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Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Back in the days of the cold war we were "the nickel capital of the free world". Sudbury is known for its enormous nickel/copper mines, its moon-like landscape, being the home town of Alex Trebek and several famous hockey players (one of them more infamous than...

Wow, if any profs at my uni had offered courses including Civ, I might have taken history. I certainly spent as much time playing Civ as I did writing my thesis. And by Civ, I mean Civ 1. I think Civ 1 was, by far, the most straightforwardly educational version of the series. It was very...

Like the Crusades? :jesus:

You're a little mistaken. It's an overgrown ancient temple, but it's in Cambodia, not India. I've been close, but never got there. So I haven't seen it. Although I have seen a LOT of ancient temples, overgrown or not. Anybody? Angkor Wat?

I missed two when I did the poll - Apollo and Hollywood, saw guys live on the moon in 1969 and have seen the Hollywood sign in the distance as I drove through LA. Been to the Hagis Sophia in Istanbul and the Parthenon in Athens. Have sat on the rock of the Sybil at the ruins in Delphi and...

I voted for other. I never retire, I just start a new game if one isn't going the way I like. At marathon speeds a game can last 100 hours, if I'm not having fun, it's work, and I quit. (as she hums "Take this job and shove it . . .")

I'll buy it. Just because Conquests was such an improvement over vanilla CivIII, I expect Warlords to be similar. I'm not much of a scenerio player either.

I most heartily agree with kmr. You are not the first one I have seen say "I suck at this game - it's so hard" In all cases, it's new Civvers playing at Noble. Noble was too hard for me when I first got CivIV and I've been playing this game since 1991. Play the easier levels, it's great fun...

Just want to add my kudos for your mod. I used to use modded graphics in Civ3 but found CivIV's graphics and user interface to be just stunning (I really don't get all the whining that goes on here - that UI is brilliant and beautiful). I didn't see any need for improved graphics. But I...

Too late now, but next time select "no barbarians" in "Custom Game" setup. You can always use worldbuilder if the barbs are really ruining your game: CTRL W Right click on barbarians. Watch them go poof! CTRL W to return to the game Repeat frequently. Call it wimping out or...

I'm not a warmonger, but I do love to expand. I like to rush to astronomy and grab any islands (I never play pangea) before the other civs can, or plunk some city down on some gap in somebody else's continent. State property sometimes gives me about twice as much income as free trade. I like...

Catherine. Don't turn your back on Catherine.

I like huge maps, continents or terra and Epic (or marathon, but the barbs are PITA on marathon) game speed. And I like to be Ghandi (I'm a builder not a warmonger)

I must say, I appreciate the modding tip given in this thread. The barbs were driving me crazy. I gave up trying to play marathon speed because the barbs were just out of control. It seems to me the default barb level in civ iv is "raging" (compared to other civ games), I've never tried to...

A navy and the America's Cup. For a landlocked coutry, the America's Cup is even more impressive that 1 sub and two destroyers (although all you really need to win the AC is few billion dollars and a bunch of Kiwi sailors)