Recent content by Lungfish

Its certainly a possibility, but I have played BtS to get a feel for it. The AI makes smart moves, founding cities to wall you off and always on the lookout for weak players to kill. That's cool. What seems to get me is the paradox of having a large army, large number of cities and still...

Risky Evil eXtinction? Used when encountering Boadicea, Montezuma etc? Rigorous Early eXpansion? Build lots of cities, the Great Wall, and then hope that Copper or Iron pops up in your country? Redundant Erroneous eXplanations? What I guessed above is dumb? Seriously, I see REX...

Thanks! Ok, I'll try that.

Are you able to do that before 300 B.C.? If so, I'd like to know how.

I've restarted the game with the intention to do nothing but see if I could build 8 cities before 290 BC. Despite my excellent relations with Boadicea she declared war on me and, once again, my Civ goes down under a crashing wave of enemy units - this time Gallic Swordsmen. Boadicea was also...

I got the new BTS expansion, loaded it, and have been nothing but frustrated since. I was previously playing Warlords at Monarch level with random leaders and maps and winning (and losing) often enough for it to be the right level for me. But now I'm unable to progress to the Modern Age...