Recent content by Eimon Gnome

I never used it much until playing at prince. Now, I rely on it when I get into a situation where I don't have a lot of open borders - hence little external trade. Think in terms of a game where you only have open borders with two or three of the AI players. Another signal is that I am not using...

Financial is a funny trait. Is it powerful? Oh, yeah. Without question. I use a financial civ whenever I am trying to go up in class. (right now, struggling to go from Prince to Monarch.) In that light, it acts almost like a handicap rather than a trait. It doesn't necessarily point to any...

I play prince/monarch. A recent revelation to me is the importance of early commerce. Mining that hillside beside a river, instead of using a forest-grassland, is shockingly large. Example. You play your capital and get, lets say 16 beakers, at 100%. I use a worker to develop 2 more...

I am with Sisiutil and the axemen. I also beeline to BW. Whatever else happens, I never settle the 3rd city without copper. Even if the distance is great. I make a point of having copper. Without it, barbs are very tough and the option of an early war disappears. It's so much easier to take 2...

Parthenon Sistine Chapel Parthenon and, oh yeah, the Parthenon I look to Cultural victory whenever I play conts and am all alone. If I get the Parthenon, I know I have a shot. Religions may come to me late, but those early GAs are killer. Plunk them down as specialists and watch the...

Hear,hear! One of the things I've noticed recently as I attempt to break into Monarch: The candy part makes for an interesting strategic choice. It is very, very risky to build cottages on boundaries. When a city's best squares(river,flood plains) are close to enemy lands, it does not pay to...

my 2 coppers... I also had to break through a wall to get to Prince.. The two big items I had to learn were GP and tech trading. Well before you research a tech as advanced as Education, you should have built a couple of Acadamies. Get the Great Scientists out quick as you can. Pick the...

I used to think in terms of "best use" per square, mapping out the ideal end city. I've come to another point of view on this. Now, I look for flexibility. I like to see city tiles that allow me to switch the city production around. The key is to have tiles with a range of food production -...