Now that Civ4 is in development, I think serious attention should once
again be brought to railroads, a fantastic but much too simplistic
feature.
In Civ3, in all Civs, railroads are always the same. Whether you're

I was building a spaceship with only one more part to complete
Now I can't even look at it.
Where'd it go?
I was waiting to push the "launch" button....I'm crushed?

I really like this game, Civilization.
After Civilization I, I bought Civ 3 Conquest. which is greatly
improved, particulary in game ergonomy.
I like to play great maps, with many cities...

I received the Civ III Complete for Christmas, looks to be a great game,
I've only read about 1/4 of the manual but had to try the game out anyway.
When I started I choose the Persian and then again I tried the Greek. On the
first move I found I had about 5 or 6 Emperors and the ...

Just got back to the game and found the answer to my own question
with your help (all)
Seems I had some Bombers on auto bomb attack at a "previous" Mongol
city which NOW the Ottomans had occupied.

Am the top civ (III PTW) in present game, my ally is
the Ottomans and we're kicking the Mongols
butts. HOWEVER...the game wants to attack my ally
and I get the message should we do it I say NO but

Game was going fine, but after telling my governors to spend a few years
building up my worker force, I told them to quit (Build Workers Never - All
Cities).  They continue to build workers.
Any ideas?

Does planting forests pay? I realize it depends on where you plant it, and  
possibly other factors as well, but is it beneficial for production  
compared to a mine and if so, in what way?

i've tried it four times now, and although i come closer each time, the
persians are still soundly defeating me as rome, playing at regent
level.
any one have any strategy tips for this scenario? it seems to me to be

Playing "Double Your Pleasure" and have hit the following error.
Quote: -
Load Error
File not Found

I like to play random maps.  I want to increase the number of strategic
resources on the map (for example, oil).  How do you mod the rules?  Do
you increase the appearance ratio?  What exactly is the ratio?  The
help file is not very helpful.

With the kind help of Brandon Supernaw - clicking on own  embassy star on map
- one gets the make embassy prompt.
I'm sorry I didn't read your first posting carefully enough. But better later
than never.

Still having problems making embassies. Doubled clicked icon on map, star or
anything there for that matter. I'm playing 1.29g Civ III for Mac.
I've just had a great game, but life would have been easier if I could have
made some embassies.

TAM = The Ancient Mediterranean mod
Info at http://www.tam.info.ms/
I'm gonna start a TAM of the month (or some other timeframe to be decided).
If you're interested, stop by http://civ3.watorrey.net and check the status.

Australia does seem to follow the rules of Civ.
Sydney and Melbourne, our two largest and most productive cities are closest
to the capital Canberra.
Brisbane is smaller, further away and less productive while Adelaide and