What is ToA?

[jlfarrell]

I have been reading a lot of the HOF games and various articles that keep saying how important ToA is to the game. What does ToA mean?

Also, I once saw an article that listed all of the most common abbreviations in Civ but I can't find it now. Does anyone know where that article is found?

 

[Pfeffersack]

Temple of Artemis, a ancient age GW available with Polytheism.Gives free temple in every city on continent, obsolete with Education.Nice for early domination victories.

 

[Tomoyo]

Here's the "article" you might have been looking for.

 

[gunkulator]

ToA is in the Rise of Rome scenario where it doesn't expire. Very useful there.

 

[Cuivienen]

Aye. ToA is the most important wonder in RoR, arguably even stronger than Bacchanalia (and far more useful, since Bacchanalia comes fairly late).

 

[DBear]

ToA isn't all that useful in the Epic game. Once the temples go away....

 

[Darkness]

ToA isn't all that useful in the Epic game. Once the temples go away....

Depends on what victory condition you target. If you're going for a fast domination and you play it right, the temples will never go away...

 

[Jason Fliegel]

I've also seen players shut off research before Education and plant a bunch of cities in order to get a 100K culture victory. It's also a good one if you're going for a 20K culture victory.