Recent content by pimserplink

Perhaps there is some new software or update on your system that interfered with settings that the game needs to run? I had a similar problem immediately after installing Bigpond security software. Suddenly the CD would just spin a few times then give up. I had to disable that software each...

Proximity to enemy capital: Is Der much closer to Paris than Ur?

Monarch, large pangaea, scarce resources, full set of AI sometimes boosted to 31, some barbs and AI aggression set to maximum I can usually beat Emperor level but find city micro management tedious after the early stages. Dropping down a level lets me focus on (largely resource driven)...

Moving the worker to the mountain north might mean it has to move 2 more turns to get back into good early production. I think I'll take a chance and settle 1NW, inland but solid food and shields. The worker can begin work on the starting tile. At 80% water, we could be on a long peninsula...

While playing as Sumerians yesterday I watched one of my iron colonies deplete in the early MA. Adjacent to but not due to expanding borders. My defending pike was left fortified over a dead end road in the middle of nowhere. I had plenty other iron, but the depleted iron resurfaced not far away...

Overwhelming strength doesn't always stop the AI from making a suicidal DoW against you. OCC foes will often attack you early in the game. However, once you have a few cities I don't think I've ever seen an AI OCC declare unless brought in through a MA/MPP. My spies tell me that they tend to...

While Klarius gets his predator conquest win in 490ad, my open effort barely makes contact with the other continent (neth) in 480ad with a galley that sank before making coast. After entering MA in 130ad, continued building military. Swords and cats were massing near Thebes, while I...

Playing Open; monarch is my usual start level. Settled 1sw. Scout initially explored north/east but soon turned south/west with a second scout. Granary completed early in Hattusas with lots of early warriors and settlers produced to grab all that nice locale. I guess we shouldn't have been...

For me the start will be: Scout onto sw hill (to make sure its the best move for settler) then to northern mountain; worker mines/roads bg on the spot. Pretty sure I'll chop for a granary early in Hattusas. Early expansion probably to the south as we are so far north. Hopefully I won't...

This is my first COTM also, playing 'open'. Opted for the certain sugar over the doubt of the 'coastal' square and settled Madrid 1SW(?- on the hill next to sugar). warrior; warrior; settler;.. Barcelona on the coast by the wheat subsequently pumped out most of my settlers. Henry came...

ok some markets are ok but you are importing 2 lux. Once you've built all those markets the AI will probably request a higher price. I favour early conquest of spain. Asking price for horses is too high; no-one else has them for trade; there may be other buyers if you don't import now. They...

Freakin heck, where's your military? I would not be building markets or unis here. You have no horses and the strongest AI (Sumer) is close by. Build more units; finish off continental Babs; then invade backward Spain to grab their horses...

But doesn't 60% pangaea mean shorter traveling distances for your horsies- ie smaller gulfs to run around? (Not that I'm in the running for HoF yet)

In my present game I had some frigates bombard a city displaying a spear but it was a caravel within the city that took the first hits. Perhaps the 'bug' is related?

Hello all I just wish I had a dollar for every hour I ever spent playing civ1, civ2, c3c