RL?? Don't know that... Can I get it at Steam?

You can but it's unaffordable. They're affraid you'll be a lost cause for gaming.

Terrain modpack with large BG's: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showth...threadid=35330
Smiley icons for F1 advisor: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showth...threadid=10197
I know I'd have a hard time living without them.
Also, it seems some of the programming of the old start planner isn't compatible with excel 2007. Gonna have to wing it here, so to speak.

what's that start planner, can't remember ever seeing that before?

Have played a bunch of turns again, at the 1000AD mark atm. Not doing to bad considering all the mistakes I made. (Like building archers for defense.....[blush][wallbash])

Not going to beat the 1300AD score but I'm confident I'll win.

Turns out to be a very interesting map imho.

Disguised ripoff from Rik's historical sig. [;)]

what it does (or used to, mine doesn't seem to work on excel 2007) is allow you to tell it what tiles you want to work on, plan worker moves, tinker a bit with how much food and shields you have at a given time etc - allowing you to optimize your micro ahead of time by knowing when you'll hit 30 shields at the same time as a pop cap for instance.

See here for an example: http://www.civduelzone.com/forum/sho...98&postcount=2

Exactly! The wrath of the social life is here.

As for the game, if 1300 AD is steep you will probably all beat PP who is still busy cleaning his homeland at 1000 AD and is now aiming for a diplo vic (somewhere is the 1900ds...) or a space ship (1950?).

I'll have a restart after I'm done the first time round and focus on mil instead of sciene :)

Cleared my continent and shifting focus on teching. :)

Finished: Hiawatha the Magnificent achieved a diplo vic in 1715AD :D