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The AIs are Mansa, Churchill, Shaka and Gilgamesh. I managed to box in Mansa so he only has 3 cities, but the others have ~7-8.

I am playing BTS on Immortal difficulty, normal speed, no mods except for BUG. I have met four AI. It is 225 BC and no-one has discovered alphabet yet. Is this odd? I had assumed that they would get this tech much earlier than this.

To be fair, I wasn't checking every turn, but I was checking fairly regularly. In any case, there's no other reason why he would be unwilling to open borders at cautious, unless he hadn't forgiven me for the previous slight.

Good to know, but I will keep them turned on for the moment. If nothing else, nukes add an extra layer of danger to the game.

He finally agreed to open borders again on the turn that he became pleased (coincidence? as Nappy normally opens borders at cautious) - seemed like a very long cooldown. No idea about the SDI question - I normally try to get the UN no-nuke resolution passed ASAP because I don't want to have to...

I can't remember if I cancelled borders or not, but there's a good chance I did just before he DoW'd me. Also would explain why I haven't seen it before (because I don't normally cancel open borders with AI, unless it's requested by another AI).

In my current game, I just made peace with Nappy, and when I went to see why he wouldn't open borders, it read "Not right now ... maybe we'll change our mind in a few years"... this is a new message for me. When do you see it, and what (precisely) does it mean?

Also note that if you play a scenario, then the human player does not necessarily move first.

Oh I was only looking at the base game. For BTS, the cities are: Bagacum (Rome + Celt) Birmingham (America + England) Cremona (Rome + Celt) Marmaris (Appears twice in Ottoman city list (go figure?)) Mediolanum (Rome + Celt) Memphis (America + Egypt) Peshawar (India + Persia) Richmond (America +...

The city names that I could find which are shared between civilizations are: Birmingham (England and America) Memphis (Egypt and America) Peshawar (India and Persia) Richmond (America and England) Tula (Aztec and Russia)

Also note that the first time the population increases after you complete your granary, you may not retain an entire half-bar of food. I think it depends on how full the food bar was when the granary was completed. If it was over half full at this time, then less than half a bar of food will be...

I'm not sure about figures, but your impression seems to be the opposite of what I would expect: which is high sea level would result in less space for expansion.

The palace does actually call itself a national wonder when you scroll over it, but I can confirm that it does not count towards the two national wonder limit per city.

Thanks for confirming for me. It looks like I cannot get trades at the moment, because there is a barbarian city in the way along the coast - I might just have to take it out or something, because I really want those overseas trades but don't want Astronomy (which will get rid of all those juicy...

Thanks for the quick response. If I settle to the right of the pig will the city still be connected through the cultured ocean tile (even though the cultural borders do not meet)?