Recent content by bpierfy

Good point ChrTh! - and its nice to have more experienced lurkers to help us out!! My thinking is if we aren't near a civ's capital or 2nd or 3rd cities, our culture from our "core" will mostly push the borders out far enough for us to put a city there. We may actually want to focus on...

Well it looks like the game won't get back to me then... :cringe:

With a few swords, axes, and cats, I'm sure we could take the french. We just need to make sure that JC doesn't get ticked off and fight. If we have praet coming at us while we're fighting louis, we'll be in trouble. Unfortunately, Yellow dot doesn't block anybody, but it would be a great...

Argh!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: Its my ISP's fault, they refuse to install two-way cable (i've been on one-way for 5.5 years!!!!) - therefore it took so long to upload the pictures that I forgot what I was doing!! Anyway, can I change my alias, or do I have to create a new account?

IT: I MM Madrid to get settler in 6, had to stop a specialist. I'll reevaluate when settler is finished. Time to press enter and get it on! Turn 1 (175BC): I start the warrior in seville heading down to the barb city. Not to fight, but to explore below. I also see an...

Got it. What are we planning on using that settler for again? We could always raze the barb city and rebuild. That may sound like a waste, but I've seen barb cities stay at 1 for quite awhile and we could use that city down there for production. Feel free to chime in while I play (hopefully...

I agree with the NW option, but isn't the barb city reachable via galley even with one more culture expand? In that case we do need to get to that city sooner than later. Its hard to prioritize this - but we should come to some consensus. My thinking is this. If we don't have a settler...

My thoughts: Of course the barbs would put a city there. It may help us out if its in a good location. I didn't think of religion aspect, but that might be a good route to go. If we can get them on our side, we can build a shrine and make $$$. I would spend some time getting a few...

Oh, and about open borders - mirroring my play style of greedy land grab, I usually hate to sign open borders with neighboring civs when my land is all thats left to settle. I will do it if I need the relations boost though - like when 6 praets are sitting next to your borders... I would wait...

Yes, great job on the Oracle. Hopefully we can claim the proper land and keep our economy afloat as to be able to enjoy our two wonders. Either way, is it me or is the AI from both expanding very rapidly for 950BC? Maybe the continent is smaller than I think but they seem to have at least 4...

Yea, I agree - I usually don't whip any city under normal circumstances unless it has food bonuses -this would have corn within 5 turns - but I'm still not sure it was a good idea... One tile west of the stone, on the eastern bank of the river. Defense wise it worse than the other options...

It let me whip the size two city. If there is a food resource, it grows back very quickly - especially with a granary. That city wasn't going anywhere without a worker though. One other thing - I stopped the worker from building a road because I wanted to chop for the oracle. If we get the...

Goals: - Found Pink Dot to get stone and block french - archer escort - Get a second archer to pink dot - Start oracle - Build Worker IT: I keep Barcelona on Granary, but it will grow this turn. I will switch it to a worker after it grows and take it from there. I start an archer...

Oh, and one more thing - you all don't mind if I change my user name do you? Do I need to create a new account or can I change the name on my current account? I didn't think I would be camping (in the fullest sense of the word) in these forums night and day, and so just used my name to create...

Can't wait till I get home from work to play!! I will try to settle pink dot and get pigs and stone. I definitely will escort the settler though, and send another unit right on its tails in case we "box in" france too much. That is one of the biggest AI changes that I struggle with. I could...