Recent content by Minsc

I find that "get a tech lead" is probably the hardest thing in the game.

I would recomend that if you get to that point, increase the difficulty level.

I try to keep as few cities as possible that will maximize the area in my cultural borders. There are several reasons for this. I keep cities to help with domination vicotry since you need to control as many land squares as possible. Also, especially relatively early, barbarians and other...

I wouldn't say that religion is TOO powerful, but one of many viable strategies to win.

I occupy cities in the early game, when I am looking for land/resources. I have not had any trouble keeping the population happy and building my culture. However, often in the late game my goal is simply to cripple a rival, and I go straight to the heart of their empire. These cities should...

Founding a religion is nice. You get gold and culture from the shrines. However, I think there are usually many more important techs to worry about. You can still build temples/monastaries/cathedrals because other Civ's religions will spread to you. Another thing to remember is that it...

Have you taken a look at the most excellent thread (by Stuporstar?) about terrain improvements in the 'Single Player Articles' sub-forum?

I always hated that about Civ 3. It was like the game's little way of reminding you at the beginning to micro-manage EVERYTHING! or DIE!

I usually take the city attack/defence upgrages first since almost all of my warfare seems to be centered on cities. What do people think of the fast healing upgrades? I usually try to have one or two units in my army have it to help out with healing.

According to Stuporstar: That gives us: Grassland/Hill + Forest = 1F 2P + 0.4 Health Grassland/Hill + Mine = 1F 3P + 1P if Railroad Plains is similar, just -1F +1P. Mine definitely beats forest for production.