Civ is a strategy game, not a tactical combat sim, I'll grant you...  however "...force, physical
violence, is the ultimate authority from which all other authorities are derived." and if you cant
rely on your armed forces then diplomacy and trade is effected.
Historically many ...

There's little or no traffic in alt.games.civ2 so I'll try here.
Today I decided it might be fun to try civ2 again, for old times sake. It
installs just fine, but it won't run.
I realize I don't meet the sys requirements, as winXP isn't mentioned there.

At the end of my most recent game I had taken out a couple of empires
and was left with a couple of Incan cities in my lands (we both took
out the English, I had never owned the cities.)
Out of curiosity I decided to play on and see how long they would

Before I splash out and get Civ IV can someone tell me what it is that lets
irrigation work. In the early stages irrigation seems to have no effect on
the food from a square. At some point, I've always missed exactly when, the
square starts to produce an extra food.

Hm, so I tried out the violent approach. My first game I didn't care whether
I won or lost, being a bit on the bitter and despondant side. As usual, all
the civs are cramped and Mansa Musa develops his first city just below mine,
actually cutting into my SMALL fat cross before it ...

Hello all.  I've run into a problem.  I've read through other posts
here and on various web forums but I haven't found any place where this
issue is addressed with sufficient clarity.  So here we go.
Bascially as the game progresses the time spent "waiting for other

I played civ 2 for years but found Civ 3 boring.
At first I was very dissapointed with Civ 4 but it grows and grows on you.
Being colourblind the terrain and units were too confusing at first but that
is becoming less of a problem. The wide varieties of options and decisions

First of all I want to point out I am still only playing on Warlord, I
am a newbie afterall...
I have noticed the extreme difference one (or two) free settlers from
goodie-huts makes when playing against AI opponents at least on lower

I decided to test some things out playing the games under the settings you
have.  I played as Elizabeth on a Terra map.  Temperate, medium, standard,
noble, normal.  Those were all of the settings.
I was able to get 5 cities very easily.  I put these cities 4 spaces apart

What´s up? When I try to download Civikization IV  I get this message:
"set1.tmp has found a problem and has to be shut down". What shall I do? The
game is brand new and my son is very upset.

Just noticed that since the Patch Gunships now use railroads.
Looks like they are a useful unit now they can actually bet to the battle!

So... still playing this game every night. Yep. Still losing, too. Been
trying for a cultural win with Elizabeth. I play on Noble, on a Huge Terra
map with Temperate Terrain and Medium Sea Level.
I did very well at the start. I actually managed to get up 5 cities. 2

Test

Okay, these may sound like stupid questions, but honestly I have looked in
the manual and the civilopedia, but I can't find the answers...
With the Slavery civic you're supposed to be able to sacrifice population
for production. My question is: How? I have the civic enabled but I ...