Egypt is completely surrounded by moutains, except for that one break near Leptis Minor. Anyone ever seen that before?
Odd terrain pattern:
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Egypt is completely surrounded by moutains, except for that one break near Leptis Minor. Anyone ever seen that before?
rilnator
Emperor
Lucky Egyptians!
The Last Conformist
Irresistibly Attractive
I found myself entirely encircled by mountains and sea once. Don't have a pic, tho.
cgannon64
BOB DYLAN'S ROCKIN OUT!
If I were the Egyptians I would build Barricades on all of those mountains, put a unit on every one, declare war on the entire world, and watch them die by the thousands on my inpenetrable gates. 
EDIT: Imagine that...a 200% defense bonus! That would make a Pikeman, for example, have 9 defense!
EDIT 2: The terrain inside doesn't look half bad either!
EDIT: Imagine that...a 200% defense bonus! That would make a Pikeman, for example, have 9 defense!
EDIT 2: The terrain inside doesn't look half bad either!
The Last Conformist
Irresistibly Attractive
If I were the Egyptians, I'd make sure to quickly expand out of that hole! The world is to be mine! 
sealman
Hater of Babylonians
seen it before in one of my first CIV 3 games. Germany was hedged in with mountains to the south and me behind those mts.
to the north and east was the ocean.
Another mountain range on their western border with the Russians and the English up in the northwestern mountains.
to the north and east was the ocean.
Another mountain range on their western border with the Russians and the English up in the northwestern mountains.
slothman
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Along time ago I was reading the civ2 forums here and someone said:
It is almost as easy as putting up a sign the says "TRAP IS HERE,PLEASE ENTER AND DIE".
when dealing with the AI's ability to realize the units on mountains almost never get killed. I don't know if civ3 is any better. I always get a chuckle when I read that. Are the 2 "holes" hills? If so then he is lucky there is a river in that area. He'd never grow without irrigation.
It is almost as easy as putting up a sign the says "TRAP IS HERE,PLEASE ENTER AND DIE".
when dealing with the AI's ability to realize the units on mountains almost never get killed. I don't know if civ3 is any better. I always get a chuckle when I read that. Are the 2 "holes" hills? If so then he is lucky there is a river in that area. He'd never grow without irrigation.
cgannon64
BOB DYLAN'S ROCKIN OUT!
The AI is usually good at avoiding obvious traps (like one unit fortified on a mountain), but if the only way is through a unit on a mountain, they will attack it.
I don't know if they would go for that one hole in the mountain range, however. It would be interested to see. Anyone willing to make that in the editor and try it out?
I don't know if they would go for that one hole in the mountain range, however. It would be interested to see. Anyone willing to make that in the editor and try it out?
SuperBeaverInc.
Groucho
Just to be really cruel, you should build a city on that one open spot, so that they have to road the mountains if they want a GA from their UU 
Mongoloid Cow
Great Khan
In one game as the Aztecs I was surrounded by mountains with only two gaps.
SuperBeaver: now there's an idea. 
Pity I founded Leptis Minor so close.
Pity I founded Leptis Minor so close.Dr Tiny
Warlord
looks like Egypt should be renamed Mordor in this game....all they need is a volcano
TedJackson
Cunning old Celt
This looks like a classic "Is my glass half empty or half full?" scenario.
A competent human player could win this game as Egypt or Carthage. The AI doesn't stand a chance
Ted
A competent human player could win this game as Egypt or Carthage. The AI doesn't stand a chance
Ted
anarres
anarchist revolutionary
This is one of mine from a PBEM game:
The circle isn't really big enough to make good use of it.
The circle isn't really big enough to make good use of it.
TedJ: Well, I'm hoping the Carthaginians will win, but eh... 
TedJackson
Cunning old Celt
I'm sure you're up to the challenge 
Ted
Ted
Thanks.
The only challenge will be keeping Byzantium and Rome from ballooning in size. Byzantium has this peninsula above it that's massive. I can't send men by land due to the jungles that clog the isthmus, so I'm thinking of sending settlers over by galley. Completely corrupt, but the more land I can prevent them from getting, the better.
The only challenge will be keeping Byzantium and Rome from ballooning in size. Byzantium has this peninsula above it that's massive. I can't send men by land due to the jungles that clog the isthmus, so I'm thinking of sending settlers over by galley. Completely corrupt, but the more land I can prevent them from getting, the better.
