Recent content by Mongrel

The description of the Dutch on GameSpot makes them sound like a perfect fit for Commercial. I'm interested to know why Agricultural was chosen.

I hadn't thought about it before, but you raise a very interesting point. Though it's difficult to make a case for a discreet sovereign nation, the cultural influence of the various Italian city-states and kingdoms upon Europe and even the world is undeniably profound. Italy's exclusion is...

If we can think of all the dots (as Kryten describes) as being the same distance from any "adjacent" dot, the current system seems okay. Don't the squares function like octagons, having eight adjacent spaces. Of course, octagons wouldn't fit together. But without the grid showing, isn't that...

Lotta work, Godking! I think you're right about America. I agree with Stonesfan about France. As I understand it, a key element of the French revolution was a turn to reason rather than faith/religion for values. As for Arabia, perhaps they should be Militaristic, since that is how they...

I voted for the Polynesians. I think the Souix are likely also. However, my money is on some other civilization no one else has thought of, as was the case (as far as I know) with the Hittites.

MrGone, I think you're on to something. My money is on V for victory.:thumbsup: As for Stone, I'm under the impression it will only appear in some of the ancient scenarios.

OKay.. We're only looking for 4 more, so I think Polynesia, Siam, and Abyssinia would help to flesh out a world map nicely. Portugal or the Netherlands would help to flesh out a map of Europe nicely. But for the last civ, I'd choose the Souix. I think Native Americans were significant and...

Literacy is usually my first target, but on the wrong map, The Great Library isn't worth much without Map Making, which is occasionally my first target.

In Civ3 terms, the current ruler of a city is key to it's culture production. Many of the cities named don't have Civ3 wonders. Jerusalem? But newer civilizations (not Civs) like Italy (not Roman Empire) have some of the wonders. In the case of Italy, Sistene (Michelangelo's) Chapel and...

I'm surprised Tombstone is not on your list. Going South with Jack Nicholson and Mary Steenbergin is not a gunslinger movie, but definitely a western. And you can't forget Support Your Local Sherriff and Support Your Local Gunfighter, both with James Garner.

It would be challenging to make, I suppose. But, I'd absolutely see it!

Historically... Allah was a moon god of one of the pagan tribes in Arabia. Hence, the crescent moon on top of the mosques and common on Middle Eastern flags. From that tribe, Mohammed spread his religion by the sword. He was run out of Medina, but returned with an army. Apparently, lineage to...

You have a good idea with excellent examples to back it up. And I feel vindicated after being shot down (and ignored in another thread not worth pointing out) for suggesting there may be room for improvement in the tech tree. I also like the ideas of hidden tech tree or beekers designated to...

I don't mean to pick nits, but I notice that: Religious gives you a free tech toward Mysticism and Expansionist gives you a free tech toward Map Making, however... Industrious gives you a free tech toward Currency, while Commercial gives you a free tech toward Literature and the Great...

Maybe you could make some of your citizens into specialists to buy some time.