Civilization IV

Just a few quick notes gleaned from my latest round of Civ IV playing:

• The new Great People system is excellent. I haven't really found much use for Great Merchants as yet, but Great Prophets, Great Scientists, and Great Artists are all extremely useful, and Great Engineers are absolutely wonderful - in more senses than one.
• When you're playing one of the Mongol leaders - either Genghis or Kublai - and you can't find horses anywhere, it kind of cramps your style.
• I love the Philosophical, Spiritual, and Industrious traits; I can make use of Organized, Creative, or Aggressive leaders; but the proper use of the Expansive and Financial traits still eludes me.

Ramble, Part 11: Paperwait

At the end of the last Ramble, I raised the question of the reasons for the slowness of the West in adopting Hindu-Arabic numerals. There are three aspects to this that interest me; as usual, they're under the cut.

( Of Machines and Rabbits )

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