Polonius
Warlord
Dear Wise Ones,
Im brand new to Civ games and am still spending at least half my time playing Hunt The Rules. So I would be grateful for any advice about which are the most useful charts and tables to print out for handy reference, and also where they can be found.
Yes, Ive read the manual (now on the 2nd time through), Ive explored the Civilopedia, and I have made some progress using the editor to check out some of the rules. The Science advisers tech tree is handy but doesnt tell me much about why I should choose a particular option, at least not without a lot of clicking and searching. Its fine once you know more or less what youre looking for, but pretty laborious when you have no knowledge at all yet.
The sort of things Id like to be able to either print out, or make for myself, would be:
A) Tables with basic ADM details (done that found it in the on-disc manual appendix).
B) Some sort of flow charts with details of what tech leads to what actual benefit (e.g. I can build a Caravel once Ive researched astronomy).
C) Whatever info that other players have found useful to have handy.
Obviously, as there are so many possible paths and so much information, its not easy to lay the whole game mechanics out on one simple chart. But could anybody who has found some particularly useful charts and tables (either in the manual, the game, on a website, or by Do It Yourself) please post their recommendations.
Thanks.
Im brand new to Civ games and am still spending at least half my time playing Hunt The Rules. So I would be grateful for any advice about which are the most useful charts and tables to print out for handy reference, and also where they can be found.
Yes, Ive read the manual (now on the 2nd time through), Ive explored the Civilopedia, and I have made some progress using the editor to check out some of the rules. The Science advisers tech tree is handy but doesnt tell me much about why I should choose a particular option, at least not without a lot of clicking and searching. Its fine once you know more or less what youre looking for, but pretty laborious when you have no knowledge at all yet.
The sort of things Id like to be able to either print out, or make for myself, would be:
A) Tables with basic ADM details (done that found it in the on-disc manual appendix).
B) Some sort of flow charts with details of what tech leads to what actual benefit (e.g. I can build a Caravel once Ive researched astronomy).
C) Whatever info that other players have found useful to have handy.
Obviously, as there are so many possible paths and so much information, its not easy to lay the whole game mechanics out on one simple chart. But could anybody who has found some particularly useful charts and tables (either in the manual, the game, on a website, or by Do It Yourself) please post their recommendations.
Thanks.
