Recent content by blueicus

The Spanish Influenza that occurred during the First World War killed anywhere from 20-40 million people and infected many more. In fact, more people died from the disease than from the war directly... so it was a pretty heavily impacting disease. Of course, most other flu pandemics (pre and...

In a recent game as the Mongols, I had great success in an early way against Egypt. Using Keshiks and Swordsmen and a couple of axement (I didn't have catapults yet) with various anti-archer and city raider upgrades, I managed to pretty easily destroy the opposing forces of archers (some even...

I agree wholeheartedly. Using real-like analogies is so 'cheap', but when the States finished their Manhattan project the Soviets didn't suddenly wake up one day and go "Eureka! We can make nuclear weapons too!" They had to build their own nuclear research program and eventually they had nuke...

The key to getting points in Civ 3 is to be a strong empire from the very start. Since they calculate your score as an average of your civ's history, it's good to be dominant throughout the game. I usually play the peace game, though try to build up my forces to dissuade the enemy from...

and Atlantis did?? Oh, yeah... and I voted for the Incas. They deserve the title of civ more than the Aztecs IMO... they were an empire hundreds of years before the Aztecs barged into the area.