Recent content by ArielUK

You need to be in contact with two civs, and they both have to have the tech before you get it. So what you need is to make contact with two civs who are cross-trading between themselves, and then you're in business.

I seem to remember (and I may be going back a version or two here) that there used to be a chance, when you took a Civ's capital, of that Civ suffering a civil war and effectively splitting in two. This might be an interesting way of implementing Qpdaj's suggestion. Or maybe a combination of...

I try to only re-load if a change I want to make is either relatively trivial, or absolutely vital. For instance, I'm moving units and don't spot a river-crossing, so press the direction key twice, but it's the next unit that moves off somewhere completely unsuitable (into enemy territory...

I'm on my fourth game as the Babylonians (sci/rel) and I just got my first ever scientific leader... along with Polytheism. The Germans are next door so I'm bound to get dragged into a war with them at some point. I can feel a Heroic Epic coming on...

Actually, having thought about it some more, Ireckon that the Temple of Artemis is something of a good 'un as well. With each new city you place automatically gaining a temple, this not only keeps the citizens happy and reduces upkeep expenditure, but provides you with both a culture buffer...

Statue of Zeus and Knights Templar turned out useful in my current monarch game when all the available territory I had easy access to turned out not to contain any iron. Without the Ancient Cavalry and Knights Templer they both churned out, I would have been invaded by the Medieval Infantry and...

You can also use the AI's 'superior knowledge' to your own advantage. In a recent game as the Babylonians, I had just finished fighting a war against the Koreans to the north when the Mongols to the east decided to get aggressive and launch an invasion. Luckily, the fools decided to...