What is "your" civ?

[Ethelred]

I have played as France more than any other.

Trying religous civs now that I am trying the Empreror level but as an agnostic it bugs me to do so.

To make the French palatble I do change a few things.

The name is the one I use here. Ethelred.

The French become what they truly are.

Frogs and Froggy.

I also change the title to Citizen but the idiot advisors still call me mam anyway.

I desperately hate that pink color though. I can't spell the word I use for the French UU. The filters will block it. The Three Musketeers is my favorite movie but Firaxis botched it in every single possible way. PINK. BLUNDERBUSSES. DEFENSIVE.

Oh well, the Musketeers where best at annoying the Cardinals Guards anyway.

[Giovanni August]

ROME
I love so much to be the Ceasar of allmighty Rome.

They might be not as good as other civs, but they are the one I enjoy the most playing with.

Saluti

[Aeson]

My Civ is the Orange one... after I change it to someone other than the English. Until then I'll take the Impi any day.

[Jaguar]

Hey, I just won a deity game (first in 60 some games) with your zulus. I only won one other game on deity, with the aztecs, but it was sort of cheap. I conquered a civ with jaguar warriors that somehow kept beating their spearmen consistently.

Two civs down, 14 to go. I AM going to win with every civ.

[Aeson]

Good to hear FireDragon! I still haven't played a Deity game with about half the Civs. Some of them seem like they would be frustrating to use, French and Indians especially. Good luck!

[Admiral PJ]

I've tried the germans and english,
I like the English so far because of their powerful man of war ships, and Commercial is good, less corruption and more trade on big cities(metropolises maybe).. expanionist is pretty useless tho.
Scientific civs are good as libraries are cheap. Perhaps the Russians are good - scientific and industrious, and the cossacks sound very useful, cavalry seems to last the longest in the game apart from infantry possibly.

[Thrawn05]

I side with godinex, notyoueither and Giovanni August. It's ROME for me.

When I end everyone of my games, I say to myself "Sic transit gloria mundi!"

[rpodos]

Admiral,

Are you serious about the English??!!

I don't have a good Xerxes quote, but I will give the Greeks credit (even though they are weak in Civ3), by reference to their confrontation with the Immortals:

"Stranger, tell the people of Lacedaemon that we who lie here obeyed their commands."

The 400. Inspiring.

R

[notyoueither]

rpodos.

A good reason for liking a civ. Those words are stirring.

[Panzer]

The Germans for me, although I've played a few good games as the Persians.

[AJ Corp. The FAIR]

This question is so hard to answer.

Anyway, since 1.17f I'll put my money on Japan, if I'm playing on emperor. (Egyptians and Aztecs work out fine too)

As techs progress rather fast, I'll be able to fight a first war with normal standard units -being militaristic maximizes my odds as I always produce vets and generate promotions-, 'building' a first expansion on my empire ...

I won't research any tech, but will make sure I get chivalry immediately after the AI civ(s) researched it. Samurai are great units, both defensively as offensively. They can make a difference on the battlefield: pillage like the JW, fight as the best in its era, upgradeable to cavalry, ... Just ain't bad, if you'd ask me ..!

This is the time for the second stage, that normally leads to my golden age. The samurai will lead a major second war.

Afterwards, I'd normally have positioned myself as a top civ.

In my latest game I'm in late industrial times and haven't researched one single tech myself. I've always bought them, in industrial era one or two turns after the the Ai civs have gotten it.

I'll focus on military and commercial (luxuries) supremacy!

AJ

P.S.: in the past I felt reluctant to play the Japanese, I guess I couldn't identify myself with them ...Right now I'm happy with them: Japan is a good civ throughout all eras, and especially in modern era. If played well, Japan can act as a game substitute for the US in real life (best industry, military and economy --> representing the world's leadership)

[Playa del Carmen]

I almost exclusively play with the Germans. One, because I like the color blue, and two because I just like Germany. And I get to use the title Kaiserin. I'm just kind of use to them now. I used to play Germans in Civ I and Civ II also.

[Venger]

This is easy - Rome. What other civilization has been achieved such infamy and glory?

In 1000 years, maybe the US will supplant Rome as the definitive global power. But leading the Cohort's against those crappy Immortals is just butt kickingly awesome. And I don't remember Laurence Olivier playing a Persian at any point. Nope, it's Rome baby!

Venger

[Beren]

I often choose random. All have their advantages and disadvantages.

[Zachriel]

Originally posted by Venger
And I don't remember Laurence Olivier playing a Persian at any point.

Nope, but Sir Larry did play these leaders of civilization and war:

King William III of Orange
Admiral Hood
King Lear
Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Sir John French
The Mahdi of Khartoum
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Richard III
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

And pictured here, Henry V