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I have been finding myself with a bit more free time ... so time to round out my Civ4 HOF given that they snuck a new victory condition in (Cultural Espionage). While doing that, I noticed that I was playing against two Ottoman empires and two American empires. Time to try a game against the...

Last Tuesday I got a report that my tracker system wasn't reporting any game details. This is a tracker approach that I borrowed from realms beyond using gmail and php code. I don't know php code ... but I know how to copy and make (some) modifications. My hosting service recently upgraded...

Its a race to the shoe event horizon. Who will win? Who cares as long as we get new shoes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEI19kJ5GfU Looking to start a pbem game using BtS with the following settings ... no espionage no vassal states permanent alliances ON no diplomatic victories...

I am going to create a mod and then start a pbem game. I am looking for 5 or 6 interested players. Initial thoughts re the mod ... Each leader has all possible traits Each civ has all of the first column of techs Each civ has access to the 'best' UUs and UBs No ICBMs because I am...

Here is one of the benefits of living in a great city. Tonight my wife and I got to spend 90 minutes at Carnegie Hall in NYC listening to a bunch of people with musical instruments, a 270 strong chior and some world famous singers. They were playing various songs from 'Calling All Dawns' and...

Anyone interested in a standard BtS pbem game with minimal restrictions? random civ / leaders unrestricted leaders small fractal map no tech trading no events no huts I'm aiming at 4-5 (maybe 6) 6 players. Sorry all others - this game is full. Replacements may add their names to the list...

Team RB, with the aim of increasing participants' enjoyment, the efficiency of this game, improving interest and getting more than 9 turns per month, would like to propose the following: a. During wartime only, the timer is shortened to 36 real-time hours. This takes effect on the first turn...

I just finished a write up for a game I recently finished using BAT. Enjoy.

Please read this (http://ruffhi.blogspot.com/2012/02/is-there-3rd-option.html) and give me some feedback? Is there a 3rd option? Which of A or B do you think is the true situation? Edit: Here is the content of the link ...

Imagine that you are a physician and a 45-year-old patient of yours just had a positive mammogram. You also know the following facts: There is a 0.8 percent probability that a 40-to-50-year-old woman has breast cancer; If a woman has breast cancer, there is a 90 percent probability that she...

A bunch of us are working on a super-balanced mod and the issue of using a spy as a sentry unit came up. The main complaint was that there was no way of removing the spy / sentry unit and hiding your army movement. The most elegant solution proposed was to change the system so that spies...

One of the BUG team keeps us all on our feet with her changing ID pic. This thread is about working out who the pic is of in the hope of catching a pic of the real LM.

I just noticed that I can still build Quechua even though I have copper mined and hooked up. What makes these units obsolete?

I was reading an article about Michele Bachmann that included this comment: This after listening recently to This American Life's This Party Sucks that also talks about the two party system. My question is ... why not change the vote counting system to a 2-party preferred system which would...

One downside that I notice in my games is that the tech position between civilizations gets way out of balance - one civ has modern armour and another has archers. In the real world, this doesn't happen as most 'backwards' civs can either buy the old technology, steal it or otherwise acquire...

With the launch of the optional pack of goodies in BAT by Lemon Merchant, I was presented with the opportunity to play a game as Australia (thank you avain). How could I not take that opportunity to lead Australia to a world victory. My choice of leaders is: Menzies (Financial / Charasmatic)...

Is anyone interested in improving their conceptual (and actual) programing skills by working with me to write a sudoku solver in excel's VBA? I'm thinking that we spend the first week discussing the various approaches to coding this up, sharing the ideas and collectively coming to a 'game...

<game closed> Nate - Pericles of the Aztecs Eduard - Caesar of Byzantium Colin - Random of Random Joe - Brennus of the celts Ruff - Pacal II of Inca Pangaea Prince difficulty Standard size map raging barbs zero AIs everyone promises NOT to build the Great Wall Tech Trading - OFF...

I recently whipped a granary to completion and then decided to change the build to culture to get my border pop in this city 2 turns earlier. My expectation was that I would build culture for 1 turn and then let the already whipped granary complete. Hit 'end turn' and ... border pop &...

I've just realized that my BtS install doesn't have ... World Wrap: Toroidal Resources: Balanced ... as options under the map scripts. I don't have warlords installed - just Vanilla Civ4 and BtS. Is there anything else that I am missing due to not installing warlords?