Recent content by thebenjomonster

thanks for the fast reply, mate. I figured out that the problem was with my video card settings. Had been messing with them to accommodate another game a while back. Thanks again.

Hey folks, thanks in advance for reading. Beyond the Sword is doing something strange whenever I try to start a new game. The load screen lacks the normal intro movie, and the user interface is totally absent in-game. The map looks totally normal, and I can move around, but the blue UI isn't...

I've been playing a lot of games on Noble recently, and in my last one with Pacal/Maya on a huge fractal map, I had trouble with diplomacy. I founded Hinduism and brought one of my neighbors(Joao) into the fold. We had friendly relations for the entire beginning, I was beelining towards...

I want the Maori =/. Undisputed masters of the sea. leader= Te Rangi Hiroa [EXP/FIN] starting techs = fishing, mysticism UU = Dugout (workboat that can enter sea tiles) I realize it would pretty much guarantee you the +1 movement bonus, but compared to a military unit, I think its fair...

I did have pleased reps with 2 civs on the main continent, so it wasn't quite everyone against me. About the navy thing, one of my favorite parts of the game is naval strategy, so I had some impressive frigate/SotL fleets, enough to dominate my island with a few rover ships. but they got...

-I definitely wasn't lacking siege weapons, I usually have a 1 : 2 siege weapon to active unit ratio. (For every 1 siege weapon, I have 2 units). -I believe I had founded about 7-8 cities myself, but I had captured maybe 9 from the Dutch, three of which had to be razed cause I couldn't...

Hey folks, I just recently started playing on the Noble difficulty level, usually play massive, terra or fractal maps. Every game I played I would get crushed by the AI (usually by cultural or space race victories). The one time I didn't, I was on an isolated island with the Dutch, and spent...