Recent content by Lcpl Jack Jones

Actually you may have hit on something here... more civilizations makes so much sense. Generally speaking Capital Cities are sited in good locations with an abundance of resources and more importantly hills! On a small map the rules allow a maximum opponents 7; I'm thinking, like you, Gandhi but...

@ jnebbe “ai are aggressive/unit spammers” I totally concur. The plan went like clockwork, that is apart from the Shaka surrendering bit. After losing 5 cities in the first turn a dozen or more Zulus supported by umpteen catapults materialized out of thin air; I had totally underestimated...

I’ve had a break from my laptop; albeit forced by the fact the powerpack stop doing its job but thanks to Amazon all is well again. :) That is not to say I’ve been sitting idol, oh no I’ve been busy reading up on Civilization strategy. You see my current game is in the 1400’s, Suryavarman’s...

G-Major 192 Whilst I’m waiting on Mapfinder let’s formulate a provisional game plan. :grouphug: The Archipelago Guide says the game plays slower than with other maps so I feel 50 A.D. is unrealistic; I propose an additional 40 turns, that’s a victory by 1000 A.D. Priorities 1st Get to size 4...

G-Major 192 Mastering Ragnar on an Archipelago map is only half the battle, we have to convert that into a table-topping score. I’m not going to get too deep here but if anyone’s interested the following explains how score is calculated: - http://www.dos486.com/civ4/index/score.shtml The...

G-Major 192 Umm … Score is not my strong point. Out of 94 Hall of Fame entries only 3 broke the 100k mark, heck my personal best is more than 110,000pts off the current #1 slot. Yep, there is certainly work to be done! :viking: Okay, where to start? I see there are already a couple of...

Again Thank You!

Hail fellow Emperors! :worship::worship::worship: without you [civ4] could not have survived ... 19 years in October!!! I applaud you:clap: And of course, special thanks to the unsung heroes ~ the backroom boys, both past and present who have overseen the day to day running of the Hall of Fame...

I guess it makes sense; Workers have something to do which allows researching Medication first followed by Monotheism. I will see what Mapfinder turns up ~ 4+ fur with deer & stone in the "fat cross", what could possibly go wrong! :splat: At present I'm trying a 'beefed up' start, i.e. an...

I've thrown the towel in ... even with a dun and castle fortress my muskets & longbows were no match against Alexander's knights ... :wallbash:

At the moment the only gold I'm finding is surrounded by hills and lacks food. I've had 4 attempts so far each ending with an unprovoked attack by Alexander. I'm currently in the 1600's and yet again the Greeks (despite being at the bottom of the table) have attacked! I'm still 50+ turns from a...

OK, I'll put my neck on the line, one of the goals for September is to submit a descent entry in this Gauntlet. So my question is where will I find the best advice on how to get a result? At Monarch level is it still 'worker first' or do I steal them? And what is Mapfinder looking for?

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@ antimony I'm had the impression modifier in all my games so far, so i have resorted to drastic measures and deleted all Map Finder saves in case its seeded from the initial game.

The good news is I'm getting my chosen allies up to friendly and gaining their vote but as yet collectively still below the 75%.:run: Also the first impression modifier: - can't be bought off before currency is unlocked ... I'm not sure but it only seems to appears if I'm ranked lower than...