Blue Monkey
Archon Without Portfolio
Well, I just got slammed playing as the Dacians. Playing catch up with some of the more advanced civs (Rome & Iceni in this case) I decided I could go on the offensive against some of my weaker neighbors like Florence to eliminate the potential for a two front war as soon as I got the right gov't. hunting the tech tree for where I could get quickly saw that Admin would give me Empire:
(I didn't notice that there was no Empire icon at the bottom). Discovered the tech and entered the period of anarchy. Florence declared war on me right away; but I weathered it until I could get my new gov't started. No Empire choice! I looked at the Admin 'pedia entry again and clicked on the link to the Empire gov't entry:
OK, so I'm caught flat-footed and in a war I can't sustain, but how do I get to Empire?:
I remember that Admin leads directly to Currency and Philosophy, so I just have to find out where to get that "Culture" tech. Not so bad, right? So back to the tech tree, and the really bad news:
No way at all to get Empire!
(I didn't notice that there was no Empire icon at the bottom). Discovered the tech and entered the period of anarchy. Florence declared war on me right away; but I weathered it until I could get my new gov't started. No Empire choice! I looked at the Admin 'pedia entry again and clicked on the link to the Empire gov't entry:
OK, so I'm caught flat-footed and in a war I can't sustain, but how do I get to Empire?:
I remember that Admin leads directly to Currency and Philosophy, so I just have to find out where to get that "Culture" tech. Not so bad, right? So back to the tech tree, and the really bad news:
No way at all to get Empire!