Recent content by Darkscis

Short update on my game, turns 53 to 78. T71 - uMgundlovu defended by 2 archers, it's taken with 1 loss, got lucky there. Research set back to 100%. T72 - Iron mine scouted in Shaka's newest city. Stack moved to hit Ulundi next turn. T73 - Ulundi defended by 2 archers and 1 chariot. With a win...

Just presenting you with another option to think about ;) My play through went this path which you will be able to read once you get past it. I stopped at turn 53 so once you pass that feel free to take a look and see what I did different to everyone else. I quite extensively listed what I did...

I won't spoiler this because I think it's pertinent to the OP's current situation in deciding his 2nd city spot. Whilst I agree that normally you wouldn't want to settle a 2nd city so far from the cap, if you take a look at my game it actually achieves more than hooking up copper. For one, it...

What difficulty are you playing? I find on Monarch that I out-tech the AI so horrendously that tech trading is virtually useless beyond backfilling the worker techs. The talk about Oracling MC and getting 2k+ beakers from it (Zx Zero Zx if I recall) are talking about immortal+ where the AI...

Hi All, yet another long time lurker first time poster here. I decided I would shadow this game as well (at least the start, I tend to run out of steam a few hours in and just close the game. Pretty sure I have only ever finished 3 actual games, the rest I quit when I know I'm in a position I...