Drafting for fun and profit
Introduction
You will find almost every Civilization IV player has come over to the enlightened view that slavery is a wonderful civic. Yet many of these same players ignore the very powerful and efficient drafting mechanic available from the nationhood civic. In this article I will first attempt to explore some of the power inherent in this civic while examining potential trade-offs for adopting and using it. Then I will attempt to point out some synergies available with other civics, wonders, as well as with particular traits. Throughout the article I will indicate game speed differences by slashes(/) demarcating quick, normal, epic and marathon respectively.
The Mechanic
Warrior/Quechua: 1 population "You know how to use a club?" "I play paintclub on the weekends" "Good enough you're in"
Axeman/Phalanx/Vulture/Dog Soldier: 1 population
