The Fog of War: Procrastania

[Fellfrosch]

It was small, like I said, but it was fairly scenic and well protected by the nearby Mustardshire, which became a military production center and home to both Scotland Yard and the Kremlin.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

man I cant wait till the game is ported to Mac, CIV is the only series I ever really enjoyed, besides Wasteland and Elite (and those are pretty old).

[Entsuropi]

I generally named my towns randomly or left the default settings. I like to name towns 'ASSEMBLE MEATIE' when they are military focus points, though.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

heh, why does that seem like a roman thing to do.

I alternate between stroking my ego and numbering my cities. My favorite civ game ever had me dominate the world by pumping out cities like crazy... (it was a huge map) I ended with a gigantic population (around 6 billion I think) and  a huge conscript army drawn from a third of my cities.

[Entsuropi]

You can't do that any more. The stopped the Infinite City Sprawl tactic. Generally, more than 5 cities will start to hurt your civilisations economy and ability to make money/research (too much corruption). It's now monetary penalties, rather than growth penalties. You reach the optimum balance somewhere between 5 to 10, depending on various factors.

I almost never have more than 6 cities. I should build more though.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

is that in 4?

In 3 I rarely have more than 6 or 7 unless I go to war, then I end up with a bunch. Of course its good to just pillage cities too.

[Entsuropi]

Yeah, 4. I've seen screenshots of civ 2 empires where they had hundreds of cities, all 2 squares apart. Crappy cities, to be sure, but loads of them.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

most of those guys used the civ editor.

[Spriggan]

You can't do that any more. The stopped the Infinite City Sprawl tactic. Generally, more than 5 cities will start to hurt your civilisations economy and ability to make money/research (too much corruption). It's now monetary penalties, rather than growth penalties. You reach the optimum balance somewhere between 5 to 10, depending on various factors.

I almost never have more than 6 cities. I should build more though.

I useally have 15-20 cities in Civ 4 without any problems.  You just need to make sure you've got a state religion and build all the building that get you extra gold for that.

[Entsuropi]

No jeffe. They just built nothing but settlers for a long time. By the time you get into triple figures your completely untouchable, you'll be able to zerg any enemy with hundreds of units.

Strategy guides I read recommended this as a viable tactic in Alpha Centauri.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

it isnt not if you have mind worms...
you just end up losing a ton of cities