Recent content by bkrice

sorry for the lack of info...was in a hurry when i posted. not sure on how to post screen shots but basically i am Louis XIV on a continent with Stalin, Sury, and Zara. i have 11 cities. i got to liberalism first and took nationalism. researching rifiling now. my original intent was to try for a...

just wanted to get advice from all u civ experts on how to procede from here. specifically city specilization, victory condition, and ways to correct all my other mistakes. btw this is bts with no mods...forgot to load them on this computer.

Now that i think about it the worker worker settler probably was for vanilla civ! I played it back then and quit for a while. I just thought the same strategy might apply to bts.

I usually do try to chop out second worker and both workers chop out settler. My problem last game may have been starting location wasn't that great and it took forever for capital to grow to happy cap.

I meant to put happy in front of cap.

I have read on the forums before that worker worker settler is the best way to open up. Now im reading worker let city grow to cap then start pumping out workers and settlers. Which is best? Reason i ask is cause when i try to let city grow first it seems i can't keep up with ai. May just be me...

How important are golden ages to increasing success in the game? I've always thought great people had more important functions except maybe a GA.

What techs do the AI value the most? Can someone list them or is there already one out? I'd like to know so I could research those and trade for the rest when feasable. Thanks

At what point do you decide how you will win the game and how do you set your empire up to obtain decided victory? Many of my games I'm in controll but I loose focus because I don't know how to win any other way but militarily and that gets old.

I was wondering if it is possible to link up two laptops and play civ against eachother. If so, what hardware do I need? Thanks

Was hoping you all would look at this game and tell me how my city placement could be better and hoe i am progressing to this point. Also i wanted advice on how to deal with my creative neighbor to my south (his culture over running mine). im trying to play this one wwithout an early war. any...

Which techs are considered to be the most valuable trade bait? also is there a guide that explains how to trade effectively? thanks

Thanks for the replies. i should have given you more info as to why i asked the qustion. i just started a game with Hannibal and was trying to figure out how to leverage his UB.

What are the factors that determine how many and how valuable trade routes are for a city? thanks

Can someone explain to me the specifics of stationing a unit on the borders to prevent barbs from spawning. Thanks