Recent content by Jean_Monnet

Science victory T260 - 1745 AD This was a really fun game to try the Aztecs. I didn't realise that the builders could help rush districts until I saw a strange button in the builders' actions that I had never seen before! Very pleased with myself because it is rare that I win on Emperor. I got...

Thank you so much @kcd_swede ! I remember both you and @leif erikson from my old Civ IV days, you are both legends. I didn't expect a reply on a dormant thread, after so many years :) This was the fourth 6otM I've played so far. Time permitting, I'm planning to work my way through all the rest...

Score: 650 I've decided to get back into Civ VI through playing some old GotMs. Always good fun! I used to play a lot of Civ IV in the old days, but life got in the way.

Hello, After upgrading to Win10 and moving over to the Steam versions of Civ IV and finding that I cannot run the HoF and BUFFY mods, I have come across your hopeful post. Thanks for trying to find a solution!

After several years away from xOTM and with just a few days to play this map, I plunged straight into it without reading the pre-game discussion, therefore missing the map-maker's requirements. Doh! It doesn´t matter much because I ended up with a 20th century space victory. But I wish I had...

First thoughts: - I like Epic games, they are much more forgiving of silly errors (of which I make many). - There is a tantalising bit of land across the water. Maybe the nearest AI is over there, although with 8 other civs it is unlikely that this is an isolated start. - I might settle where...

I would not worry too much, Cactus Pete. It's probably because a lot of people are on holidays. It's nice to be part of the wheat, though! ;) And I am pleased in a weird sort of way to be in the top 10, even though I lost my game (not by much). :lol: This was a very interesting concept for a...

Although I lost this game (spaceship loss in 1855, I was 1 part/10 turns from launching my own ship), I was quite pleased with how I played, apart from at the beginning. Had I had a bit more luck with barbarians in the early stages, I would have been able to get going quicker, fend off Saladin...

Her proper full name was Isabel la Católica (now you are sorry you asked, but no need to beeline Theology just to stick with it ;)). It is a very common name in Spanish-speaking countries and, although I can see what you mean (bela, bella, belle...), apparently it is quite ancient and probably...

I had a really good (for me) and fun game which more than made up for the disaster that was the previous BOTM. I loved the Renaissance start: not only it is much more forgiving of silly early mistakes, but it also saves a lot of trudging through the ages building basic stuff and fighting...

Thanks for taking an interest, Jesusin. I am usually fairly happy with how I do in the early stages, my main problem (I think) is not being able to keep a healthy economy and a decent tech rate while trying to grab as much land as possible. In games with big continents I always struggle with...

A friendly Monty freaks you out. You spend the whole game thinking he is going to declare war on you despite his friendliness. But worse are the leaders it is normally easy to get along with behaving like spoilt children. For those players like myself who do not know the leader traits by...

Settling 1S might allow us to create a bridge city between two water areas without losing any of the resources in sight. I would imagine that sea travel will play an important role in this kind of map, even in view of the size. Luckily there is no special World Cup victory condition here. I'm...

Oh, how I envy your early finish dates and your smooth cutural games! If only I could ever finish before the 1800s, I would spare myself the mess and the heartache that inevitably comes after, the hopelessness one feels when not able to build a spaceship as quickly as the other civs, the...

Exactly the same here, apart from JC wiping me out with a chariot rush a bit earlier than you. Normally the frustration and feeling of impending doom build up over several hours in my games, but this time it was so quick that I should have hooked myself on a blood pressure machine before I...