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I did all right - 22 cities by 1AD, game finished by 360AD, with the English being the last conquest. I decided to go conquest all the way - small world and only 4 other civs with no respawn seemed like the logical choice. I managed to get it done in a couple of hours and went against my...

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I like it when barbarians capture a poorly defended city of mine, and suddenly the hills are alive with partisans.... with no upkeep costs. I love free troops!!! Derk

I have noticed that, as a couple people have said, you can manipulate barbarian ships to drop their units on land that you want. I have found it helpful to have units on terrain that takes up 1 move so that the ship drops its crusaders onto a forest and can't move. 4 crusaders on a forest is an...

Bah! I am having a problem with Solar Plants in my game. The description says that they will increase factory production by 50%. I assumed that this was over and above all other increases. However, nothing happens when I build one. I have noticed also that when my production gets over 62 or...

I get that too - there arent that many names out there. I like to use lots of land masses in my games, with the maximum earth dimensions. Right now, Im maxed out at 230 cities - the gazpichi have a few also. I cant seem to find any help online, either. The microprose home page doesnt seem to...

Hi all. Is this too many cities problem a game problem, or is it a computer / memory issue? If it is a game problem, how do I change the max number of cities? If it is a computer problem, does anybody have something better than a P200 for sale? Thanks... Derk