Games & Whatnot
Civilization IV Strategy and Tips: General Early/Mid Game
Cities, military units, and civics all have associated maintenance costs, cities especially. Having a large number of cities is very expensive, especially early in the game. To deal with early city maintenance costs, limit the number of early cities you build (usually 4 to 6). Or, build cities until research must fall to [...]
Utilizing Your Pieces In Chess: Bishops
Here’s a few things to remember about knights in order to utilize them in your game of chess.
Do not let your own bishops get trapped. As you begin advancing your pawns, if you do not get your bishops out first, they will often get trapped behind the line rendering them useless.
Bishops are strongest in [...]
Utilizing Your Pieces In Chess: Knights
Here’s a few things to remember about knights in order to utilize them in your game of chess.
Knights are best used to get around the obstacles. In the early game when the board is full of pieces, get your knights out there and use them. Bishops and rooks are far more limited.
D6 and E6 [...]
Utilizing Your Pieces in Chess: Pawns
The pawns in chess get a bad rap. They are perceived as useless in the game. Not true. Now I’m no chess expert, but I love the game and I have studied it. Here’s a few things to remember about pawns in order to utilize them in your game.
Connected pawns are much [...]
New Ways to Play the Board Game Risk
I love the game of Risk but have often wished for there to be a bit more to it. Well, I spent some time on that and have several new ways to play and some variations of the classic game of world domination. I have yet to play with these new rules, so [...]
