"Go back to chieftan" -- Catherine the Great

[ChrisShaffer]

Hiawatha the Worthless. Salamanca captured in 530 BC.

Played the Iroquois on Regent level with default world settings.

Well, my free scout and bonuses for villages were next to worthless. I explored two villages for a total of 25 gold and Masonry. I also met the Germans and the Aztecs, both on my doorstep, neither friendly. Then, the Illinois (a barbarian) killed my scout. On the other hand, the Religious benefits were nice enough. I led in culture, and even had a city captured by the Germans convert back. Built five cities, the Germans took four and the Russians swooped in to take my capital and end the game.

[Faboba]

She could be right......

[ChrisShaffer]

Game two, same settings, it's 1600 BC and I'm on a dry plains, two cities (size 3 and 1), two workers, just built a settler. About to build another settler in the size 3 city. Got 25 gold from one, single, solitary village. Lost my scout to a barbarian. Built another scout, found the Americans, French, and Aztecs.

I am completely surrounded and hemmed in by Aztec cities. They have 5 cities, total 9 population. There are Jaguar Warriors everywhere. The French and Americans are farther away, but seem to be similar size empires. I've traded for two technologies - both cost me a tech + gold. I'm way behind in the technology race.

The standard map seems very small.

Off to bed I go.

[Zealot]

Are you getting trouble in finding resources?

[ChrisShaffer]

Originally posted by Zealot
Are you getting trouble in finding resources?

No troubles finding resources, they're scattered all over. They cluster, so for example, there were 5 ivory near my capital and three wine near my second city.

The Jaguar Warriors proved to be a more difficult problem, what with them attacking by the dozens.

I think I'll take Catherine's advice for my next game, and play the Greeks (that Hoplite defender sounds like a good idea) at Chieftan level.

This is much more difficult than I expected. The book said to play at two difficulty levels lower than Civ2. I can beat Civ2 on Deity about 80% of the time...Civ3 Regent is killing me. I need to learn some new strategies.