Recent content by DWetzel

OK, I got it

Scouts, for those civs that don't have scouts. I've built one or two for that purpose on occasion. They'll upgrade to horses cheaply enough when the time comes. The main trouble in doing that is actually having horses hooked up soon enough to matter.

Wars: do what you want IMO. If you feel like you're winning, feel free to press the advantage; if you're not, go ahead and make peace (but, remember, we're getting war happiness from them I think, so for the most part, default should be war). Cities: make slaves from captured cities if...

Last roster I could see... so, Sparthage.

*ahem* *nudge nudge*

Not without a very unlikely SGL. They'll be at least 5-10 more turns getting there, and I'm quite sure that a half a wonder head start won't be close to enough for them. (And if it is, we can put together a, um, expedition to check their progress.)

I hate backtracking too, but I think it's the best alternative. If we do Democracy, we may as well continue to Free Artistry (cheaper than Astro, I think) and just build Shakes straightaway. But we won't be able to start any prebuild for at least a dozen turns or so. Invention becoming...

I may not have read closely. Either way... bummer. I know it's strange to suggest, but we may want to abort Democracy for Astronomy. I think using Copernicus as a prebuild for Shakespeare's is the way to go. If Democracy is in 11 turns, then Free Artistry will be in either 7 or 8. I suspect...

Just noticed the turn log! That worked out rather well, needless to say. :) Things seems pretty well set: need to get to foresting Constantinople, and need to build Knights Templar as something to do before we get Shakespeare's. We may want to check timing once that's done; it may save in...

I'm pretty sure Wednesday isn't until Sunday, what with Daylight Savings and all.

Well, my 20k vote is looking awfully lonely up there.

I need to figure out how to modify Civ to make Charlie my Winning advisor.

Hunh. OK, ignore everything I've said. Except this. That would be far too weirdly self-referential.

They can, but I'm not at all sure the AI knows that as a general rule (except by the units that can attack amphibiously to start with).

HE is 200 shields. We build it in 9 turns from scratch. We have about 120 shields into it right now. I think, from a "get culture fast" perspective, we ought to get HE as soon as possible. I don't care about the extra leaders, but we pay 50 shields per cpt for it, and 100 per cpt for...