Recent content by anhalibut

I'm most definitely bored with it. I gave it 30-40 hours but just couldn't find the fun. Most Civ games are alternately fun or frustrating for me, but this is the first one that bored me. It is now uninstalled (along with Steam). Oh well. Maybe it's time to try Patrician IV.

I had Arabia call me bloodthirsty after we had been friends for a long time. I started upgrading all my older military units and suddenly we went back to being friends. I think Rome gave me a similar reaction. Elizabeth started hating me for no apparent reason and was marked as "Hostile" on...

I imagine words like "inspiration" and "admiration" are more suitable. wikipedia entry suggest there's a good bit of debate about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_Confederacy#Influence_on_the_United_States

My understanding is that the American colonists and Eurpeans admired the Iroquois constitution for being a pure/natural government. Their thinking was along the lines of the Iroquois were similar to our ancient ancestors and therefore their government was similar to the very first government...