Recent content by brainshannon

I experienced the double Gorgo of Sparta bug as well. Kinda ruins the immersion factor. I make due by imagining she's my evil twin trying to undermine my legitimate rule! :crazyeye:

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Total War Vietnam... haha, just kidding. A Civil War one would be awesome though! Napoleonic Wars would also be cool.

I think the main reason ironclads are included, and well remembered, is that they represent a major advancement in naval military technology. Not just their armor, but also their use of steam power and (perhaps) most importantly the development of the revolving turret, were all revolutionary...

1) Often if the enemies power level is above your own they will refuse to make peace in negotiations unless you agree to give them something. Usually if you've captured one of their cities they will ask for that back, but that doesn't mean that is the only peace trade they will accept! Try...

Not only is it not offensive, it is 100% accurate as one of the definitions of the word rape is "the act of despoiling a country in warfare." How can properly using a word to describe a situation be offensive?:confused: Me thinks some people need to realize that many words have more than one...

I usually just go with the default amount...

If I've been playing another, similar game it will usually take me a game or two to fall back into the swing of things. Recently I bought Civ4: Colonization (not recommended) and after suffering through a few games I returned to BTS only to find that my skill level had dramatically declined...

Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German Foreign Minister from 1938-45, committed numerous faux pas during his diplomatic mission to Britain before the war, including giving the Nazi salute to the British King. :lol: His diplomatic mission to Britain is largely seen by historians as being an...

Hit him with air strikes, then finish him with cruise missiles.

The first step is to examine the composition of your enemy's army. Once you have done that, use the civilopedia to identify the best units/promotions to take them on with. Make rush production (whipping, drafting, buying, or chopping forests for hammers) of these units a priority. Make sure your...

The culture mission doesn't quite work the way most people seem to think... It does not add culture for purposes of city flipping. Its only effect is that once you capture the city it will start with 5% your culture for each mission you do beforehand. It also counts for lowering the cost of...

In my experience, the best thing a person can do to become a better Civ4 BTS player is to cutout wonder building entirely, especially in the early game, and instead put the production towards unit production and economic improvements. There is no such thing as an indispensable wonder and most...

I think the most important and difficult thing to learn in Civ IV is how to properly specialize cities and prioritize the tiles you want a city to work. Often times when I first started playing I would just build every building in every city, trying to balance the three major resources that...

This was true in vanilla and warlords, but in BTS a good number of positive random events will trigger only in squares with no improvements, including roads and rails. This is a great incentive to only build transportation routes where absolutely essential in order to maximize your chances of...