Recent content by rickcr

I'm a total noob to this game and haven't played any of the other civ games eitehr. (Love strategy games though). There seems to be a ton of articles and resources out there and tons on this site. Can someone recommend the first five or so I should definitely read first? I'd really appreciate...

How about Stronghold Crusader.... it doesn't look like the game is that popular yet it looks pretty good. Although, I must say, the more I look around at these other games, I think Civ III and Hearts of Iron seem to be the ones I'd enjoy most. I enjoy playing games online against human...

Looks a bit like the open source game freeCiv

actually I should take my Age of Sail comment back since I now see there is an Age Of Sail II: Privateer's Bounty which seems to have good reviews.

Thanks naervod. I've been looking at the reviews of Hearts of Iron now. Looks like it might be pretty cool. Some reviews mention that you are sort of locked into playing a similar time line is history unfolded during WWII. I hope that isn't the case. Interesting that you also mentioned...

I just purchased my first Civ game (Civ III) and am enjoying it so far. I'm looking for some other game recommendations that some of you might think I'd enjoy based on my picky standards below:)... I was addicted to AOK (conquerors expansion) for a long time. I got bored with it after a...

I'm a newbie to Civ III (and never played any of the other Civ games either). I'm coming from AOK which I was addicted to but got tired of a game that became a contest of how fast you can click around and rush someone. I wanted a good turn based strategy game so I picked up Civ III a couple...