Cannot build Axemen

[TonyJoe]

This is an odd bug but for some reason in my current game (sorry, can't attach cuz I'm at work) I can't build axemen.

I have a road to a copper mine that is inside my cultural boundary and all my cities show in the city display that they have access to copper but I don't have the axeman option in the production queue (it's not grayed out, it's just not there).

In previous games I've noted that if I can't reach copper I can still build axemen (and swordsmen) when I obtain iron. I finally got access to iron a couple turns ago and now I can build swordsmen but still no axemen.

The only thing I can think of that's somewhat different in this game is that in an attempt to get a religion via Code of Laws I delayed getting mining until much later than normal. However, I have mining now (hence the mines) and no dice on axemen.

Any thoughts?

 

[LangeGeschichte]

Were you playing as one of the Civs that has an axemen UU? Greece, the Native Americans and Sumeria all have them.

 

[TonyJoe]

Were you playing as one of the Civs that has an axemen UU? Greece, the Native Americans and Sumeria all have them.

Then that may be my problem cuz I'm playing as Pericles/Greece, but I thought the Phalanx (replacing spearmen) was the unique unit for Greece.

 

[QBurrito]

No, the Phalanx (replacing axemen) is the unique unit for Greece.

 

[TonyJoe]

No, the Phalanx (replacing axemen) is the unique unit for Greece.

OK, then pardon my noob-ness (though I've been playing this stupidly excellent game for a decade) and thanks for reading

 

[IronCrown]

Phalanx replaced spearmen in Vanilla and Warlords, but no longer.