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Sid Meier's Civilization IV is a turn-based strategy game encompassing all of human history. Players attempt to take a fledging civilization from 4000BC to modern times and lead their civilization to victory through domination, science, culture or diplomacy.

Sid Meier's Civilization IV (also referred to as Civilization IV, Civilization 4, Civ IV or Civ 4) is a turn-based strategy game encompassing all of human history. Players attempt to take a fledging civilization from 4000BC to modern times and lead their civilization to victory through domination, science, culture or diplomacy.

Developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games, Civ 4 was released on between October 25 and November 4, 2005 in North America, Europe, and Australia, for Microsoft Windows.

It has two expansions: Warlords and Beyond the Sword.

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Is it faster to build a worker, followed by a settler, or the other way around?

In Civilization IV, both workers and settlers prevent your city's food store from increasing for as long as they are being built. Surplus food is funneled into the production of both units, speeding their creation. A common dilemma I have at the…
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What happens to a resource when I build a city on its tile?

What happens to a resource when I build a city on its tile? For example if I build a city on top of sheep is the sheep lost?
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Is it ever worth moving your first Settler?

Every time I've played Civ 4 my first Settler starts on what looks like a pretty good square for a city, and I build it turn 1. Has anyone ever found it to be a worthwhile strategy to scout around a bit to see if there is a better location? If so…
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Which order do I play the Civilization IV expansion packs and the main game?

I bought Civilization IV and all 3 expansion packs from the Steam Sale. I've heard numerous things about the packs - new units, civilizations, etc. I have no idea what that means since I'm new to the series. :) I have 4 games listed on my Steam,…
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How can I conquer or destroy a city on a single tile island in Civilization IV?

It is all written in the title but an image could help. How can conquer or destroy this city?
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How can I stop a worker destroying my town?

Playing Civ IV yesterday I got fed up with micromanaging my workers and turned one to automatic. I quite frequently do this in the middle game, but this time I happened to notice that it made a beeline for one of my towns and started converting it…
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In Civilization IV what are the differences between the Difficulty Levels?

Can anyone explain what are the differences (like attacking style, culture development, etc) of the enemies in Civilization IV between the various difficulty levels?
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Which unit to build first?

Which first unit to build in Civilization IV immediately at the beginning? Go for Settler always, or it depends? If there are resources around is better to build a worker or boat and wait to reach population 2 at least? If it is a matter, I usually…
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How many military units per city/population is recommended in Civilization IV?

I'm looking for guidance in Civilization IV on how best to build a military that allows for the optimum mix of defensive capabilities with offensive ability (when needed) without having to sacrifice technological gains and city improvements. Some…
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How do you play Civilization 4 by E-Mail?

Does anyone know if there is a mod or anything to play Civilization 4 over email? Like if my friend makes a turn, I get sent an email that its my turn and I can log on make my turn or couple of turns and then next player goes. I know there is a…
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Where do I put spies in Civilization 4 to protect against rival spies?

I'm playing Beyond The Sword and when I want to build a spy I notice they supposedly: Helps Thwart Rival Spies: Should I leave a spy stationed at borders? Should I place them cities? Does it matter where they are placed in order to effectively…
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How is city maintenance calculated?

How is the cost of city maintenance calculated? In BTS, hovering over the maintenance cost tells you that it includes a factor for "distance from Capital" and a factor for "total number of cities owned." Does the maintenance depend on anything other…
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Which first two promotions to assign for siege weapons during massive attack?

In Civilization IV to attack and conquest a city a stack of catapult (or other siege weapons) seems to me one of the most effective way. But which first two promotions should I assign to siege weapons in order to be more effective during city…
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What strategy to use in Civilization IV when you start in an inaccessible area?

I have played yesterday the Africa scenario, and I started the game in the area of Egypt. There were some good resources but the desert block me to build more than 4 cities and later in the game I was easily destroyed. In addition to that only one…
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When should you build workers in Civilization 4?

My current (newbie) strategy is to build a new worker first with each new city. Is this a good strategy? For example: are workers shared between cities or do you need at least one for each city? should you keep periodically building new workers or…
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