I did indeed have chromium in my trial run game Empire territory... others grabbed it before I could mine the resource. I also had the other resource I thought I didn't posses... apparently I didn't click on the correct system.

<r> As a newbie, this thread is awesome. I do have a couple of questions if people are still keeping tabs on this thread:<br/>
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I have played many 4x games since Civilization (I), and MOO (I), and some of my favorites include: Civ 5, MoO 2, Pax Imperium, HoMM 2, & Eve Online (ok, not a 4x ...