Recent content by grenzdebil

Thank you, guys. We'll see where that takes me. AH research is already in progress (2nd screenshot) and I do have horsies in my capital - right next to the cotton. Looks like I still need to get rid of old CivIV habits, settling one tile away from the coast was a no go back then. The one...

Well ... if you look at France, that basically happened, didn't it? Except for the DOW part of course ... ;) It took some time and a crazy Gaul with an alledged Little Man Syndrome, but the denouncing was done, was it not? To stay on topic: I feel the same way. Playing as Germany, peacefully...

Are you perchance playing as Catherine? If so, a Tundra start seems to be quite common. All in all, the "Start Bias" tied to the civilizations seems to be much stronger than in previous Civs. Arabia almost always starts in desert, Suleiman seems to be coastbound and Russia ... well ... I started...

Hello gang, after silently lurking this forum for years I finally decided to do more than just read. I consider myself a battle-proven veteran of Civ, I've had them all since Civ I and I always managed to get by. Until now. Civ 5 was a "blind buy" (does that expression exist in English?)...