You will really get a kick out of doing three laps around another civilization and capturing a city or two in one turn. If you want to be really sneaky, go back to theCiv III Edit and make an early, normally unused unit (like warrior or spearman or-really mean- workers and settlers) strong and fast. Then you can give your enemies civs that get their special units later. I like using India for its war elephants, or the civs that give you alternate mounted units. If you plan to finish the game before you get too far into the industrial age or modern times, use a civilization that gets their special unit early. You should be able to recognize which one you sarted at, and if you are not at the right start, go back to the main Civ 3 menu and do it again. When you start the game, see which player start you ended up at. If you want, make your name be leemur so you get 100,000 gold, or not.

Then select the file you wanted and pla as usual, but don't go to the world customization screen. Go to load scenario and click the folder symbol with the arrow up. Then put a player start place in the middle of the stuff and one far away. If you are not very good at Civ III or if you want a really easy game, do this: go to the Civ III Edit through the Start menu and make a lot of resources in one area and some distinctive features (i.e.

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