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  • Civilization 4: Colinization: Sources/Links
    by Dale


    Official

    Firaxis Games Site: http://www.firaxis.com/games/game_detail.php?gameid=21
    Take2 Games Release: http://ir.take2games.com/ReleaseDet...eleaseID=315205
    Civilization Website: http://www.civilization.com
    Take2 Games Website: http://www.take2games.com/
    Firaxis Games Website: http://www.firaxis.com

    E3

    Gamespot: http://e3.gamespot.com/story.html?s...4086&pid=946846
    IGN http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/890/890527p1.html
    Gamed: http://www.gamed.nl/view/43390
    ShackNews: http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=929
    GamePlanet: http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/news/13...on-screenshots/
    GamersGlobal: http://www.gamersglobal.com/news/1122
    Fidgit: http://fidgit.com/archives/2008/07/colonization.php
    GameZone: http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/p35603.htm
    GameSpy: http://au.pc.gamespy.com/pc/civiliz...d/891987p1.html

    Other

    Gamesport - Meier on revolutionizing Colonization: http://au.gamespot.com/news/6192569.html
    Wikipedia Colonization: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloni...(computer_game)
    Gamespy Coverage: http://au.pc.gamespy.com/pc/civilization-game-untitled/
    Gamespy Preview: http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/civilizati...d/884502p1.html
    Gamespot Coverage: http://au.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...=result;title;0
    Gamespot Preview: http://au.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...1&mode=previews
    IGN Coverage: http://au.pc.ign.com/objects/890/890713.html
    IGN Preview: http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/884/884665p1.html
    GamesRadar Preview: http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/sid-me...610141033312078
    1UP Preview: http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3168463
    AskMen Preview: http://ca.askmen.com/gaming/pc/Sid-...review-1-1.html
    Worthplaying Preview: http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=53641

    October 6, 2012, 20:10
  • Civilization 4: Colinization: Game Tables
    by Dale


    Playable Nations

    Nation Leaders Traits
    Dutch Adriaen van der Donck Mercantile
    Charismatic
    Peter Stuyvesant Mercantile
    Industrious
    England John Adams Tolerant
    Disciplined
    George Washington Tolerant
    Libertarian
    France Samuel de Champlain Cooperative
    Enterprising
    Louis de Frontenac Cooperative
    Militaristic
    Spain Simon Bolivar Conquistador
    Determined
    Jose de San Martin Conquistador
    Resourceful

    Traits

    Trait Effect
    Charismatic +100% time between tax increases.
    Conquistador +25% versus Natives.
    Cooperative Natives are more tolerant towards territory encroachment.
    -50% time spent living among Natives to learn a new skill.
    Determined +100% bells effect on rebel strength.
    Disciplined -50% soldier equipment required.
    Enterprising +100% Native conversion rate from missions.
    Industrious +25% hammers in all settlements.
    Libertarian +25% bells in all settlements.
    Mercantile Market prices are less sensitive.
    Militaristic Free promotion (Grenadier I) for mounted and gunpowder units.
    Resourceful -50% XP needed for unit promotions.
    Tolerant -25% crosses needed for immigration.
    October 6, 2012, 20:08
  • Civilization 4: Colinization: Maps & Scenarios
    by Dale


    Americas

    This style of map will be a random map with two continents north and south connected in the middle by an ithmus.

    Caribbean

    This style of map will be a random map featuring land surrounding a large bay full of islands.

    Accurate North and South America

    This map will be an accurate map of North and South America.

    October 6, 2012, 20:07
  • Civilization 4: Colinization: Constitution
    by Dale


    Constitution

    Details of the Constitution will be listed here as they become available.

    October 6, 2012, 20:06
  • Civilization 4: Colinization: Founding Fathers
    by Dale


    Founding Fathers

    Portrait Category Name Attributes Trade Adam Smith 50% faster production of textile mill, coat factory, rum factory, cigar factory. Trade Alexander Hamilton +3 hammers per Town Hall. Exploration Alexander von Humboldt 50% faster production of College & University Politics Alexis de Tocqueville +50% education in every settlement+3 bells per University Religion Bartolome de las Casas +50% native conversion rate from missions Politics Ben Franklin +3 bells per printing press & newspaper Politics Betsy Ross +3 cloth per weaver's house+3 cloth per weaver's shop+3 cloth per textile mill Military Chief Powhatan +50% strength for converted natives Trade Cyrus McCormick +1 wheat on plots with 2 wheat+50% sugar per settlement Military Diego Velazquez de Cuellar Provides 3 indentured servants Military Dom Pedro I +50% Great General emergenceFree promotion (Veteran 1 & Minuteman 1) Trade Eli Whitney +50% cotton in all settlements Military Ethan Allen Free promotion (Ranger 1, Mountaineer 1) Military Francisco Pizarra Free promotion (Looter) Military Francisco de Coronado +1 movement for Dragoon Religion Gabriel Lallemant 50% faster production of church & cathedral Exploration Giovanni da Verrazano Provides 1 Caravel Exploration Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada Reveals all plots with burial grounds & ancient ruins Religion Gregorio de Mattos e Guerra +2 bells per church+3 bells per cathedral Military Hernan Cortes Free stockade in every settlement Military Hernando de Soto Free promotion (grenadier 1) Exploration Jacques Marquette +1 movement for scout Politics James Madison +3 guns per armory+3 guns per magazine+ 3 guns per arsenal Trade Jan de Witt -50% tools required for buildings Religion John Harvard Free schoolhouse in every settlement Trade John Jacob Astor +50% furs in every settlement Politics John Jay +25% bells in every settlement Military John Paul Jones Provides 1 Frigate Trade John Rolfe +25% tobacco in every settlement Exploration John Smith -50% cost of native land purchasing Politics John Winthrop +1 cross per town hall Exploration Juan Ponce de Leon 2 times as likely to get treasure from ancient ruins Exploration Juan de Bermudez +1 movement for caravel+1 movement for merchantman+1 movement for galleon Religion Juan de Sepulveda Provides 2 converted natives Exploration Lewis and Clark -50% pioneer equipment needed+1 movement for wagon train Trade Lord Baltimore Increases cross production by the tax rate Military Marquis de La Fayette Increases gun production by the tax rate Religion Nathaniel Hawthorne Provides 3 elder statesman Politics Patrick Henry +3 bells per town hall Military Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve Free promotion (Formation)+1 movement for converted natives Exploration Pedro Alvares Cabral -50% travel time to Europe Trade Peter Minuit -25% cost of recruiting units in Europe Politics Pocahontas Strengthens relations with natives Religion Roger Williams +25% converstion rate from missionsStrengthens relations with natives Politics Samuel Adams ...
    October 6, 2012, 20:05
  • Civilization 4: Colinization: Natives
    by Dale


    Natives

    Apache
    Mangas Coloradas

    War Chief of the Apache
    Lived: c.1793 - 1863

    Mangas Coloradas was the leader of the Apache during a period of extended conflict between his people and the Americans that later became known as the Apache Wars. Little is known of Coloradas's early life. But by the 1830s, the Apache leader found himself in an exceedingly difficult position. His territory, wedged uncomfortably between the newly-formed and highly ambitious Mexican nation and the manifest-destiny obsessed United States, became even more valuable when great troves of copper and gold were discovered to lie beneath its soil.

    The Mexicans struck first, beginning a campaign of annihilation against the Apache. The Apache fought back with fervor, creating a force that included two of the greatest native warriors in history - Cochise, leader of the Chiricahua Apache, and later, Geronimo, the seemingly invincible medicine man of the Chiricahua. Bloodshed continued between the Mexicans and the Apache until the United States stepped in, declaring formal war on Mexico in 1846. Coloradas granted the American troops safe passage through his lands and even offered Apache support to the Americans if they would guarantee the natives' sovereignty.

    Such a deal, however, would never be struck. The call of gold and copper in the Apache territory was too much for the American miners, who increasingly trespassed on Apache soil. The specific incident that drove Coloradas to war is disputed. Some claim his family was murdered. Others believe he was bound to a tree by miners, whipped, and left for dead. Whatever the cause, the effect is known - Mangas began a brutal war against the Americans, both miners and soldiers alike. Back and forth raids by Apache warriors and American soldiers turned the whole of the American Southwest into a battlefield.

    By 1862, the war had reached an uneasy calm. Coloradas, who had spent nearly all of the past four decades at war, was lured by the offer of peace made by an American general. Upon arriving for the talks, Mangas was bound, tortured and executed. This stunning act of duplicity drove Cochise and Geronimo to resume all-out war against the Americans. Geronimo, the last great Apache leader to be captured, would not cease to fight until 1886.


    Arawak
    Agueybana

    Cacique of the Arawaks
    Lived: c.1460 - 1510 The name "Agueybana," literally meaning "Great Sun" in the Taino language, refers to two brothers, both natives of the island today known as Puerto Rico. Agueybana I, born between 1460 and 1480, was leader of the Taino, a branch of the Arawaks. In 1508, the first Spanish explorers arrived to colonize the island. Agueybana and the Europeans soon negotiated a mutually beneficial agreement. In return for protection from the other tribes of the region, Agueybana's tribe would labor for the Spaniards, mining the island's rich gold resources. The equitable terms of the deal would not last for long. The lust for gold drove the Spaniards to require more and more from their volunteer labor force and before long, it became apparent that Agueybana had negotiated his people into slavery. Unfortunately, he was unable to rectify his error. Whether through overwork, old age or illness (European disease had begun to ravage the island), Agueybana passed away in 1510. Over the following year, Agueybana's brother took up the mantle of leadership, as well as his brother's name, becoming Agueybana II. Through covert planning, Agueybana II organized a rebellion against the island's governor, Juan Ponce de Leon (the conquistador known for his misguided foray in search of the Fountain of Youth). With the element of surprise on their side, Agueybana's warriors were initially successful, yet their victory would be fleeting. B...

    October 6, 2012, 20:03
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