Recent content by Blackthorn27

I'd like to buy this but it annoys the out of me that BradyGames won't allow non-US citizens download their eGuides. I can only get the paperback books in the UK.

Despite my best efforts I can't for the life of me find a way to purchase the Civ V Gods and Kings E-Guide through the US-based publisher Brady Games. Brady Games won't allow any of its E-Guides to be purchased and downloaded outside the US except for US forces personnel living abroad. I am...

I've just been reading this and I've got to comment, even though the last post was Dec 2005. TGJ's strategy about using the Angkor Wat is really very easy to follow: During the Renaissance and early Industrial eras (roughly between Philosophy and Economics) underdeveloped cities will have...

Afternoon :) I love reading the succession games on this site, but what would be really great is if, instead of screen-captured images, certain bits of Civ IV 'live' action could be easily recorded and posted to forums so that you could see what's going on during a turn. Of course, Civ IV...

Ah the old RB1 Cuban Isolationists' thread - the stuff of Civ IV legend.

Just to update you, because I know you're bursting to know. I lost this game. :sad: After the ten turns of the peace treaty, I duly resumed combat with Russia. Immediately on me doing so, Pete refused to talk and he stubbornly remained mute for the remainder of the turns of his existence...

Maybe that's true in relation to how advanced the opponent's military is, techwise, but at the turn when the cease fire I didn't want to happen happened, my overwhelming lead in terms of numbers of units is giving me twice Russia's current military strength on the Power graph and is allowing me...

I can't believe this. I'm just about to cream Peter from Russia when up pops an event saying something about their guys showing compassion towards my injured guys on the battlefield. The event gives me two options - a no good deed goes unpunished and a +1 relationship point with Pete if I let...

It's very easy to become bogged down by over-analytical study of Civ IV gameplay. My advice for beginners is to forget about any notions of how to win at Civ IV by following the advice of more experienced players, and simply set the game at its lowest skill level and play a number of games just...

I don't suppose it's possible to set up all my Civ games (Civ IV, Civ IV Warlords, Civ IV BTS) so that I can just click on the desktop item without having to put the appropriate CD in the optical drive is it? Most of the games I buy nowadays are downloaded direct from websites and I kinda got...

Two words: Fan Freekin' Tastic! Been lurking up to page 13 of this thread so far and I've learnt sooo much from you guys about how to play Civ IV well. I've been copying and pasting the really good stuff into a Word document for future reference. I'm particularly appreciative of Dave's...

What does it take to allow a defensive pact become available with another Civ? I've been 'friendly' with Victoria for ages but she won't give me the option to create a defensive pact with her. Do all my relations have to be green coloured coz I've still got a couple of reds: my close borders...

Spent the last few days engrossed in playing Beyond The Sword on my PC and I have to say I LOVE IT. It's absolutely brilliant.:)

Thanks Crunch, but Tech Support has now solved the problem. In the end up the procedure involved: 1) Switching to 'Show hidden files or folders' in the Window XP's Folder Options (via the Tools menu). 2) Going to C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information (which is a hidden...

I'm in the process of trying to get the uninstall procedure sorted out on the phone with 2K technical support. Uninstalling Warlords 2.08 isn't proving to be at all easy (for the reasons I've given above). I'm waiting for a second e-mail from Tech Support, because it looks like I'm going to...