Recent content by Ryry

Yeah, locked or unlocked doesnt matter. Just I was playing the locked version. Aztec was for the spices. Anyway, I am impressed. I will try it again. Ryry

Challenge for all of you this weekend. With the latest mod, BtS, Monarch, not-unlocked Get the Dutch to win the 1st UHV (most map by 1600) plus: 1) Notre Dam in Amsterdam 2) Astronomy 3) Liberalism 4) Aztec vassal All by 1605AD I could easily do it before, but not now. Give it...

I started again with AnotherPacifist's strategy: Doesn't work. If you don't push Germany to collapse they stick around forever. When they finally do collapse the cities will revolt, but not flip. I had tons of culture and Frankfurt and Copenhagen had no territory, totally surrounded by...

Probably you are right about waiting for the flip, that is probably a better idea. About the Liberalism, it was 1400. I don't think you can get Liberalism by 1400 as Netherlands in the new mod. I had 100% science, and at that time I had only Amsterdam and the S. African city (Whitman?). I...

OK, I followed your tech path and it is a good one. It is 1700's, I am the lead in tech with Euros though England and France are very close. I think Japan is the world leader in tech. My economy is a bit weak, but improving. I founded 3 cities around the same time, so we are dealing with that...

So you send them down in the Galleys right from the start? That sounds like a good idea. I usually get the free troops, but do not declare war. I run the troops to the Atlantic and pick them up and use them to base in S. Africa and Australia... or run them home if I have war problems on the...

Hey all, Note this is all with the latest Mod, BtS. Played a great game as Spain going for time or space race, really trying to re-create the whole Spanish Empire, and then keep it. Anyway, succeeded and decided to try the Dutch. I have gotten the UHV for the Dutch before (I think on the...

You civics idea is very interesting..... I still like Slavery for the USA, but other than that.... the commonwealth instead of occupation is probably the way to go actually. I am not sure about Pacifism though, since you have to declare war on England, France and probably Spain or Aztec (or...

Sorry, instead of Occupation use Bureaucracy? I like slavery because growth is really fast. In fact sometimes you "over grow" becuase of immigrant from the old world, and you need to trim down a city to get out the unhappiness. Good way to convert excess population to useful buildings or...

America BTS Monarch I finally got the American UHV. I started as Mali. I was actually going for the Mali UHV, but realized I was no where close to getting it around 1400 or so, (I lost a city to Impi, other probs), so I rode it out and flipped to America. It is hard to give an exact America...

I am playing a 600 start. Started as Mali. Now am America. I got the Statue of Liberty and Pentagon built before 1900, it is around 1860 now. But I don't think I will be able to kick Spain all the way out of Central America by 1900. Plus, Victoria has an annoying Vancouver which I need to kick...

I originally heard it about Zaire under Mobutu. Ryry I just love to tell it to Brazilians. IMHO Brazilians and Americans are very similar. Example: They both LOVE to complain about their country, it's problems, how it is falling apart, the stupid president, etc..... but if a foreigner dares to...

Recently I have been trying America 'cause I want to play a "modern game", i.e. a game that historically represents the 19th century, and probably the 20th. But , inevitably, the world in 1733 in RFC is not the world as it truely was in 1733. It is close sometimes. But not exact. And sometimes...

Minsk rocks, so I would definitely found it. It will be your barrier to the Germans. There are two great spots in Siberia, if I remember correctly (haven't played Russia in a while)... but other than that no point to it. I might suggest, if you want to put energy into the east, go into the...

Hey, I don't know if this was mentioned already 'cause I didn't want to read the whole thread. But: Can't we add civs but limit the total number of civs? I mean, there could be 30 civs, but no game has more than 18. You could pick the civs at game start, or have them randomly assigned. Ryry