Recent content by maddman75

In the game I'm currently playing, I wanted to try for a cultural victory. I go in as Louis XIV and start building. I see a stone resource and send my third settler out to grab it, having a worker build a road there. I get it set up and start churning out wonders in the capitol. I manage to...

The value of horsemen is that they can retreat from battle, thus over the long run they are IMO more useful than swordsmen. Once a nonmobile unit goes into battle they are either dead or victorious. The horseman can retreat back to your city and fight again in a couple turns. I always...

Not everyone follows a religion simply because they were raised in it (though many do). I wasn't raised in any paticular religion, though my extended family was a largely nutty brand of conservative christians. I discovered Buddhism and found it to be a good fit for me. Many people go through...

ANother option is to use it defensively. I've built an army of infantry before, and used it to protect my stack of artillery. Also a handy place for injured tanks to repair. Worked rather well ;).

However, Castles were often at the center of towns. During times of war, the townsfolk could take shelter within the castle rather than be pillaged. So maybe 'castle' could be a middle ages upgrade to walls.

The way I like to deal with culture flipping is to leave one (or two if the city is on the front and likely to be attacked) as garrison apart from healing units. Always fortify one offensive unit right outside the city so that if it flips you can quickly retake it. After you take a good chunk...

It depends on the wonder. I've turned games strongly in my favor by using one to make Hoover way ahead of the AI, or to quickly get up a forbidden palace in a distant corner of my realm, turning a dozen corruption-filled cities into productive powerhouses.

It could have been that I missed it, my territory was pretty big by then. At least now I know - if you see something weird, keep a save! Might want to post about it on CFC!

I still had corruption, maybe it calculated from my forbidden palace? But then I was Communist so its hard to say. Sorry, I checked my Autosave and it didn't grab one. Wish I'd thought to save off a copy.

I'll confess to checking 6, then scrolling down to read 'please check no more than 4'. Oops, too late now. Sorry. I'd like for the advisors to actually tell you something useful. The only one I really use is the military advisor to see if someone is stonger/average/weaker than me. I like...

I was playing a Regent game as the English, and had something rather odd happen. I had been dealing with the Russians, who dared to live on the same continent as me. I sent a horde of Cavalry into their territory and took a couple towns. But they got Riflemen before me, and between them and...

Maybe, though you risk getting too specialized. Civ is about the macro, running your empire through the ages, not the details of each battle. I mean honestly if I'm in the mood for that I've got my Warcraft III shortcut right next to Civ :).

Now, you build an army! You should have a unit called 'Army'. Move three of any unit (or you can mix them up) into the same square. They'll have a 'Load' button to let them join the army, just like getting on a boat. The army combines the three units into a kind of super-unit. Basically...

As I recall, I'd taken several size 1 cities from the Persians. They are automatically destroyed. I guess that counts as razing?

I'll have to try that slave ship tactic! There are a couple of other ways to do this as well. In the ancient age put up walls and build cats for your border cities, and don't worry too much about offensive units. Make the AI stain the walls of your cities with the blood of his troops. If...