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It's interesting how you can play a game as complex as Civ IV for years and still find yourself learning things. Or maybe re-learning them. In any case, I played an interesting game recently and decided post a write-up because I found myself learning (re-learning?) several things and thought I'd...

It's funny what you notice after years of playing the game. Just had a AP resolution come up which I defied. Now I notice that I've lost the AP :hammers: bonus for temples and monasteries, I assume as a result. Seems to be taking longer to come back than it took "The world considers you a...

A quick tip on how to use Great Engineers for wonder-rushing in the late game: At a certain point, a Great Engineer will no longer build all of a world wonder; he will instead contribute a not-inconsiderable amount of hammers toward one. Using the GE for those hammers ASAP may not be the best...

Yes, I'm still playing Civ IV games regularly (at Immortal level). I pretty much think I have the basics covered at this point, but oftentimes I find I'm kicking myself over forgetting or delaying a task or tactic that is important not to overlook--especially at the higher levels. In a complex...

The forum is usually a place for us to ask questions or commiserate about problems, so as a change of pace I thought I'd share a fist-pumping moment from a recent game and ask for you to share yours. So I'm early-rushing Joao, pre-cats, and enjoying no small amount of success. Though at the...

I used to delete most of my old, obsolete units that didn't have enough promotions to justify the cost of upgrades (if you can build a contemporary unit with the same promotion level, it's not usually worth it). Lately, however, I've been keeping more of them around. Here are some of the uses...

It's wonderful how after over 4 years of playing this game I still feel like I'm learning things about it. In a recent game, for various reasons, I decided to adopt Free Religion very early in the game and stuck with it. I noticed that as all the religions of the world spread to my cities...

First off, my compliments to everyone who worked so hard on this mod. Well done! Now, a question--is it possible to configure things so that a certain leader (who shall remain nameless, though you can probably guess) doesn't show up in the game ever? If so, how is that done?

Now that I'm no longer mucking around with the ALCs and trying to keep my Civ install pristine, I want to fix something that's been bugging me since day one. I want to rename "Praetorians" so they're called "Legions". Like they should be. The real Praetorians spent more time choosing and...

All Leaders Challenge Game #25, Take 2: Celts/Boudica Pre-Game Thread Starting Position (this post, below) Round 1: 4000 BC to 2850 BC (46 turns) Round 2: 2850 BC to 2125 BC (29 turns) Round 3: 2125 BC to 1525 BC (24 turns) Round 4: 1525 BC to 825 BC (28 turns) The idea of the All...

Princes of the Universe, Part II At the request of the underpaid and overworked heroes who moderate this board, I've started this thread to continue and conclude my Princes of the Universe stories. (It seems that threads often run into stability issues with the board software and/or database...

All Leaders Challenge Game #25: Celts/Boudica Pre-Game Thread Starting Position (this post, below) Round 1: 4000 BC to 2725 BC (51 turns) Round 2: 2725 BC to 1675 BC (42 turns) The idea of the All Leaders Challenge is that I'm going to play a game with each of the Civ IV leaders. With...

All Leaders Challenge Pre-Game Show: Game #25 - Celts/Boudica In the next ALC game, I'll be playing as Boudica, leader of the Celts--one of the new leaders added in the Beyond the Sword expansion pack. The purpose of this thread is to discuss, before the game, how to best exploit this...

All Leaders Challenge Game #24: Hammurabi/Babylon Pre-Game Thread Starting Position (this post, below) Round 1: 4000 BC to 3100 BC (36 turns) Round 2: 3100 BC to 2025 BC (43 turns) Round 3: 2025 BC to 455 BC (64 turns) Round 4: 455 BC to 320 BC (9 turns) Round 5: 320 BC to 155 BC (11...

All Leaders Challenge Pre-Game Show: Game #24 - Babylon/Hammurabi In the next ALC game, I'll be playing as Hammurabi, leader of Babylon--one of the new/old leaders added in the Beyond the Sword expansion pack. (Old because for us Civ veterans, Hammurabi and Babylonia were included in...

All Leaders Challenge Game #23: America/Lincoln Pre-Game Thread Starting Position (this post, below) Round 1: 4000 BC to 2950 BC (42 turns) Round 2: 2950 BC to 1675 BC (51 turns) Round 3: 1675 BC to 275 BC (62 turns) Round 4: 275 BC to 190 AD (31 turns) Round 5: 190 AD to 990 AD (58 turns)...

All Leaders Challenge Pre-Game Show: Game #23 - America/Lincoln In the next ALC game, I'll be playing as Abraham Lincoln, leader of the United States of America--one of the new/old leaders added in the Beyond the Sword expansion pack. (Old because for us Civ veterans, Lincoln was...

I'm playing an off-line game right now with the new patch to get a feel for it before continuing with the ALCs. I thought I'd record a few impressions here as I go. Overall, the patch has not resulted in anything resembling a paradigm shift--it's a patch, not an expansion pack, after all. But...

Someone just called my attention to a problem with the way the War Academy for Civ IV is now set up. Each WA entry just quotes the original text from the first post in the article thread--it doesn't link to the thread, nor does it contain links to attachments posted in the thread. My own...

I've noticed lately that the AI seems to have been programmed to disdain certain techs if the "prize" they offer has already been claimed. For a long time I noticed this about Philosophy, for example. I usually lightbulb this tech with a Great Scientist, and for that simple reason, I'm usually...