Recent content by xerxes jones

I never do, just in case there's a wonder in the city. How do you guys know if there is a wonder or not? You send a spy in to check it out? Or is there another way? You'd think that if they are Wonders, it'd be common knowledge where they are located. The last city I captured had JS Bach and...

yes but i've only played two or three games. so i needed some training wheels. i won the two games that i took to the modern age. next time I won't reload at all. so maybe i should have voted no.

oh yeah. first place i shoulda looked would be trade advisor huh? I'll get the hang of it yet. I actually had two sources of silk and I was trading both of them away. Now to decide if I want to cancel the 14 gpt deal to the French, who I care nothing about. Or the 18 gpt deal to the...

I have another stupid question. This time I have a screen capture: http://www.geocities.com/pokerhermit2/thatsmysilk.jpg That's the hub of my continent where the four countries come together. Me (Japan) and India are the powerhouses. Kolhapur has defected back to India twice now, so I...

Oh that's what i overlooked. No, there's no barracks. It's the only town without one, since I have Sun Tzu's War Academy on the other continent. Guess I'll have to buy a barracks. Thanks.

ooh okay. thanks. I have another question. How come I can't upgrade my units in a city that I captured 3 turns ago. The city is on another continent, but it has all resources in the city box, and there are no resisters. I upgraded most of the units in my homeland, but the new town (size 2)...

Quick question: Why do some techs have crossed out circles in the upper-right corner of their box?

I've only played a couple of games, but it seems that by the Middle Ages there is no need to trade maps anymore. Other civs keep asking if I want to trade, sometimes I trade anyway, but it has no effect. New cities and resources and other stuff just show up all over the world map without me...