Recent content by Rock_Strongo

my strategy has been to mine/irrigate the hell out of any land not occupied by a city...is this a good idea? oh yeah, i build and LOTS OF ROADS.....

Whats the difference between mining and irrigation? I assume that when you check the terrain for what it will yield, if you irrigate it, you get the food and if you mine it you get the gold.....what about the shields.......just wnated to make sure my assumptions are correct......

great advice thanks.....how do I max taxes? i don't even know how to increase/decrease the levels......i did have a library yes........whats the advantage of building wonders? Does it just keep the poeople happy or does it serve another purpose? How can i build them quicker then other races?

started with despotism, and then went to monarchy and stayed there cause things were going really well....except for tech.advancement

I just finished my first game.....i got my butt kicked, but i got through to 2050 AD.....my last advancement was steampower, so i was obviously pretty far behind. I am playing on chieftian as the Romans and i had my science funding pretty low so I could make money, so I think thats when i...

do i increase lux tax by adding tax collectors?

A big gripe from my citizens is that my 'main' city is overpopulated. How do I qwell this problem? Also, my cities don't really grow in size.....what gives? I send workers in to join the city, but it seems like after '12' it won't get any bigger. I've been reading posts on this board, very...

I am playing on the easiest level....chieftian I believe, and no, I am not trading with the other nations because I don't know how! But I assume since you asked, I should learn how to do it. And whats the deal with building wonders? I don't seem to be able to do it......thanks for being...

Yeah, so I just got my butt kicked by the french.....THE FRENCH......it wasn't my first loss either, but thats where I draw the line...it seems like the comp develops SO much faster then I do....i usually go Bronze, then Iron so I can make legions.....then i get horses eventually, but i never...

I prefer to be the aggressor most of the time, but it seems like a royal pain in the butt to have to click on each individual unit and send them on there way, is there anyway I can direct a platoon of soldiers in the same direction with a single click or must i move each one by itself?

I got the game from trymedia.com......so far no complaints about the transaction, very smooth. thanks for the advice, i'll check for a pdf.file

So I did some reading on this site and it turns out that the manual is crap? I guess I just find everything I need from here.......people seem helpful, so maybe i'll just fire questions this way as they come up....I've never played any of the Civs. before, so I am going look for some 'newbe'...

I just ordered Civ.III off line and directly downloaded it onto my hard drive.....problem is, I didn't get any instruction manual with the game...normally I'd just say screw it, i don't need it....but I keep getting my ass kicked and could use the help....i don't know what some of the buttons...