Recent content by kowalski37

This was originally posted by Azzer007 over at forums.2kgames.com - all credit to him. http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93309 The AI players seem to consider anything within line-of-sight of any of their units, as their borders. This causes issues in two circumstances...

If I buy and install a retail DVD copy of CIV V which I then activate on Steam, does anyone know approximately how much data is downloaded when I activate it? Are we talking a few Mb or a few hundred Mb - I have a fairly slow Internet connection...

If you look at the pre-order on amazon.com, it talks about the pre-sale bonus DLC. However, no mention of DLC on amazon.co.uk (although the game is less expensive). This suggests to me that the DLC will not be a big deal. I really wouldn't be surprised if the Babylonians appeared in the first...

I totally sucked at this game. I managed to build 6 or 7 cities and the Great Wall, but my economy was really poor and I couldn't keep up in technology. Conquered in 1710AD. I put a lot of effort into building the Great Wall, but it was only useful for a few turns until the AI expanded...

My first BOTM victory! 1804 culture - playing on adventurer save. Founded most religions, teched to Democracy then just built culture. I've no idea how I could have got a faster victory though - I still have lots to learn!

As in most BOTM games, I was playing way above my normal difficulty level, and my goal was just to survive as long as possible. I settled 6 cities and captured 1 barb city by 1000AD, and amazingly I wasn't in last place - partly because I built the GLH. After that however, my tech rate fell and...

Again, another learning experience for me. Settled 6 cities with no problems, but fell behind on tech. Captured a couple of good Mayan cities through overwhelming numbers, but then made a stupid error: Pacal had built the Apostolic Palace and kept proposing that I give him back his cities. I...

Well I'm not in the same league as other people who've posted, but what the hey. I learnt some things from this game and look forward to the next BOTM. I settled 3 cities on the main island and settled another on the west for the bronze. I expected an ocean invasion way earlier than it occured...

Not much fun at all. My one glimmer of hope was building the Oracle in 155BC which I used to get metal casting. This then enabled me to build triemes to stave off the enemies galleys. My goal is just to survive as long as I can...

I normally struggle to win on anything past Warlord difficulty level, so simple staying alive was my goal here. I managed to capture 2 Barb cities and found 4 more including my capital. My only real achievement was being the only player not attacked by Caeser, who won in 1806 with a diplomatic...

Hi, Just joined this forum today - looks great. I played the original Civ on the Amiga back in 1993 and also Call to Power II before getting into Civ IV. I'm too impatient to manually control my workers, so I tend to stick to Warlord difficulty level, but look forward to picking up some...