Recent content by Oski

Just wanted to follow up on this. I followed a lot of the advice posted in this thread--not all, but a lot--and I seem to be doing a lot better. I kept the world/game settings the same. I tried to be a bit more strategic about my wonders. I kept with Stonehenge but then went for Oracle to...

Thank you much. That was extremely detailed, and I read it carefully. I'll put that to use in my next game, which will hopefully go a bit better...

Thank you for the replies. Re. diplomacy, a lot of replies said to just try to keep everyone happy. In the past that's what I've tried to do, even giving techs. I read an article here advising that more focus/thought/direction be invested into diplomacy...

Okay, to start off with, I think of myself as pretty smart, if I do say so myself. AND that smart-ness is concentrated in pretty darn good strategic thinking skills. Which in turn displays itself in most turn-based strategy or other slow-paced strategy games. I've beaten most games that...