Recent content by Shmuckmuck

Well I always complain to myself about marathon starts and having too many warriors while you wait for your city to grow. Now I know what to do with them. Thank you.

I've been having difficulties getting solid starts in monarch. As per my usual, the game is set at marathon pace. In some ways I think marathon needs its own subsection in the forums, because I have a lot of trouble adapting normal speed strats to marathon pace. Attached is my most recent...

I think that sometimes barbarian units disappear in the same fashion that they appear in areas you can't see. So if you lost sight of them, they may have just vanished. I don't know if being triggered by an "event" affects this. Just a guess, really, not sure how it works. My only basis is...

Use roads to connect all your bonus and strategic resources. Don't waste time building roads that don't connect resources, cities, or hasten unit movement. I often find that the automatic route that workers build in "route to" mode isn't as efficient as one you can set yourself (like building...