From: mperry@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Civilization
Date: 29 Sep 92 16:00:00 +1200
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

In article <BvBJBH.Fyt@acsu.buffalo.edu>, v101q4ct@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Brendon M McNamara) writes:
> In article <9209251358.AA25937@tortoise.cis.ohio-state.edu>, brown-sh@news.cis.ohio-state.edu (shawn c brown) writes...
>> 
>>	Does anyone out there know how to make money easily??  I always end
>>up running out of money.  I've established trade routes with other cities,
>>built banks, etc. but it doesn't help.
>> 
>>Shawn Brown
Change to Democracy or republic quite early in the game. Open up trade routes
by the dozens. Install tax collectors in your large cities (once you have a
city of size 20 + you have to start taking people off food production, so
change them to tax collectors/ or scientists.

> 
> If you are at peace, change to republic. I have found a neat way to wage
> war while a republic:
> 1. Do a REVOLUTION
> 2. Attack your enemy
> 3. Become a republic again when asked
> 
> Its a great way to get around an irritating panel of advisors and does
> not seem to have too adverse an effect.
> 
> BMc
You should try this at your own risk.

Say you have several large cities, only just producing enough food, and don't
have that much in reserve - say size 22-25.

You go "Revolution"
for about 3 turns you have anarchy (despot income, despot production, etc).

You find that instead of making money, you lose money (all those -1's make hell
for your economy). You cities that were producing extra food are now losing
food at a rate of 5-10 per turn. Suddenly you have famine, very little money
and a civilisation sinking fast. You can only do this manouver without lose
when you have the pyramids and haven't developed comunism.


An unfortunate event...

I devolope the great library - Great. If two other nations achieve a tech
level, so do I.
I notice an unexplored square, with what usually turns out to be 50 gold or a
scroll of wisdom - this turns out to be a scroll of wisdom which gives me
university which cancels the library (this was very early in the game).
This can be annoying, as I had only had the great library for about 15 turns.
It can be annoying when your nation has had a bad start when someone like the
greeks, attack, and attack, taking 2 of your best cities on the coast (only two
armies fortified as the rest were off fighting a border war with the zulus and
americans (and they keep breaking treaties). This action was not taken well,
instead of continuing the stuggle against the zulus and americans I fell back
on their front, and transfered my armies to retake my best cities. After
retaking the cities I frieghted my armies (in sail boats) to the greek mainland
and slowly took 9 of the greek cities (so 4 of them were destroyed in the
ensuing battle, they were built too close anyway). Diplomats are all very well,
when you can afford them, but if you are buying armies early (to finish their
building) you often can't afford the diplomats bribes.

Question:
An enemy has one city, their capital. previously a embassy was established in
the city. Your intelligence report shows 640 gold, and the city (almost in
rubble) is reduced to size 1. You attack the city and destroy the last
defending army (and remaining 10000 population), should you get any booty?
I did the above and got no booty, I was just told that the civilisation was
destroyed.