Recent content by mjf200

I would be running bureaucracy, that would make you capitol a much more powerful city! You're not getting that much from vassalage. You are building research in a city that has an unhappy citizen. That guy is eating food and not contributing anything, get rid of him by building a temple. and...

I'm close to a victory in my game monarch/epic. Wondering how you guys post screen shots. Do you just use the PrtScn button and save as some sort of image, or is there something within the game. thanks!

whipping is when you are in the slavery civic and you hurry production by sacrificing population, hence "whipping" them away. I know what you mean, there are a lot of terms used on the board that a newer person doesn't know what they mean and the person saying them might not realize it b/c they...

cottages give you gold which increases your tech rate/income/culture depending on your slider. farms allows your city to grow to work other tiles or or run specialist. A GP(Great Person) farm is very useful. in that city you want to have a lot of farms and food resources so you can have more...

say you research a tech that no other AI has and you have numerous AIs in your game. You could potentially trade that one tech to each AI for something that you didn't have and gain as many techs as there are opponents. Even if you just get a few that more than makes up for the cost of research.

What game speed are you playing at? playing at epic or marathon slows the game down and your army does not become obsolete as fast. That's one of the main reasons I like to play at the slower speeds. I don't think anyone mentioned this yet about open borders. Yes, you should do it for the...

I always run the science slider at 100% until i have no gold left at the start of the game. getting more techs early is better than having gold in the early game when there is little you can do with it. the slider will automatically adjust so you don't go negative. if your slider ever drops to...

yep, my very PC game or games was actually a Sid Meier 3 game pack, I only had a C64 up until then and I recently got an IBM PS/1. It had the original Railroad Tycoon, Covert Action and Pirates. I got it in Radio Shack while shopping with my mom. I just thought the games looked cool because of...

I think in previous versions of civ you could but I don't think in civ4. that would be nice for buildings that are obsolete.

Ahh, such memories. I always enjoyed that as well. Did you ever play Railroad Tycoon? It had the same kind of list with pres of US the highest I think. Did you ever play the new Pirates! game? it came out a few years back, same basic game with much improved graphics. To get higher on Civ4...

Yep, like mjg said, getting a certain tech and trading it around helps out. This is a tough map so hang in there and try again! I'd try playing the map again, maybe not all the way through, maybe just until 1AD and see where you are. Practice makes perfect.

I will play these also. I'm currently playing at monarch.

yeah, I saw that page but I still don't see how I remove the rally point. I can change the location but I want it off.

I set one for some cities and now I can't seem to turn it off! its driving me crazy in my game right now. help!!!

Since getting BTS I haven't really bothered to learn about using espionage in my games. I do use it on occasion to make a city revolt so I can attack it that turn without using my siege units and I try to put all my espionage points into the AI I plan on attacking next. I never adjust the...