Recent content by JohnInLearning

Ahh, I figured it out. I received Furs from India for 19Gold per turn. (There FURS) The indians lost there source of Furs VIA -- Harbour blockage or pillaged while at war. My reputation took an hit for this, I can no longer get loans or give loans or trade for Tech with the AIs. This rarely...

If you do borrow $$$ from an civ. I suggest doing this A) Use it on 1/2 finished marketplaces and banks. (Pays for itself with interest) -- Then use that $$$ from the banks and marketplaces to buy everything else more or less B) Perhaps use it to steal tech from the civ. Play most of the...

The pitfalls are that if any civ declares war on you --- IF you owe them money A) You can never do an Gold per turn trade again to any civ for tech, luxury resoruces etc B) It seems to me that if the CIV owes you $$$ and it can't pay it back it has to sell an building, and it damages your...

I started playing on Monarch, my strategy was to prevent the AI from trading with each other and declaring war on me by constantly borrowing money from them. I would borrow 17 gold for 1 gold each turn from each civ if they had 17 GOLD. This worked really well for an while, I got the great...