hoyatables
Nov 08, 2001, 01:56 PM
Hey all, first post here.
I started with the Americans. It didn't go too well 'cause I played by the old Civ II rules and hadn't bothered to read the manual. 'Nuff said.
My second attempt was with the Brits. Things started out well - I really like the Scouts that Expansionist Civs have. I started on the northwest end of a continent and moved in a diagonal like southeast building cities, while my scouts explored to the east, south, and southwest. Some workers built the Great Road across the mountains to capture some dyes (right from under the Frenchies' noses! Made peace with the nice Germans on my Southwest border, and was cautious of the frog legs to the southeast. Learned of the great Russian civilization to the far south, and treated them well. That accounted for four of us...where were the other four???
I held back on tech trading, so it took my some time to move along (BIG mistake in the early game). The French found Canterbury - Dye Capital of the world, to be intrusive, and tried to win it, but the Brits held firm. Over time, both the French and Germans were squeezed out by the Russians - I helped to wipe out the French with a long trek through the jungle to the south to capture Marseilles - a town rich in iron. As cities grew, backfilled my part of the continent, and discovered Zulus just across the Canterbury Strait - ended up culturally taking over Swazi - and was punished for it in a few years (the Zulus held firm control over their medium sized island). Punished them later when they tried to colonize the desolate tundra to the north - which paid off, because now it is full of oil.
Settlers went out to find new resources, settled two islands east of Marseilles. However, they are too detached from the empire and run rampant with corruption. All efforts to improve have failed, but at least there is access to Gems and Incense.
Finally took an expedition across the seas, just in Time to snag spices on the only unsettled portion of a huge continent dominated by the Japanese, Chinese, and Indians. Gandhi seems nice, but is a tough customer. Have established a nice base of operations to secure six or seven cities and protect the spice trade.
As we progress, we have fought off numerous attempts to overthrow our cultural dominance. The Zulus deserve to be punished for their insolence, and shall feel the wrath of the British tanks. But first, an expedition shall be sent to secure coal interests among former French cities under Russian control. The Russian spearmen will fall...
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Seriously, there were a lot of lessons learned along the way. My military stretegy was junk, and resulted in a lot of lost troops. My growth was haphazard as I tried to capture resources, but resulted in a disconnected empire and lots of corruption. Science picked up as I moved along, but it was slow at first because I was stubborn and selfish. And I continually got screwed by lack of strategic resources. I needed to caputure Marseilles to get Iron, and didn't find coal for at least 200 years after discovering the necessary advance. Searched deserately until i finally found it in the middle of Russian cities. And the three Asian civs were in their own little world, so while I was slightly ahead they were still massive and menacing. Will be difficult to take them out. I also didn't ever get a leader, so no armies.
I started with the Americans. It didn't go too well 'cause I played by the old Civ II rules and hadn't bothered to read the manual. 'Nuff said.
My second attempt was with the Brits. Things started out well - I really like the Scouts that Expansionist Civs have. I started on the northwest end of a continent and moved in a diagonal like southeast building cities, while my scouts explored to the east, south, and southwest. Some workers built the Great Road across the mountains to capture some dyes (right from under the Frenchies' noses! Made peace with the nice Germans on my Southwest border, and was cautious of the frog legs to the southeast. Learned of the great Russian civilization to the far south, and treated them well. That accounted for four of us...where were the other four???
I held back on tech trading, so it took my some time to move along (BIG mistake in the early game). The French found Canterbury - Dye Capital of the world, to be intrusive, and tried to win it, but the Brits held firm. Over time, both the French and Germans were squeezed out by the Russians - I helped to wipe out the French with a long trek through the jungle to the south to capture Marseilles - a town rich in iron. As cities grew, backfilled my part of the continent, and discovered Zulus just across the Canterbury Strait - ended up culturally taking over Swazi - and was punished for it in a few years (the Zulus held firm control over their medium sized island). Punished them later when they tried to colonize the desolate tundra to the north - which paid off, because now it is full of oil.
Settlers went out to find new resources, settled two islands east of Marseilles. However, they are too detached from the empire and run rampant with corruption. All efforts to improve have failed, but at least there is access to Gems and Incense.
Finally took an expedition across the seas, just in Time to snag spices on the only unsettled portion of a huge continent dominated by the Japanese, Chinese, and Indians. Gandhi seems nice, but is a tough customer. Have established a nice base of operations to secure six or seven cities and protect the spice trade.
As we progress, we have fought off numerous attempts to overthrow our cultural dominance. The Zulus deserve to be punished for their insolence, and shall feel the wrath of the British tanks. But first, an expedition shall be sent to secure coal interests among former French cities under Russian control. The Russian spearmen will fall...
****
Seriously, there were a lot of lessons learned along the way. My military stretegy was junk, and resulted in a lot of lost troops. My growth was haphazard as I tried to capture resources, but resulted in a disconnected empire and lots of corruption. Science picked up as I moved along, but it was slow at first because I was stubborn and selfish. And I continually got screwed by lack of strategic resources. I needed to caputure Marseilles to get Iron, and didn't find coal for at least 200 years after discovering the necessary advance. Searched deserately until i finally found it in the middle of Russian cities. And the three Asian civs were in their own little world, so while I was slightly ahead they were still massive and menacing. Will be difficult to take them out. I also didn't ever get a leader, so no armies.