Shaka is ridiculously easy to bribe to DOW someone else, which is what I do all game long
Happens sometimes, I had a game where an infuriating number of cities were one tile from coast. I gave up on domination victory based on that
Slower influence decay would be a nice incentive
Just bad pick with map creator. I had a game just now where the only pearl was near a one tile island in the middle of the ocean, and so of course...
I play immortal, emperor is too easy and deity is just too much work/micromanaging
I hated AC, so I doubt I'll want to play BE
I never liked runaways - some maps you have no way to find them and by the time you can you're already doomed. Not fun
Once again a screenshot of your empire would be very useful. Otherwise the advice might be meaningless
I'd restart, mostly because I find it very boring to play these isolated start games. This is especially the case if as you said the shallows...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_V/1500 It was also never used as a real bomber. In any case, it was never produced in anything near...
Your military is woeful, I'd get more updated units as insurance. If Polynesia decides to DOW you I think you are bye bye
Someone from Firaxis should read this and just fix the damn tech tree according to it.
1) Great Library: If the dirt is right you can build it, but you better start this quick, or it'll be gone. It's a nice early boost to science - 3...
In my most recent game I failed to found a religion because the last one was taken by the AI while I was waiting for that random dice roll to go...
I got two barb camps, one map, and a gold.....and I think one tech
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