Recent content by Holyhesk

On about Turn 20 i declare war on a nearby Civ. I steal his worker and head back to my Capital. On about Turn 30 the Civ wants Peace Traety.

Go for Brazil Just had a Culture Victory with them. Large Map, Earth, Emporer Diff, 10 civs 20 CS. Brazil's "Carnival" is OP it;s like having The Internet Tech when a Golden Age pops. Make sure you get Chichen Iza (dodgy spelling) to make Carnival last longer. Only needed 3 Cities. Try get...

Never really thought about opening Tradition first before Liberty. Might give this a go. Like you said opening Tradition asap would probably mean that the land around the capital would be bigger than if i started off with Liberty. My 2nd City would be a little slower in being founded but that...

I love how the Terrain can help us defend our Cities :) I wasn't so lucky in a recent game with Holland. I was smack bang in the middle of a huge map. When my borders came close to others i was attacked from the west, east and north. There were Hills and Forests but nothing much else to...

Been searching through the forums for a simular topic about how players like to start off in BNW. No luck finding anything so thought i would start a thread about how we start off. Moderators feel free to move this to an appropriate thread if this has already been discussed! Here is quick...

Interesting read not tried Brazil yet but want to. How much standing army did you have throughout your Culture win? where were you ranked in the Demographics Page for Military Power? never really tried a peacfull sort of approach in my games, always like to have a strong Military and go...

Got a little question about Religion. There is a belief that gives you i think it's +2 Happiness from cities with 5 followers, can't remember the name. If i send a missionary/prophet to another Civ and convert his city to my religion, do i get the +2 Happiness from it or will the other Civ?

Thanks for the answer. This is one reason why Marathon play puts me off a little. I like to have parts of the map hard to reach. This happens all the time in a standard game as there are more cities blocking you off from the fog of war.

Never played on Marathon. I'd like to know how exploring the map works. Is it easier to explore on Marathon? I gather that a Scout still moves 2 tiles on any terrain on all game speeds. If i started a Marathon game and my first production was a scout, would the starting scout uncover 3...

My current game (Emporer Huge Map) is with Poland. They are indeed awesome to play. Free SP at each new age. The advanced Stables, and those Winged Hussars are incredible.

Once your borders touch with a neighbour they tend to DoW you. It creates tension so to speak. In a recent game i had playing as Holland (Emporer) I had the Ottamans and the Shoshone to the west and east of me. As thier borders appraoched mine they both DoW'd me within a few turns. Didn't have a...