Recent content by NickyH

I think I've used the GA to pump out settlers quickly in some game, and I think I've had a town build one every 3 turns, but I agree that settlers aren't usually a priority during GA in most games. I actually dislike building settlers and workers during GA. The more people you have in your...

I used to build almost everything everywhere, even though I knew it wasn't the most efficient way to manage my empire. To try something completely different, I once played a game with the self-imposed rule that I could only build units, and no city improvements at all. I aimed for domination...

My experience is that granaries become less important on higher difficulty levels, combined with small maps. It's possible that you'll have to compete with your neighbours for space already after your first 5-7 cities, and in that case, you'll be able to grab more land if you build settlers...

Perhaps it's the combination of a blonde bimbo governor, and mathematics, that makes the numbers completely wrong?

Actually, I regret changing my advisors. After a while I started to find them tasteless, but I'm too lazy to change back. :blush: I think they look like cheap porn stars, or something like that.

So what are the first seven sciences that I obviously research before CB?

Nice to know it's possible! I'm not crazy enough to think that building Iron Works in a 20k city qualifies as a strategy, or even a plan… But still, that's what I'll aim for! :crazyeye:

I'm very curious: Has anyone ever been able to build the Iron Works in the capital city? I'm kind of dreaming about playing a 20k culture game, and being able to build it. :lol: It comes rather late in the game though, and early wonders matter much more, but still…

I'm addicted to smiling faces in my cities. I usually try to get markets and all the luxuries as soon an possible, no mater what it costs. I just love to see all those happy faces. And when the time comes to renew a deal, and I don't have anything reasonable to trade for a luxury, I'll probably...

Thanks! :) You're absolutely right about the seafaring bonus, so the three gold coins mean no extra commerce from any river. I've been away from Civ for too long…

You can turn the first worker in the city into a scientist (or tax collector) and start building a settler. If the city has no food in the box, and doesn't produce any surplus food, you get a settler from it, once it has the required 30 shields for the settler. I haven't done this for a long...

I made up my mind to play more aggressively than I usually do, so I picked the Romans to increase my chances of getting an early MGL. It's so much more fun when you have armies to fight with. Then I started my first war against the Aztecs, and on the first turn of the war, one of my legions was...

I think the city center square wouldn't give three commerce unless it's built by a river, so my guess is that there is an invisible river.

If you're agricultural, you'll get an extra food in the town center in despotism if you settle by the river. Why miss that bonus? I don't think an extra flood plain tile makes up for free aqueduct + extra gold + the food bonus for settling on a river.

I've seen them use the lux slider at 10% once when I opened an embassy. I think I posted a screenie, which possibly hides many pages back in the "interesting screenshots" discussion. I remember someone confirmed that it actually does happen on rare occasions.