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Restricted leaders - Ghandi Unrestricted Leaders - Lizzy

Civ 4 Complete edition(both expansions) is $30 on Amazon and Steam, which is a good deal for a game with thousands of hours of replayability. Unless you're really strapped for cash, you should definitely get Complete. So yeah, Civ 4 is definitely worth your time. It's one of the best games ever...

With RNG, I have a chance of winning on a longshot, even if I am in a poor position due to my own mistakes. If combat is purely deterministic, I can mathematically calculate whether or not I will be able to stop my opponent, and if I can't, I just admit defeat and start a new game, losing the...

Some of my most satisfying wins have been the result of taking wild gambles in combat. Like when you're invaded by a vastly superior army, or an AI is running away, or on the brink of a culture victory (because you forgot to check the victory condition screen:nono:), and you have to attack NOW...

No worries about the changelog, I understand it's a hassle. I finally read through the 26,000 word document and figured out what I wanted to know:crazyeye: The problem with slavery is that it makes building with food more efficient than building with hammers until your cities are big enough...

Canada and the "Pirate Empire" each have 5 leaders to choose from. Egypt, Rome, Greece, the Byzantine empire, the Ottoman empire, The United Kingdom, the United States, to name a few, all have fewer leaders represented despite much longer history, far greater influence and greater number of...

K-mod's AI is the best available for Civ IV, but it comes packaged with some game mechanic changes, which are a mixed bag in my opinion. It maintains the original feel of the game for the most part. Culture victories take much, much longer though, since the free speech culture multiplier has...

In any discussion of the strongest leaders in the game, Darius is one of the first names to come up. However, I think that Cyrus, with access to the same top-tier UU and the always useful if unspectacular UB, is too often overlooked. It's easy to drool over Darius's traits and think about the...

I play with events on too, and maybe see an average of one revolt per game in builder games, maybe 2-3 in warmonger games. Not enough to counterbalance 30 base hammers for ~15 food for the most decisive portion of the game. I think everyone is in agreement about the Inca. I'm considering...

Hey Karadoc, thanks for all your work! You have breathed new life into BTS for me. It's as though you took over patching the game now that Firaxis has moved on. The new AI in particular is quite impressive. I cannot thank you enough. There are a few points I would like to address, which may...