Recent content by Tibrogargan

Yeah, I'm aware of the theory, just concerned about the practice. I've had many more than 12 (militaristic) victories with elite units in the current game - more in the order of 30 or 40. And certainly more than 16 in the previous game - but then it did produce one GL. You would think a...

I've just finished a game on Monarch as the Iriquois, and got 1 great leader during the entire game - but then, I was fairly peaceful (culture win) so it was irritating but not exactly unexpected. I'm just starting a game as the Romans at Emperor level. I've just overrun the Egyptians with...

One thing I've been doing that doesn't seem to hurt is at the start of the game set research rate to as low as possible (10 or 20%) but still not zero. Because it's going to take about 40 turns no matter what, I don't see any point throwing away all the income I would otherwise generate for...