Recent content by Xcalibur201

I beg your pardon! I was a bit hasty in posting. I knew my reputation results were a bit strange, so I went back for another round of testing. It seems that when I got 18 turns for warlord and 112 for emperor, I was encountering a glitch of some sort, because my new results are much more...

First of all, greetings, and thanks for keeping one of my favorite games alive! I come to you bearing scrolls of wisdom, namely information on the aforementioned topics, which I'm not sure has been documented until now. When huts generate barbarians, they produce either single or multiple barb...

I just picked this up again after several years. it's just as fun and challenging as I remembered. ultimately it's kind of limited compared to later titles, but it's great for what it is. I also like the gameplay balance that rewards expansionism.

This is shown when you conquer the world. It comes on after the 'guillotine sequence' that shows when you felled each rival civ, and before your powergraph/score/rank. I cropped out most of the black background.

I can confirm that the AI occasionally bribes cities/units. Although they don't seem to need a diplomat/spy for unit bribery... :/ I can defeat musketeers behind city walls with dragoons, but it takes a sizable invasion force. I've successfully done naval bombardment with Frigates. in...