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Baraka, it sounds like you're describing a builder approach with some turtling mixed in, not a true turtling approach. If you turtle for more than a few turns in CIV (especially CIV IV) you will fall behind, as the other civs won't attack you. They'll either out-tech or out-expand you, and you're left with a very small, backward, fortified country. And yes, CIV is a masterpiece.

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