The way I finally got it is to realize that it's a matter of timing. Whether my capital works 2 forests for 5 turns then 2 sea for 5 turns versus...
Actually, what about an episode on how to counter the tactics of top three civs (Chinese, Zulu, American)? So if you know you're facing a Zulu...
I have to say I'm really enjoying playing the Mongols (single player only, though I might try another multiplayer in the near future. I should...
In CivRev combat starts with attack and defense values and turns them into a percentage. Thus a basic cruiser has an attack of 6 and a basic...
Hmm.. On the PS3 version I go into "custom", then click off a square I don't want, then click on one I do want. Even though you have selected...
Joining a settler is also occasionally useful (in SP) to increase the size of a Mongol captured barbarian village (size 1) that has no access to...
Note: when you complete Democracy you can go around and rush any in progress archers, but for that turn only. You can't start building archers...
Yes, building up more Warriors can provide an early warrior rush. But to be effective, you need to make contact very early. One disadvantage of...
You are correct that starting from an island can be an interesting challenge. From my perspective you spent a lot of time in the beginning game...
If you don't want to break the plastic wrap, download the demo and give it a try. You might be pleasantly surprised.
At the beginning of the game selecting science/gold will still have some production & food. Later in the game (probably once you reach the...
Who knows what the AI uses for decision logic. It may be partially based on the information available to the AI. So if the AI is restricted to a...
You can load all land units on all boats except for subs. Subs and galleys don't provide naval support. And unlike previous versions of Civ,...
Yes barbarians are fairly wimpy. Before a certain point in the game they will always lose to a full strength warrior*. (Which is really great...
My 2 cents: Your first objective should be to get the artifacts before your competition. So while there are advantages to waiting to get some...
Although I don't know about the iPad version, there is a free demo of the iPhone version. So give it a try. I'm betting you will enjoy it.
I think the problem was the number of units in play. I was the Germans and was cranking out units, and so were my opponents. I've played a...
Just because you can win by Domination, doesn't mean you have to. Try for the victory you're not leading in. Play the "weaker" Civs, or at least...
There's an entirely different universe beyond that black hole. A point where time and space as we know it no longer exists. We will be the first...
Things may be weightless, but they still have mass. And the energy required to reach a given velocity is proportional to the mass. More fuel...
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