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    Help with happiness -BNW

    What do you mean by "settling the writer's guild"? Do you just mean building it? What good would that do? Mouse over doesn't appear as if it generates happiness.
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    Help with happiness -BNW

    Thanks for the replies. Yes, max religions are reached. That makes sense. Happiness guide is good. Thanks for linking to that. I am working on filling out the commerce tree, but have little in the way of cultural buildings, so that is going slowly. After I get happiness <-10, I'll switch...
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    Help with happiness -BNW

    Hello My second game in progress, BNW. Level: Prince Map: small/random - ended up as Pangaea I random drew the Zulus. I've had low, but generally positive, happiness this entire game and now at turn 222 happiness is out of control. I've been warring as you'll see by the save game...
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    Cultural Victory Mechanics

    nice. thank you both
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    Cultural Victory Mechanics

    Hello I am having a tough time finding info thru the search function here on cultural victory mechanics. I'm sure this is due to my own searching inability. I have BNW Any links to threads on how to achieve cultural victory would be appreciated. Any advice that is generally considered...
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    What is the newcomers / veterans ratio of Civ5 ?

    Played civ 2, 3 and 4 previously as well as civ call to power. So veteran I guess.
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    tech trading

    Is it at all possible to trade technology? I cannot find this option anywhere in the diplomacy choices. thanks
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    Tech Trading

    Hello, playing BNW....Is it possible to trade technology? I cannot seem to figure out how to do it in the diplo screen. thanks
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    social policies questions

    Hello I am new to Civ 5, but a long time Civ 4 and 3 player. I am curious about a couple things with social policies and haven't found answers in the war academy. 1. When I gain enough culture to pick a new social policy, it appears as if I am forced that turn to choose. Is this correct or...
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    Funny Pictures XXV: Rehosted from somewhere else

    I love Rankine scale, along with BTU's and rods Chuck Norris's molecules continue to move at 0 Kelvin
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    Electric Bicycles? (augmented human powered transport)

    Or you could quit being a pansy and pedal :lol::lol::lol:
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    Funny Pictures XXIV: Reposted from Reddit

    As an engineer I can attest to the inaccuracy of this flowchart. A true engineer would never leave something alone if there is no problem, he would attempt to improve it, thereby creating further prob....er... opportunities for improvement! :lol:
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    Funny Pictures XXIV: Reposted from Reddit

    I'll prost to that!!:beer:
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    Star Wars vs Star Trek

    I had only seen a couple of the movies you mentioned above in MST3K, but I have seen Flash Gordon. Its campier than 1960s Batman TV show. Its stuff like the EARTH QUAKE button that make that movie madly hilarious for me! My 4 year old likes it and thinks its funny....that should tell you something.
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    Star Wars vs Star Trek

    For some reason I find SW Ep V highly entertaining, there's something about the empire beating up on the rebels in this one that I like. That and it has one of the best cliffhanger endings of a movie ever...Han Solo in carbonite and Darth Vader is Luke's father, followed by narrow escape..a fun...
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