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Welcome to the Skipper series, comprising six games that show the effects of completely skipping one of the first-level techs: Fishing, The Wheel, Agriculture, Hunting, Mysticism and Mining. In order to avoid random chances of getting these techs I'm going to disable huts in all of them...

While reading Mad Scientist's RPC summary I wondered which of the first level techs are really necessary in the long run, and what would happen if you didn't research one of them. By first level techs I mean Fishing, Wheel, Agriculture, Hunting, Mysticism and Mining. As it turns out missing...

The Immortal Cookbook is a concurrent succession game series aiming to help readers learn how to play and win at Immortal level in Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword, v3.17. The rules of the IMC series are borrowed from the original series played on Monarch (see Monarchist Cookbook Bullpen) and...

The Immortal Cookbook is a concurrent succession game series aiming to help readers learn how to play and win at Immortal level in Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword, v3.17. Latest news: Round 2 posting time extended to January 11th. The rules of the IMC series are borrowed from the original...

Since IMC II is almost over, let's see what people want for the next game(s).

The Immortal Cookbook is a concurrent succession game series aiming to help readers learn how to play and win at Immortal level in Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword, v3.17. Last update: Round 3 finished, best save is Abegweits's. Round 4 started and will finish on Dec. 7. Play is up to...

Edit: Long post, so I put the images in spoiler tags. Skip to the end for conclusion. Well, the new Woodsman III promotion now gives the unit the ability to heal units in the same tile an extra 15%. Does this stack with any of the Medic promotions? I made a test using WorldBuilder on a...

I know that you can get all sorts of things using espionage, including IIRC line of sight to a civ's cities. But has the religious line of sight been removed? The way it worked up to Warlords was that if you adopted a religion and owned the holy city you could see other civs' cities with the...

Has anyone else noticed this? In my latest game with the Dutch I planned of getting a Greek city as a foothold on the continent, then burn a Great Artist in it to allow faster healing and to give it a great border boost once I take the surrounding cities. Surprise, surprise, the anarchy didn't...

Usually when I get stone near my capital in a good city location I aim for the Great Wall and the Pyramids. Most of the time I have to build/chop them in the capital, as that second (or third) city isn't up to the task of completing both. That means the capital will have a GE pool for now, and I...

In my latest game using Warlords I was Hannibal and attacked Asoka who had some 500 points more than me. I took a couple of cities then I headed for the capital since I knew he had lots of wonders in it. Plus it was the Buddhist holy city and both of us are Buddhist, and so I could see all the...

...there's always Japan. Thanks to all the Monarch/Emperor/Immortal guides around here I've lately moved up to Emperor. It's been interesting, but frustrating to see I'm almost always behind in power, my tech speed doesn't keep up with the AI monsters, the micromanagement becomes so tedious...

I know sometimes the Hanging Gardens don't get built until pretty late in the BCs, so you can get it to boost the population in whatever cities you built & conquered. But how about basing your strategy around an earlier boost? That would mean you'd like to have enough cities to make the...

Following the discussion in the Great General Uses thread I decided to start a game in which to explore different ways of using the Great Generals. This first game will feature a Charismatic leader (Churchill of England) and the following conditions: Start Conditions Map Type: Pangaea (lots...

I know there have been a lot of threads about the best use of a Great General, but I'm trying to gather the different ideas and add some of my own. This thread will refer to Warlords with the 2.08 patch installed, meaning: - Leadership gives double experience points - Heroic Epic available...

I've seen a lot of talk lately in the Beelining to Gunpowder thread and the A comprehensive UU guide thread about the merits of beelining for Gunpowder, especially in the case of the two civs with Musketmen UUs, and Japan who has Aggressive and Protective Musketmen. So I'd like to invite all...

I've just noticed this, so please forgive me if it's old news. If I have a post containing images and edit it with the quick edit option instead of clicking "go advanced" then the first image of the post turns into a link instead. Editting the post again with the "advanced" option it all gets...

Welcome to the Super Size Me challenge where SIZE DOES MATTER! In this challenge you are King Size of the Malinese Empire and your job is to get the largest possible 5 cities by 1200AD. So watch that whip or you can forget about the winner's virtual triple-burger! Being in shape is...

We're proud to present you the "Milli:commerce:n D:commerce:llar M:commerce:nty" challenge, a continuation of the series that includes classics like: The Mini-Me Challenge Let's Get Cultural! Lust for Gold Land Grab In this game you'll have to guide the Aztec Empire through peace and...

Being the lazy cat that I am, I'll ask here first and hopefully won't have to test it with the worldbuilder. What happens after the fourth Great-Person-enabled Golden Age? Can you still get one? Without the Taj Mahal, of course. Example: First Golden Age: GP+GA 2nd Golden Age: GP+GA+GS...