Recent content by LtCowprod

Every time you whip the population you create an extra unhappy face for a given duration. Optimally the city will be growing back to its original size before this anger wears off. So when left unchecked the city will just keep growing beyond the limit and you have an unhappy city. Instead of...

Don't hold your breath waiting for that... I'd say it's a pretty bold statement when even Dell stops offering it on corporate models.

Ahhhh yea... from that tiny little nick of nothing to domination . I'll :smoke: to that. We'll have to do it again sometime. Enjoy the holidays.

Do you get a free DC-10 when scientology is discovered?

I believe you just have to found within the first 2-3 turns. I know I've always gotten mine. So how's Oxlimche do as the capital? I've always used Oaxaca but you lose the Corn/Dye for a bit to the Aztecs. Usually by that time growth isn't much of issue though and it pushes back pretty quick...

Yea it works in the new one but it's 11 open borders now which can be tedious. Both your production and tech capacity suck so you end up constantly having to roll over to civs. That damned Isabella negotiated 3 embargoes against me in 1630! Apparently she didn't like my Sistine Chapel.... not...

I'm gonna be going home Friday until around New Years so if we're gonna play we probably need to get it rolling.

By all means if China is still around when Mongolia spawns you are way too late to be thinking about invasion. You should basically beeline Civil Service and then be ready to attack within the next 15-20 turns. The key to their collapse is being quick and successful. Only taking out Beijing, the...

Right. Unless you want to build 4 warriors or can get Ra to toss you a chariot (read pop animal husbandry) theres no way to cause them any trouble. Those archers in Yerushalim will pick you off every time....

Yea I waited too long and it got razed by the barbs. The main thing I wish I hadn't done was researched calendar so early which cost me a few border pops. Then I lost another 10 turns or so with my settlers trying to generate a prophet.... not noticing greece built the Church of Nativity and...

After 24 Immortals, 21 catapults, 18 axes, 16 spears, 12 archers, 9 elephants, 4 galleys, 3 settlers, and a trireme.... I have managed to win with Persia on Monarch. I got the hard goal accomplished with only %8.03 land... talk about cutting it close!

Rook, hour glass, whatever .. at that scale who's to tell! Rook makes sense though if its for cities with a defensive bonus. But I can say I know it's not representing walls or castles... I rarely bother building either.

You have too many Black Sea cities and not enough in the Balkans region. You need to found Salona near the copper and clams. Also... remember that Istanbul counts as both so you can squeak by with two unique cities in each of those (Atina, Salona, Sinop, and Tushpa). You have Mesopatamia covered...

Yea but I think the luck is with the AI now. Obvously if one of the civs with stone bulbs or Oracles CoL early you've already failed. I honestly found getting Calendar to be tighter than Kulkulkan myself though.... I'll admit the first try someone built it a few turns after getting CoL. Reload...

They indicate which city is your best in that category. For instance beaker for highest beaker output, hammer for highest production, shillings for highest gold output etc. I am however curious about the less obvious gray star, and the black hourglass which is on most cities....