Recent content by Orgetorix

Denmark never seems to do well. Also I find that all "aggressive" civs (Japan, Aztecs, Huns, Greece) either fail miserably or end up steamrolling everyone. Except Genghis who always seems to do great. Sometimes though, Monty decides to get all civilized for a long time in which case he also does...

Don't accept peace right away unless you absolutely have to (like if you're fighting on two fronts). Keep building military. Push forward and lay siege to his borders with CB and warriors (mix in a couple of spearmen if up against Genghis, Attila, Ramses or someone with a lot of mounted). Get a...

You can't know that. He might have van or maybe even a cabriolet...

Ok, it's time to vote for which elimination threads are the best and worst. Contenders are: Best sea based lux 20 Most historically correct tech icon 20 Most inspiring wonder splash screen 20 Coolest leader headgear 20 Favorite CS border color 20 Prettiest grassland tileset 20 Happy...

America 5 Arabia 26 Aztecs 21 Babylon 26 Byzantium 20 Carthage 23 Celts 5 China 24 Denmark 8 Egypt 11 England 17 Ethiopia 18 (-2) France 17 Greece 21 Inca 25 Iroquois 10 Japan 18 Korea 22 Maya 27 Mongolia 12 Netherlands 20 Ottoman Empire 18 Persia 15 Roman Empire 19 (+1) Russia 20 Siam 20...

Ok, so ICS usually means building a lot of cities three hexes apart as fast as possible. With the right combination of policies, beliefs, and/or UA/UB you can mitigate the per-city penalties to happiness while getting a boost to science and economy. The trade-off is really slow policy...

About popping maps. I think the most mind-boggeling thing about them is when you pop one and they reveal stuff far away but leave one tile of fog two hexes away... "Oh, that hill over there? No! We never go there, it is forbidden. Many have gone but none have returned to tell the tale..."

On higher difficulties I find that ruins make the game harder. Since the AI start with more warriors and scouts they will get more ruins than you. I Still play with them though because they're fun. You still get that feeling of being lucky when popping a tech or pop increase and it's easy to...

Alhambra 19 Big Ben 19 Brandenburg Gate 20 Chichen Itza 25 Eiffel Tower 23 Great Library 17 Hagia Sophia 5 Himeji Castle 11 Hanging Gardens 31 Hubble 34 Leaning Tower of Pisa 26 Louvre 28 Machu Picchu 25 Neuschwanstein Castle 14 Notre Dame 26 Oracle 35 Petra 26 Porcelain Tower 25 Pyramid 22...

Mayans Pyramid (Faith + Science) equlas ICS monster Atlatlist spam for early defense while REXing like crazy covering the continent with pyramids. Mayans can get a religion even on Diety every time and then enhance it with liberty's GP or the GP from The Long Count giving them a solid foundation...