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Freeciv

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    Overview

    Freeciv mostly follows the rules of Civilization II, changing a few where its authors think it makes more sense. It was written entirely on its own, so you don't need Civilization to play it.

    This page plays the civ2civ3 ruleset, which keeps Civilization II as its reference but plays more like Civilization III. It cuts micromanagement and sudden boosts, so cities grow more steadily and the game moves at a slower pace, and the computer players can play by all of them.

    Made by
    The Freeciv team

    Controls guide

    Map

    KeyAction
    ClickSelect a unit or city, press buttons
    Hold clickSend the unit to where you let go
    Right clickCenter the map there
    Shift+clickWhat can be done on that tile
    Arrows, Home, End, Page Up, Page DownMove the unit, in eight directions
    EscCancel what you started

    Units

    KeyAction
    BBuild a city, or join the city it stands in
    GGo to a tile
    TGo to a city
    R, I, MRoad, irrigation, mine
    FFortify
    SSentry
    XExplore by itself
    AWork the land by itself
    WWait, come back to it later
    SpaceNo orders this turn

    Turns and reports

    KeyAction
    Shift+EnterEnd the turn
    EnterOpen the city the unit is in
    F2Units
    F4Cities
    F9Messages
    TabChat line, for server commands

    Tips

    1. Start by building cities and exploring your land. Aim for seven or eight cities early, close enough to defend but not overlapping much.
    2. Good spots for a city are on horses or near fish.
    3. Have every early city build settlers. More cities means more research, and faster research wins.
    4. Set science as high as your government allows. Research The Republic, then Democracy, Railroad and Industrialization, and switch government as soon as you can.
    5. Under Democracy, setting luxury to 100% for a few turns makes cities celebrate and grow by one each turn while they have spare food.
    6. Once your cities are built, turn the settlers to roads and irrigation. Roads on worked tiles raise a city's output.
    7. As soon as you meet another civilization, build a few attack units and at least one defender in each city.
    8. Besides conquest, you can win by being first to land a spaceship on Alpha Centauri.