Recent content by bobshiznit

I think there is a way to prevent the cheese diplo win. Kill City-States if the UN gets buillt. You may piss off the other AI's but if you're going to lose otherwise I think you have to go for it. In this game Washington bought up enough CS's off Siam that I only had to snipe 1-2...

Russia did work for the spaceship. Won turn 314 yipee! This is my longest spaceship. It's also my fastest post-patch spaceship, it's my only one. Domination maybe better for Russia. But another benefit Russia has is they can sell their strategic resources, such as aluminum and iron. I...

Any takers? This has been the most fun I've had with ciV. This is my first post-patch immortal game. I've reached turn 252 and I haven't won. Pretty tough game imo. I got declared on by my buddy in Babylon after my conquest of Japan. He tried to get Ghandi to join in and it backfired...

I've played quite a few turns in this game now. I'm up to turn 197. Looking towards I science victory since I am the leader. It's going to be a lot later than my pre-patch science victories, if I do win. This is the first game I've played that I thought I might lose. I have all renasaince...

So I have been messing around with National College openings and CS Slingshots on Immortal. When I got this game. Catherine of Russia - Immortal Continents Standard Size and Speed. What I did - Build Order - scout worker monument Library NC GL Tech Order - Potter Writing Mining Masonry AH...

Never mind my savegame, the library went on turn 36 as I predicted. If the AI goes for the GL your not gonna get it on immortal. On lower levels probably could have got it, would have picked up philosophy and GL on turn 46. It don't think it matters if you go trapping or writing first your...

Here is an immortal game in which I goody hutted the right type of stuff. Its on turn 7. I just hutted 30 culture and pottery. Opened scout momument. Looks like im going to have to build a worker next, no one to steal one from nearby. The great library will probably go on turn 36 with my luck.

you need alot of food and a little luck. A start with fish, deer, and wheat is what works best. With Iriquois you will get that start fairly often. The teching is the lag. If you have deer preferably more than one tech to trapping first then writing. Go Scout monument. You need a...

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I just played an emperor game with Hiawatha. I did the civil service sling by building the Great Library, then followed with Library National College. I was ahead in science very early and stayed ahead the whole game. I stayed at one city until national college was built. I took tradition...

You can attack cities with units that say "May Not Melee Attack" It is a glitch in the game. You can capture workers and capture cities with these units. Bomb the city down then move in after you bombed the city down to 1. Press "move" then go in the city. This works with archers and...

As others have said the early barracks is a no-no. Building a second scout is not bad. The scouts are cheap and can keep barbs from spawning in your back yard. The jump to immortal calls for more warriors. Whether you plan to war or not you'll need them. Diplomacy is key. Get Rammy to hate...

The only time I annex is if I have a city that is best suited to production-like an enemy capital. If the city can't build a courthouse I leave it as a puppet and build trade-posts around it. The production capital can be used to win the game in a number of ways. The maintenance on the...

In a recent game I played I was montezuma and was short on gold toward the beginning of the game, so I couldn't buy my maritime city states. I had two maritimes and a cultural near me. One of the maritimes and the cultural CS wanted me to kill the other maritime state. I had a big army and no...

Time victory is the hardest, haha. I would rank the difficulty - Diplo, Domination, Space, Cultural with diplo being the easiest, up to emperor. On immortal I have won by diplo and space the most. Space is probably easier than domination on immortal, but it depends on the map. I play...