now sign as many RoPs as you like...

Yeah, scout building is all about map size, really. You want to know the terrain around you a bit (, which you'll get if you send each scout you make off in different directions), and you also want to get as many contacts as possible, so send scouts off in 1 general direction until they see...

Too true. You may not want to go to war with China if they have more than 1 source of iron. If they lack horses, then it would be okay, so long as they cannot build riders after you take Shanghai. But since nobody's at Chivalry yet, you'd need to hurry either way if you want their iron.

Good job, you got them, that should really help with space since you've gained quite a bit for your important towns. Additionally, the towns you captured are really close to your capital, making them very useful to you. (Perhaps even more so than to the Iroquois!) At any rate, you should be at...

You could make a game of reloading. Play Always War and allow yourself the ability to reload. The catch? You can't ever lose a single unit or city. Otherwise, you consider the game a loss. You must use preserve random seed, obviously. So..., the only way to make the RNG change is to reload...

I count 15 towns and cities. Is that right? They're all in CXC or CXXC formation. You have no iron, very few contacts, and only 1 lux. Oh dear... Well, I suggest that you explore your west coast both north and southwise. The galley on your east coast doesn't seem like it will be very...

It's happening again!

Oh sorry, I haven't looked at this for a while. It wasn't a three cow start, but yes, the start was great! Basically I used, maximum growth. Flood plains and an FP wheat with no disease so far. The second city shared the FP wheat to make workers. The third city got a plains cow...

It's almost Wednesday. :(

Hmm? I'm not even old enough to drink.... Oh, and the last save I got was May 1st, and I sent that one out (Turn 43) on May 2nd. I'll resend that one.

Is what Beorn says. (written on 25th and then replied again later on the 28th with the next save) So I guess he might still be busy. :( The last save I got has been sent out on April 30th (to you, denyd), so I think it's actually stuck with Beorn. Maybe it may help to resend?

Thanks to all who replied. Overseer's words make we want to turn away from this dream and remain a builder forever! :D Very persuasive, vxma! Thank you. I'll try the science farms instead. But I guess I'll probably take ecuwins advice and play a game for myself just to test the waters...

I had a feeling this was coming. Anyway, I've realized that I've grown too dependent on the agricultural civs. Someone mentioned it before. It's just like giving the human player an advantage. It decreases growth time or production time with that extra food. By allowing the human player such...