Recent content by Gigglethorpe

I founded my second city and started cranking out Axemen by chopping down lots of trees. Is this the right thing to do here to take out Zara Yaqob? Unfortunately, most of my Warriors died to wild animals and barbarian Archers. Now that I think about it, I should edit this post later and add...

The roads were busy-work for the Worker. I couldn't build any mines until Bronze Working. It looks like he should rush over and mine the Copper. The reason there are two Warriors in the capital is that one is for happiness and protection and the other was just built for scouting or...

So I've researched Hunting, Agriculture, Mining, and Bronze Working. My opponents so far are Pacal and Zara Yaqob. I don't know much about them, but Pacal at least seems to love religion, because he founded Hinduism. I've heard Zara Yaqob is a zealot, but I haven't had personal experience...

The learning experience is the most important part here, so good thing I kept my old save! I'll post again when I've researched the initial techs. When does the AI build the Oracle at different difficulty levels, by the way?

If you want to post a save, go into Manage Attachments, and then Choose File once the window pops up. Click Upload and then close the window when you're done. I can relate to you; not too long I posted a topic asking the other players to help me with Monarch difficulty! Right now, I'm...

Just in case I want to come back to this map for some reason, I made a new save file where the Warrior moved 1 NW. Not much better, though there is a Deer at least, and a Wine for Monarchy. Let's regenerate the map. . . This start looks much better. Grassland tiles, a riverside corn...

Here's the save file.

Wouldn't having most (not all) of the AIs on another continent make a good buffer for a cultural or space victory? Maybe diplomatic too if you handle your alliances carefully? Is it common for people to regenerate maps? I don't want to quit like I did before I committed to the Shaka game...

By popular demand, I've started an Emperor game, without settling the capital! ;) I'm playing on a Fractal map this time, not a Pangaea, Donut, or any other land war oriented map. This should teach me how to play the map. My leader is Justinian. I like The Wheel as a starting tech, but...

I don't think I'll start an Emperor playthrough quite yet. I'm still getting used to more advanced strategies, and different victory conditions. Domination and Conquest might not be worth it if I roll something like an Archipelago, for example. Out of curiosity, how do you get an AI to...

Thanks! :goodjob: I haven't posted screenshots and save files in a while because I was busy following your advice and storming the opponents with Curassiers! Civilization IV warfare can get monotonous after a while, so my posts during that time would not have been interesting if I had made...

After a long war, Tokugawa is groveling at my feet. He's not the pansy that Huayna Capac was. Perhaps that's bushido at work. Augustus seems to have Gunpowder, but Napoleon and João do not. Napoleon is the obvious next victim. Maintenance costs are getting pretty high. Is now a good...

So Huayna Capac has capitulated after I only took a couple of his cities. Granted, one of them was his capital, but I don't remember it being that easy in Warlords. Does losing the capital make the AI lose so much morale that they give up? Is the power rating a factor? So I have two...

This is the first somewhat successful attempt on Beyond The Sword. When I first joined the site, I was playing Warlords. I think the tech rate is faster on Warlords even though the AIs don't go for the new techs in BTS as much. I switched to Christianity because Augustus demanded it and I...

So I finally have the capacity to build Curassiers. Good thing I had Iron near one of my captured barbarian cities or this game would have turned out much worse. I also have a Great Scientist and a Great Prophet to start a Golden Age when it's time to switch Civics. The Apostolic Palace has...