Well, since this hasn't been done, it absolutely must be! And the number is 155 in honor of the great V in the game title.
1. Ancient roads required such frequent repair that their maintenance cost per hex was as much as that of entire buildings.
2. The great Genghis Khan knew that the best way to take a city is to send a single catapult ahead with two spearmen trailing behind.
3. Way before construction and mathematics, in fact, even before archery was discovered, even the smallest towns were able to bombard enemies as far as two tiles with huge rocks every single turn!
4. Soldiers wielding ranged weapons of any kind were not fit to capture enemy workers.
5. Men standing on a chariot with bows have a greater firing range than infrantrymen with modern rifles. In fact, rifles or firearms of any kind aren't actually ranged weapons at all!
6. Napoleon thought a garrisoned catapult unit was super ineffective in face of an oncoming siege army, so it was best to send it out towards them instead.
7. Whales trading for gold, furs, cotton, gems, 23 gold per turn, and open borders was a fair trade in the year 100 AD.
8. Medieval cavalry units, i.e. knights, never required iron in order to be outfitted with weapons and heavy armor.
9. Clothed riflemen were MUCH more resistant to arrows and bombardment than longswordsmen fully clad in heavy steel.
10. We were wrong all along. There were, in fact, and never have been, religions.
11. The most sophisticated modern military units were incapable of passing mountains, even though renaissance scientists could easily build large observatories on them.
12. Fighting scattered barbarian units in the dark ages often led to the emergence of a great general who would know how to improve the effectiveness of entire armies in wars between large civilizations using sophisticated weaponry.
13. Many ancient era axe-wielding warriors also doubled as medics.
14. American land units have really, really good eyes.
15. The Statue of Liberty would have taken significantly longer to build if it hadn't been for access to a nearby marble resource.
16. A common tradition of militaries throughout history that historians clearly overlooked was making use of their ability to use combat experience in order to instantly revive 90% of the fallen men in their unit.
17. After a couple hours playing Civilization, your inner voice actually says "I wonder what's on televison" rather than "One more turn..."
1. Ancient roads required such frequent repair that their maintenance cost per hex was as much as that of entire buildings.
2. The great Genghis Khan knew that the best way to take a city is to send a single catapult ahead with two spearmen trailing behind.
3. Way before construction and mathematics, in fact, even before archery was discovered, even the smallest towns were able to bombard enemies as far as two tiles with huge rocks every single turn!
4. Soldiers wielding ranged weapons of any kind were not fit to capture enemy workers.
5. Men standing on a chariot with bows have a greater firing range than infrantrymen with modern rifles. In fact, rifles or firearms of any kind aren't actually ranged weapons at all!
6. Napoleon thought a garrisoned catapult unit was super ineffective in face of an oncoming siege army, so it was best to send it out towards them instead.
7. Whales trading for gold, furs, cotton, gems, 23 gold per turn, and open borders was a fair trade in the year 100 AD.
8. Medieval cavalry units, i.e. knights, never required iron in order to be outfitted with weapons and heavy armor.
9. Clothed riflemen were MUCH more resistant to arrows and bombardment than longswordsmen fully clad in heavy steel.
10. We were wrong all along. There were, in fact, and never have been, religions.
11. The most sophisticated modern military units were incapable of passing mountains, even though renaissance scientists could easily build large observatories on them.
12. Fighting scattered barbarian units in the dark ages often led to the emergence of a great general who would know how to improve the effectiveness of entire armies in wars between large civilizations using sophisticated weaponry.
13. Many ancient era axe-wielding warriors also doubled as medics.
14. American land units have really, really good eyes.
15. The Statue of Liberty would have taken significantly longer to build if it hadn't been for access to a nearby marble resource.
16. A common tradition of militaries throughout history that historians clearly overlooked was making use of their ability to use combat experience in order to instantly revive 90% of the fallen men in their unit.
17. After a couple hours playing Civilization, your inner voice actually says "I wonder what's on televison" rather than "One more turn..."
