What is the most valuable Strategic Resource?

[Daz]

Having squandered huge amounts of it, I've come to the realization that the most important strategic resource is... time.

Why? Youre living in a turn-based civ3 world. You have all the time in the world...

[Dry]

Originally posted by Mad Bomber
What is the most valuable resource in CIV 3?

Iron.
Because, as it has been said, it is needed for most units/improvements.
But, I don't have so much problems in geting it (C3C, huge pangea maps).
Without Iron, there is still hope to find your way through peace and ... saltpeter and musketmen.

The one you need the most?

horses.
No horse, no war.

And the one that you pray to Sid to appear when pressing the enter key hoping beyond hope that your new tech gives you control of at least one of the resource that you desperately crave?

Saltpeter.
Cavalry is the explaination. With cavalry I'll get the iron/coal/rubber that will be needed for industrial age.

[Prot]

Who needs Iron or Coal when you have Tropical Fruits?

Anyways, I think aluminum is one of the most important along with Uranium. Without Aluminum you get no Stealth Bombers or Jet FIghters, which are crucial. Also no SAM batteries

I can usaully get quite a few strategic resources with a great early air force and an okay ground force.

[vmxa1]

Crucial huh?

[binyo66]

My Legions needs Iron,
My railroads needs Iron,
My computers needs Iron,
So, I needs Iron

[binyo66]

My Legions needs Iron,
My railroads needs Iron,
My computers needs Iron,
So, I needs Iron
Note: I dont think your computer made of coal
No computer, No Civ, and Game Over

Edit : sorry for repost.

[Qilue]

I voted coal

Although rubber is a very close second. I have only played on in 1 game without coal and although I did win by culture, there was no way I'd achieve any other kind of victory.

As it was, I got involved in a protracted war with Ghandi over a coal resource that disappeared 15 turns after I captured it.

[LzPrst]

BamSpeedy's strategy.

whats this?

[vmxa1]

It is a game he played using PTW. It was set up to simulate a Sid game. The thread is called something like "Beyond Sid". It is posted at CFC.

[jomateix]

Sugar! Who can win without a Candy Factory!

[DrSpike]

Um, yeah, good point. Can't think why it wasn't made earlier.

[Uncle Thade]

Jack Daniels is the most valuable resource in this gaming household!

But seriously, Iron then, Oil for me.

[planetfall]

Most valuable is oil. Without oil you will not play in the modern era.

If you want to test value of oil vs XYZ, create a scenario with '0' occurance of oil && XYZ and see which hurts your gameplay more.

You can work around and play a decent game with about any other resource, but not without oil.

Guess Fireaxis didn't know Germans could make synthetic oil and keep going when allies cut their oil.

Now that would be in interesting small wonder: synthetic oil factory.

PF

[Mad Bomber]

Originally posted by planetfall
.....Guess Fireaxis didn't know Germans could make synthetic oil and keep going when allies cut their oil.

Now that would be in interesting small wonder: synthetic oil factory.

PF

Yes, but the synthetic was horrendously expensive to produce and was a petroleum derrivitave not a complete synthetic. As such it allowed them to stretch their limited quanities of Oil, not replace them. It was only when the Poletski Oil fields fell to the Russians in early 1945 that the fate of the Third Reich was sealed.

Still the Synthetic Oilo factory would be an interesting SW for CIV 4.

We know that Oil is the most valuable IRL but in the game you should be able to capture enough land to make sure at least a limited supply falls under your sphere of influence (as most games do not have an occurance of 0 for oil) .

[bongo]

Iron.

Getting it early means victory, those later resources become less important as I can take them when I want to.

I play my few games at monarch btw.