The POWA of my Culture

[Lancer]

Right smack in the midst of Zululand, 3 hexes south of his cap of Ulundi, a patch of reason amidst the chaos. The Zulu are my pals, tried n true.

Even so, this seems odd to me.

[Heraclitus]

Happens sometimes

[Lancer]

One day, on the model of the United States of America, a United States of Europe will come into being.
-George Washington

Great general, lousy prophet.

[Yosho]

Yeah, not unusual. You've got so much culture in your city that that square would be yours if he didn't have a city there; and he apparently dosn't have much cultrue there, in a square 3 places away from his cities.

Oh, and they kind of heading towards making a United States of Europe. They've all got the same money now, after all.

[Robert]

Originally posted by Lancer
Great general, lousy prophet.

The future is not over yet

[Lancer]

Good luck with that. The Germans and French, Italians and balkan countries, the British and everyone else, the Spanish and themselves... Nice though that so many believe in miracles.


The one space is enlarged a bit. Now includes the spot next to the ocean. With the mountain it cuts completely across the Zuly empire. I suppose I could use that somehow if I wanted to turn on him, which I don't. The reverse might happen though.

[Theben]

Re: The POWA of my Culture

Originally posted by Lancer

Even so, this seems odd to me.

To me also. I mean, you're winning!?

[Willem]

Originally posted by Lancer
Great general, lousy prophet.

Don't be so sure of that. Who knows how the Eurpoean Union will end up. It's still pretty young.

[Supr49er]

Originally posted by Lancer
One day, on the model of the United States of America, a United States of Europe will come into being.
-George Washington

Great general, lousy prophet.

Great General? Great statesman for sure, but Great General?

[Yosho]

Lancer: Yeah, you could. With those two squares, your knights could get from your terratory into three different cities of his in one turn at any time, which is pretty cool.

Also, he's not likely to want to break open borders with you, since tht would cut his empire in half. If he does go to war with you, you could then blockade his capital from the water and perhaps completly cut him off from his southern cities, depending on what other trade routes he has.

[couerdelion]

Originally posted by Supr49er


Great General? Great statesman for sure, but Great General?

Pretty lousy general actually

[Dilger]

Actually Great General....kept a bunch of farmers and apprentices together for 6 years against the supposed best army on the planet and beat them on occasion...but keeping an army together was the key.

[Supr49er]

Originally posted by Dilger
Actually Great General....kept a bunch of farmers and apprentices together for 6 years against the supposed best army on the planet and beat them on occasion...but keeping an army together was the key.

He was a good administrator and probably a great leader, but most military experts rate him as an average strategist and tactician.

[couerdelion]

Not that he was particularly to blame but I think he lacked the experience to command at such a senior level. Strategically, I don’t think he did a great deal wrong. Tactically, he was a poor commander who lost a few battles that he perhaps should have won.

[Dilger]

I disagree...once the actual continentals are trained, he never looses a battle again (1778.) He does not have much to work with. What is a definition of a great general? Washington kept his army fed, clothed, and armed without any previous existing system...and without directly taking it from the surrounding population (he did not want to appear British.) He did not have many roads. Political pressure was placed on him to protect New York and Philadelphia. The defence of these two cities led to his only defeats. He also trained officers to become great leaders: Greene, Arnold, Wayne, and Knox. I know this is not CIV game based stuff but I am curius 49er and my friend from across the pond who is America's greatest general?