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    When is Stonehenge a good play?

    Build Worker Worker Settler Stonehenge Research mining wheels Agriculture AH Pottery Writing Aesthetics Shuffle Aesthetics for Polytheism, Budism, Priesthood, Monotheism, trade for Alphabet, Iron, with some luck Monarchy/Math/.... Great Prophet is on? Bulb Theology (immense chance you get the...
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    When is Stonehenge a good play?

    - Theology bulb so you have a 900 point tech to trade away for currency, feudalism, metal casting, start a war between AIs....
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    So how do you fight a praetorian war?

    Pretorians on immortal level is like playing Settler mode. But if AI is Roman, i try to stay far, very far from them until Macemen. I have retired a couples games already when Romans declar war on me.
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    Playing On Small Islands Etc.

    Portuguese are the best for expansion. You can occupy a far away island before anyone else.
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    How often do you....?

    WONDEFULL way to use for warmonger players. 1) when you start, focus your spy points on the 2nd Civ you (think) gonna hit. The first is a waste seems you prolly going to wipe him before you get enough points. 2) Before you start the attack on the 2nd Civ, get 3-4 spies and place them in the...
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    Toughest game you ever won?

    I just had a Cultural Win on Immortal with Dutch (with 6 cities) while the Bizantines had already launched its ship!! Any other tough wins from you guys?
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    What is the best tile?

    Marble/Stone in a Hill for 3 Hammers to Settle 1st city
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    Is it possible to do really well running a small empire?

    I believe the best win method for a small empire would be Cultural, considering you have around 7 cities. What you guys think?
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    what is your favorite unit?

    An army of Elephants comming at you with Shock.
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    Games like CIV?

    I didnt like the quest and campaign. I sincerily hoped for a straight up strategy game, a mix of CIV with Simcity
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    Games like CIV?

    Hello all Like a CIV fan i am, i am always looking for similar games like our belvoed one. Any suggestions? I recently tried Anno2070, but wasnt exactly what i thought.
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    Darius The Immortal

    Hello everyone, i am starting a new Immortal game. Feel free to tag along! Darius Immortal Pangea Quite interesting start. I am still wondering if i should SIP or move to Marble in the hill...
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    Sick Start

    Sorry i wanted to say grassland instead of plains, small translation problem. Good points Seraiel, but still my first question remains. You rather have more food than gold, specially because without food you wont take advantage of all that gold anytime soon, right? I almost always win on...
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