Jason’s postings and stuff

My desire for Civ 3 is waning. At the harder difficulty settings the computer is allowed to cheat liberally. It can colonize cities at least twice as fast as I can. Through the Middle Ages colonization is critical to success. Although a diplomatic or cultural victory is possible without a massive nation, my personal favourite is winning the space race. Without enough cities at the harder levels you cannot reach the Information Age in time to complete the race. Moreover, you likely will not have secured all the necessary strategic resources to forge ahead. Max cities is key. It seems playing on maps with more islands is harder, since you need to obtain Alphabet, Writing, then Map Making before you can colonize off the home island. The computer can acheive this level of knowledge more rapidly, leaving you with no land to colonize.