Recent content by xaka

Hi there, one issue I see with the immortal GPs (and high death penalty) is that a civilization with a small number of cities would be penalized as it becomes hard for them to just house à significant number of GPs (as their territory is limited in size compared to a larger civ and GPs cannot be...

I think the papacy says "influence rating points" as in points towards your influence rating with said civilization.

Zeus- I think that should be you. Plenty of possible leaders for that one because Zeus is such a multi-facet god. Make sure you do one thing if you want to roleplay this : play the unfaithful husband : ally yourself to Hera and betray her for any of the other females. (Yes Zeus only did it with...

What is your current technology level ? If you plan on going to war with shaka, a good idea is usually to have a bunch of higher tech defensive units because most of the time, the Zulu tend to have lots (and by lots, I mean crazy-ass numbers) of troups. For example if you manage to discover...

How can someone be more canadian than someone else ? It's like being home : either you are or you aren't, but there's no gradation. Or maybe you're more home if you're in front of your house than your wife who's at work ?

God ! Today was a scary day : first my advisers told me that an American group of scientists working on their top secret "project Manhattan" in Boston had just discovered how to build nukes. That gave me the shivers and I was about to recall the fleet of transport ships I had just ordered...

Maybe you could post without screenshots in the mean time. I know you probably want it to look just as you picture it (and that is with screenies) but that may be a temporary fix. You still wont be able to go past whatever you have already written and, well you'll still need that precious cd...

That actually depends on when you think you're gonna be able to run a third specialist. If its soon, go for the academy, if not, then settle.

#1: Well you sure should leverage the philosophical trait as soon as possible. Whether you want to do that through a library or through wonders really depends. Early Scientist is nice to use on long term benefits (ie. not bulbing) but going the stonehenge-oracle route then beelining writing (or...

I just never could play a full game in marathon. I'm usually much more of a builder than a warmonger, so even when I try to play agressive, there tend to be long building phases with not much to do besides waiting for buildings/stuff to come out of my cities. Those really tend to get waaaaaaay...

Yay a new chapter (or rather a new part thereof). Thanks a lot. It is very well written and interesting as usual. Just a question, where'd you learn all the "trivia" (around rifles for example) that you put in your stories ?

If you really are worried about Shaka sneaking in a backdoor AP win, remember full members get twice the votes. This means that switching back to Taoism (and out of FR) before a vote will double your voting rights thus giving you a perfect blocking minority on the AP even if your part in the...

Nice turn there Sisiutil. Really impressive. I tend to agree with the GA proposition for the GM. Boosting both production and research is what's really key in a space race. As for the older topic of the AI not being able to stage a convincing cross-ocean attack, I just had my first real...

Isn't that exactly why Protective units also get Drill promotions ? Upgrading part of your units with drill promotions instead of CD would keep them relatively safe from Collateral Damage wouldn't it ? And in a battle between a catapult and infantry, I'm not sure the loss of CD would be that...