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So I captured Thebes after Ramases had built enough wonders for me mainly because he was only 10 tiles away but also because he was being a real nuisance with his missionaries. I had first religion by a long way and had enhanced and I guess he didn't like it. So I capture the holy city of...

If I conquer a very close CS early on what are the implications for other CS the rest of the game? I generally don't like conquering them but this one is right where I wanted my 2nd city

After my near culture loss to Ethiopia in my last game for my next I got to thinking it might be fun (challenging) to try for that combination. However as I proved to myself you seem to end up losing the science race and that can be deadly as a more advanced AI would just role over me because...

Ok I think I just made a huge mistake. Playing King, large pangea map with 10 civs and 20 CS. I noticed Ethiopia was getting a little bit far along the way to a cultural victory so after I took out Bismark I started on Haile. When I began he had Tradition: 5 Piety: 5 Patronage: 5...

Anyone know what governs what you get from ruins? I know they are random but because I play with raging barbs it helps if your scout gets upgraded to an archer but I seem to get this option so rarely if it hadn't happened once I would not believe it could be done. I get more upgrades to tech...

Ok after you get Siege 2/3 for a bomber what do people like to go for? Never sure if it's better to do Siege2/Evasion or go Siege 2/Air repair or Seige3/Logistics route. or do you like a whole different strategy?

Ok you read on here how good Desert folklore + Petra is if you get some desert hills but until you get a start that lets you use it to the full it is near on impossible to comprehend just how good it becomes. Seeing is literally believing. My last start had everything. Pure luck I know but...

Anyone else hate these things? There is literally know way to deal with them other than capturing them or waiting for them to act on a city thus converting it and then you can tell the AI to stop sending them. If they say they wont you are stuck and if they laugh at you there seems to be no...

I don't get RA's. I don't mean I don't get asked for them I just don't see their worth. I have read the RA thread in strategy and tips and it's very heavy on maths and seems way to complex to plan and simply doesn't seem to work for me. So whenever the AI comes along and ask if I want one...

Ok trying to win as Russia. Gave up trying to go wide and went tall and Russia sure can produce hammers even from crappy almost Zero hills starts provided you have forests. So gets my nose in front and was accelerating away from Monty, Ramasses, Ghandi, Siam and William nicely science wise...

Hi Having problems going wide using Liberty. I think O have tradition sorted out with 4 or 5 cities but whenever I try to go Liberty instead of Tradition I end up with happiness problems. Anyone got any hand y tips or strategies on what you need to prioritize? After playing Russia so many...

Is it possible to workout who has the tech lead? or is there something I missed that tells you it?

In my current game early on I had the opportunity to steal my closest neighbours settler, Alexander as it happened, but instead turned left instead of right and grabbed his settler. I think the fact I didn't made him settle elsewhere and not his preferred 2nd city site. Afterwards I sat there...

Hi long time not posting and just started playing Civ 5 (but played the other 4 long time ago like many). I am doing something wrong. Unbelievably good desert start and I lost to Cathy in a space race. My intention was a bit of warring with Attila on a large Pangea map on King (hey I am...

Hi all first post here but lurked for years of an on through all Civ titles (love em all but 4 looks something special). Played a couple of games now and I am having real problems with conquered cities flipping to other AI players. Anyone got any tips on how to keep hold of these cities...