Recent content by twilson

Ai stupidity in last game... i played archi as the english, got an amazing start (huge island to myself). And got miles and miles ahead. Im trading with the americans to their advantage, got about 200 units, artillery and modern armour etc... was bored of being so far ahead and going for a quick...

Well finally won my monarch game last night, but might stay there a while.. couple of questions cindee? I take it your using artillery with your cavalry etc?. I had hell the first time i tried a war against a decent opponent, because i didnt bother with artillery... One thing that...

Cheers timerover, ill take another look at the map, and as for the spearmen, well i guess ill be less lazy and use my artillery to soften them up next time-- i was sooo annoyed at the time though and its made me more reluctant to take over neighbours with better defences ;).

Hi all After a few games on regent, i found it was too easy so ive started a new game on monarch... archi, 70% water as the english (i know, easy settings, but its first time at this level) Things were going fine, after conquering my neighbour i secured the biggest single island for...

Last game i played i played the english, archipelo, and the navy saved me a pile of hassle... there was a sadistic satisfaction in sinking ship after ship of the countries allied against me, ;)...it was a c3c game.

Not sure what level your playing on, ive played 3 games now all on regent... the first game i was behind tech wise, the last game i abandoned when i got so far ahead it was unchallenging...so onto monarch for me now. The main differences in my style of play are not dramatic really... more...

Hi I recently got civ3 complete and civ 4 at the same time, after an extended break from the civ series. Im getting very slow performance from civ 4 though, i know the official 'required specs' are often different to the real ones, and my machine isnt great overall but this is quite an...

Yeah stayed republic... but didnt go on the offence, i dont know if anyones played marlas european map with all the civs enabled but its fascinating to play. I picked the english and my role has evolved to be 'maintainging the balance of power' in europe so noone gets too big (currently forming...

Oh im conquests by the way, which explains the support ;)

Hi Arexander yup i had considered doing that ;) ..in all my recent less crowded regent games though (i know easy mode!) ive got miles and miles ahead on tech though so it is hard to make myself do it lol. I suspect with so many civs its going to be hard to get a big lead at any point due to...

Hi all Just curious about wether people feel democracy is signifigantly better for peaceful gains even when the map is very crowded and empires relatively small. I decided to have a crowded map to add a different challenge (every civ enabled, marlas european map) and its going ok. I got...

Some really good tips thanks...replayed this last night...unfortunatley untill 3 in the morning lol...and won quite easily... roll on monarch ;) . Fab game, wish id tried it before now.

Well ive had a look at your tutorial and im gonna restart anyway mate, its a good guide thanks. Trev

Hi vxma, yeah i figured the cities were too loose, was a nightmare trying to not overlap them but grab all the resources. As for the warriors and spearmen, the plan was to get Tzus then put taxes up and upgrade them all?. As for invasions, the dutch and russians were both on me at one point, so...

Hi all I came pretty late to civ etc and recently brought the civ 3 (complete) and civ 4 games. After reading the articles here, i decided to start on regent, with an island map included with the package since it seemed balanced. Everything seemed ok, and i was keeping up i think..but...