Do you choose your leader?

[Stickyman]

Do you choose your leader or go random?

Personally, I always go random.

[Tokyo Sexwale]

Good thread. So far I've only played about 10 games, so I'm choosing my leaders and trying different strategies. Maybe later will try random.

I like the culture game so I've chosen Saladin twice, but I plan to cycle thru all of 'em.

[Veritass]

I am still working my way through the various leaders to see how the various strategies work out. I start random, and then restart if I get one that I have already played with for a long game or a couple of short games.

[TheArsenal]

A little more than half the time, random. And I am finding my play style lends itself much better to certain leaders (Liz, FDR) than others (Monty).

[kdevine]

Normally, I pick Random, but lately, I have been playing an Indian leader to get Fast Worker, because I really like that unit.

[madmaxxam]

Probably about 4 out of 5 random. Sometimes I want to try a particular style, and then I might choose someone in particular, but usually I just take whatever challenges I get.

[Adagio]

I have only started 4-5 games where I chose the leader, I didn't finish any of those games...

Random

[Robert]

I always chose one. I've changed leader a couple of times already. Still looking for the right one.
Washington is doing good lately though!

[fed1943]

Me;but always changing the leader and the terrain.
Best regards,

[unamablebuiler]

playing egypt on earth ussually do washington but i am tihinking random from time to time

[Crossfire]

In that Civ4 is my first time playing Civ games, I have been choosing my leaders. I feel that I have grown abit as I no longer care about Creative but now want Philo or Fin or Org. I still prefer certain starting techs though. I am getting close to starting to choose Random though as I have played as most of the available leaders and have finished at least a half dozen games out of the 100 or so I have probably started.

[LordShiva]

"Life is random"

[Rook]

Since CivI I have always chosen Rome as my civ, but I always change the name and rename the cities, so its my own civ. The Roman empire is the closest to what I percieve my civ would be like with the archtecture and culture.

However, I feel i am missing out on a lot of the game, and wanting to expand on my gameplay I started going random for a change. I got the Mongols this game.

Its an interesting twist for me.

[Adagio]

I don't understand why anyone would ever want to play the same civ in every game. It kinda kills the point in having special 'powers' for each civ

[fed1943]

Is there a way to replay the same map(and other conditions)with other leader?
My thanks in advance.
Best regards,