Recent content by Mike B

I think you are taking too narrow a view of the term "mining". Right now two of the most mined resources in the US are sand and gravel. These quite possibly could be found in grasslands. Also, there are certainly SOME resources that can be obtained from mountains without the investment of...

Except that goody huts never give you what you are already researching. If you are lucky, by dragging out an easy tech you might be given one or two harder ones.

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers... Congrats for fighting the good fight.

They also make good bait. You can generally get another civ to send out a unit, especially an offensive unit, to capture an unguarded worker. This can put them in clear terrain, and it uses up their attack. If done right, you can use one unit to recapture the worker while you kill the unit...

For my first war, whoever is closest. I usually play the Romans, so my special troops are Legion as soon as I get Iron Working and can get a source. In true Roman style, I build a good road system, including to my nearest neighbor. I then try to use the Legions for all they are worth. 3-3-1...

Hi. I'm new here, so be gentle with me. I just spent one of the most frustrating evenings I have had in all my years of gaming, and that is up against some stiff competition. I was fighting on several fronts, taking cities fairly well, as I had cannons and cav, and they didn't. But it...