Missionaries

[Snarfy]

Can someone please briefly explain missionaries?

In my first game I ended up discovering Islam. So I wanted to spread islam to enemy cities.

Yet I only had options for christian missionaries, which made no sense because why would I want to spread Christianity?

So how does one make an Islamic missionary to spread Islam?

 

[ainwood]

YOu create missionaries either by building a monastry (different monastries for different religions), or if you have the Organised Religion Civic, you can build them without monastries, but I think they then default to be whatever your state religion is.

So: Build an islamic monastary, or if you have organised religion, then revolt your religion to Islam (via the F7 screen).

 

[phungus420]

Unless you have the right civic, you need an islamic monastary to build an islamic missionary. If you have the civic (organized religion) that allows you to build missionaries without a monostary, then the city you are building the missionary from, must have the islamic religion. Also, what is your state religion?

 

[Pascal]

How do they work?

Do they slowly convert a city over time?
Do they disappear converting a city?

 

[pdathert]

I find it is important to maintain eye contact and keep the rythmn as steady as possible.

Thats my missionary position.

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

How do they work?

Do they slowly convert a city over time?
Do they disappear converting a city?

You move your missionary into the city you wish to convert, click on the appropriate button, the missionary vanishes, and the sign of the missionary's religion appears below the city. Congratulations, you have converted it.

But be aware that a city can be a member of more than one religion at the same time.

 

[defjam]

You move your missionary into the city you wish to convert, click on the appropriate button, the missionary vanishes, and the sign of the missionary's religion appears below the city. Congratulations, you have converted it.

But be aware that a city can be a member of more than one religion at the same time.

I thought that only applies to your capital citiy?

and the religion thigie is confusing as to whether it helps "my" empire? not sure why they stuck this in the game?