Recent content by sennomulo

I agree. Space victory is my favorite victory condition, and I tried my hardest to win by science in my last game, but ended up winning diplomatic by accident. I was playing Rome, and had an epic capital location (marble, lots of salt, adjacent to a single mountain). I was able to get my trade...

I think the barbs were changed to make the Honor opener more valuable. Even if you want to spend your early game building rather than fighting, it's definitely something you need to consider. Not only do you get to see where the barb camps are, and not only do you get a combat bonus against the...

There is already one available. If you download the "Yet (not) Another Earth Maps Pack" and select the Giant Earth map included with it, you can play the BNW civs in their true starting locations.

Yes, or more specifically, Wǔ Zétiān. Moroccans do speak Arabic, yes. And the Persians use the Arabic script for their (completely unrelated) language.

No, that's not bad at all. As a huge foreign language enthusiast, I'm with you there. I'm just saying, there's nothing inconsistent with what they're doing here, and it's probably the best option for the general non-language-geek public. If you want to spice things up, you can change the...

↑ This. And for what it's worth, the emperor's article in the German Wikipedia refers to him as "Peter II." so I don't see what the problem is. After all, we have Alexander, Catherine and Isabella rather than Alexandros, Yekaterina and Isabel, and nobody complains about that...

If you want to try one of the new civs, you might want to go for Poland. I had a very successful tall game with them (I won by culture). The Ducal Stables turned out to be really powerful as I spawned around a whole bunch of horses, and the extra social policy with each era is a really sweet...

Ooh, I didn't realize you could change the language in Steam. I can confirm that you can switch BNW to French. This should make it much more fun to play as Napoleon! :goodjob: Here is how you switch the language: Open Steam. Click "Library". Right-click "Sid Meier's Civilization V", select...

Just finished a game as Poland. I was going for a space victory, but along the way I wanted to test out all the new culture and tourism stuff, and ended up accidentally winning by culture four turns before I could launch my spaceship. I had a ton of horses which made the Ducal Stables extra...

Science victories are my favorite, but I really like cultural too.

I just played my first game as the Netherlands, and I had the perfect map for taking advantage of their UI! It was a lot of fun to play. By the time I won my cultural victory, my capital was size 40 and my other cities were 32, 31 and 26. Attached is the save from Turn 0 if you are interested...

I like to build my cities wherever they happen to capture the most resources, particularly the ones I don't already have. Of course building the city on a river is preferable, building the city on a hill is preferable, building the city on the coast is preferable, and any combination thereof is...

I think Napoleon or Montezuma would be a good choice for this challenge.

When, in a half-asleep daze after being awoken, you wonder what bonus the cat is providing to your bed hexes.

It depends on the exact circumstances of the game, but if you're going for a peaceful game and you have military-minded neighbors, as a general rule of thumb I would say try to stay on the good side of strong civs that are close to you. If they're both on your borders, it may be wise to go with...