Phil Grant
What's happening?
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Followup: RE: Town growth
Sons of Liberty is a Bostonian phenomena, and was not used to refer to other independence movements. The Tea Party has similar roots. Rebels is confusing because Civilization III uses rebels to refer to citizens opposed to the player's rule. Revolutionaries is more accurate, but it is a long word. Freedom Fighters is just as long. Separatists is a slightly shorter alternative. An...
2012-04-07 06:43:14 PDT in FreeCol
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Followup: RE: Building colonies on resources
My strategy is to build my colony in the middle of the best nine square combinations I can find. I can't say that I have studied the game extensively enough to determine whether building on a resource is a good idea. I can say that if my first colony happens to be built on a food resource, then I am very happy.
2012-03-31 05:33:07 PDT in FreeCol
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Followup: RE: combat triangle
Dragoons are not cavalry. Dragoons are mounted infantry. Dragoons dismount to fight. Dragoons do not use cavalry tactics.
2012-02-10 07:39:05 PST in FreeCol
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Followup: RE: combat triangle
FreeCol does not have cavalry, so it does not need infantry that can withstand cavalry! Tactics like pincers, flanking, surrounding, etc. have no effect either. It might be an interesting exercise to use the FreeCol engine to create a tactical warfare simulation game, but I see no need to turn FreeCol into such a game.
2012-02-09 16:36:42 PST in FreeCol
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Followup: RE: Some suggestions from a game designer.
"Thus trading trade goods with indians (or other things) is a sort of bonus you can get if you find an indian city that is interested, but not something you can base your strategy on." Trading was the real life strategy of both the French and the Dutch. 2. Micromanagement is not necessary, it is just better. -You can move units manually or give them a destination. Manual...
2011-12-22 18:46:55 PST in FreeCol