Are US judges meant to be politically neutral ?
Reading that two conservative Justices of the Supreme court went to a Meeting with Koch to get their instructions raised my eyebrows. Are Justices of the Supreme court political animals who are...
View ArticleWhich game's graphics do you prefer?
Over the past few years, ever since I got Civ5 I've been trying to decide whether Civ5 or Civ4 has better graphics. My thoughts are that Civ5 is more detailed, more realistic and looks "grander", but...
View ArticleCan't get mod to start
http://imgur.com/a/3zV9U Fresh install of game and mod. Build 319. In the screenshot where it has the Unload Mod option it is after I've loaded the C2C, and you can see from the BTS screen it didn't...
View ArticleHow will BNW affect choosing city locations?
Is there now no advantage whatsoever to a river start?
View ArticleShould I hide my stack?
Let's say I'm about to attack my neighbor. They are right on my borders. The optimal point for me to be stacking my units for attack is visible to them. Should I stack up behind my borders so that they...
View Articlealpha centauri patches
HI new here....but not to alpha centauri..except now running on vista have original smac disc...got it to run initially on vista with no problem...but now having crashes (now that i have planes...
View ArticleUnderstanding settler spawn locations
This is a question for someone who either understands the code or has just played so many damn games they know the answer: Regarding the position of the settler at the beginning of the game: I have...
View ArticleRapid Early Expansion
Now that I'm starting to play CIV again, I've noticed that I have a very distinct playing style: I usually found only 1-2 cities in the beginning, then don't really build anymore as I focus on vertical...
View ArticleBNW Screenshots Gallery (Viewing/Posting Only)
I am making this thread for the viewing/posting of BNW screenshots only. Please no discussing, if you would like to discuss please do so in this thread Obligatory BNW screenshot thread Attached...
View ArticleJubilee coming
Some of you may know the Biblical story of the Lord's Jubilee. It was the way that God provided for a cleansing of debts including the release of the bonds of slavery and the return of property....
View ArticleDon't Try For Oracle With Izzy In Game
Deity/normal/fractal Izzy got the Oracle at 2680BC :run::run::run: Is the title good advice? Are there other AIs who have a tendency to get certain wonders super early? Is it worth purposely avoiding...
View Article[G&K] Crashing every 5 turns or so
I'm using the following mods on a Mac (OS X Lion): Civ V Unofficial Patch v2.5.2 G&K Enhanced Mod v1.13.4 InfoAddict v19 R.E.D. Modpack v25 Throne Room v2 I just finished a game, but after turn 130...
View Article[BTS] City Founding Question
I'm trying to decide which of these two cities I should settle first. It basically comes down to will the increased maintenance be worth being able to work the tiles earlier. Spoiler: Also, do you guys...
View ArticleMods
I don't know if this is the right forum for this, so apologies if posting in the wrong place. I am thinking of using the mods to enhance the game, so I clicked on the mod option and there were two mods...
View Article[Warlords] News: WOTM 49 Results & Congratulations
Sorry about the delay, I've been gallivanting around SE Asia and kind of forgot about this. Firstly, we have another eptathlete: zamint3 Well done! zamint3 wasn't taking any chances, and claimed the...
View ArticlePermanent war flag in worldbuilder and diplomacy modding via lua
Having not done any lua modding in the diplomacy space, can anyone tell me the consequences of assigning the 'permanent war' flag against teams in the Worldbuilder and then modding diplomacy via lua....
View ArticleAxeman Speculation
With the axeman it looks like it could be a new barbarian unit, a new unit in the tech tree, or possibly a UU of a new faction and they made it a barbarian here just for kicks? The thing I find...
View ArticleDisappointed
I was hoping the next news I heard about Civ would be Civ 6, but apparently there is still milking of Civ 5 to be done with more useless DLC and expansion packs. There's nothing that can be added to...
View ArticleIran, Syria and North Korea, conservative hero's of the UN, strong NRA...
Quote: Iran, North Korea and Syria have blocked adoption of a UN treaty that would regulate the multibillion-dollar international arms trade which required agreement by all 193 UN member states....
View ArticleRebasing in neutral territory?
Does anyone know of a mod were you can have your aircraft re-base in neutral territory (similer to civ3 air bases) or one that allows the Fort emit at least one tile of culture?
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