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    My Republics always suck

    Yeah, it's been really slow at work. :D
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    My Republics always suck

    For those interested, I took over my continent and most of the one to the east for a points win after 540 turns. My first warlord win. Thanks, guys. :cool:
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    poll beginners biggest mistakes

    I see... those are very good ponts. Thanks.
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    My Republics always suck

    Thanks for the kind words, rysingsun. What you said about the marketplaces and aquaducts is spot on. The first thing I did when I went back to this map was start research construction and then put aquaducts in all of my 6 pop cities. Once they got to 7, a lot of my financial woes went away...
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    My Republics always suck

    Thanks for the help so far! Budweiser: I built a lot of spearmen just because I didn't want to have to deal with an early AI invasion. Perhaps that's faulty logic, but I've been invaded plenty of times when I have little or no defenses up. The 2 gpt unit cost is killing me, though, which is...
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    poll beginners biggest mistakes

    Why is closer city spacing a good thing? Since cities can't share worker tiles, doesn't that put a damper on how much gold/science/food you can produce?
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    My Republics always suck

    Hey everyone - Just started playing CivIII last month when I bought Complete. Been lurking in the forums for a while, and I think I'm starting to get some of the larger concepts, but I've been having trouble with gov. management. In every game I've played, changing to a Republic sucks. I...
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    Conquests: Age of Discovery strategy/tip thread

    Thanks for the thoughts. I attempted to go for the cultural win, but my pride usually ended up with poor dealings w/ the European civs. Perhaps the more diplomatic approach you suggested will keep me from dying... as quickly. ;)
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    Conquests: Age of Discovery strategy/tip thread

    Does anyone have any tips for the Incas, Aztecs, etc? I've been trying to beat this conquest with them on Warlord, and get my ass handed to me every time. I can't seem to find a strategy that doesn't result with me getting pounded by everybody all at once.
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