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In both posted MP games, you reported executing a CB rush against your neighbors. At what point in your usual build/settling order did you switch to building archers/CBs?

I have a question that I'm surprised hasn't been addressed yet, or maybe I'm just silly. I noticed you put off archery for quite a long while, and units aren't early in the build orders. How exactly do you deal with barbs in terms of moving settlers around and protecting improvements? This...

This is actually the way my friends and I typically play MP, but we rarely finish completely because the gameplay isn't compelling since everyone is so passive most of the time. -Pangea -Standard size -Quick Speed (No one has the patience for standard) -3-5 players, 3-5 Emperor AIs, 12 CS...

One of the best ways to do it seems to be surrounding your capital with military units. This will make it impossible for an AI prophet to approach your city and convert, war or no war. Theoretically they would just spread to your other cities anyway, but I've noticed that this usually stops the...

Hey Slvynn, I sent you a PM with a more grammatically polished version of the article to make it easier for others to read and review. No suggestions yet on the content though. This is top notch stuff.

Oh, and as far as halting an already occurring onslaught, you're pretty much stuck in a cycle there until you have a much more powerful military than they do (or of course you kill them). Continue producing units/not losing them until your military score is much, much higher than theirs...

There are a few ways to ensure this is accomplished: -Kill them before they try to kill you. (very popular) -Press F9 every few turns during peace time and devote some of your empire's production to military units until you have one of the highest/the highest 'Soldiers' scores. The AI...

Excellent work. I think the most interesting thing this article implies is the re-emergence of ICS as a viable strategy. As I understood, it was rendered mostly undesirable when minimum tile distance between cities was increased/new city happiness modifiers adjusted. I never saw much discussion...

I hate to be the party pooper of the thread, but to be honest I don't think it's a good idea, at least in the interest of having your friend continue to play with you. People don't usually respond well to having their recently boosted egos systematically dismantled, especially when playing games...

Thank you for all the work put into this post. I'll try to bring all this into a game and report back the findings.

I'd like to go ahead and request this and spark further discussion on the OCC style, since this is more or less the way I play and I absolutely cannot approach the speeds which you do. The earliest I've gotten to I think robotics was about turn 223 with Korea. Although in the games I've played...

At what point exactly are you managing to build the NC, usually? Is it typically before or after settler production in the capital?

After playing Civ for a little while now, I find that I enjoy conquest victories involving a sizable tech lead by the Modern Era the best. However I find I'm having trouble on Immortal and Deity, either by not gaining the appropriate tech lead, dealing with multiple DoWs and drowning in a sea of...