Recent content by Fredster

Hi guys Another question I can't seem to find the answer to is the amount of trade routes a city can have. Is this limited? If so, by how many? I currently have 4 cities in my present game. My capital has a trade route to a foreign city and a route to one of my own cities, whilst the...

This is what I wasn't aware of. The penny has finally dropped now thanks guys. I didn't realise that I could change which tile/s could be worked in the city screen, I thought it was an automated process. Thanks all for having the patience to respond. I am determined to learn how to try and...

Thanks for the reply folks. Just to clarify then, even though a water tile shows 3 :commerce: and 1 :food: on it, unless a resource such as oil, whales etc is shown later on the tile then it has no value at all?

Hi guys. I am a little unsure how work boats actually work. I understand that if you deploy your boat over a resource ie fish or clams then you can claim that resource for your civ. However, if you just place your work boat over a tile that has say 1 food and 2 gold, does the work boat...

@ Baldyr. Thanks for your reply. I have loaded the game, played the tutorial, and realise I have a long long way to go :D With just a few hours of game play under my belt, I feel that the scope for this game is massive. I aslo feel that one of the best ways to learn this game is to jump in...

Hi all. Santa will soon be bringing me Civ IV (and the strategy guide hopefully even though he says it's out of print) I have been a gamer for 20 years or so, but have never once played any of the Civ games. I don't know the answer why, until this past 12 months for some reason turn based...