There are many ways to win Civ however these tips are generic and should be adopted no matter what your ultimate aim is.
1. Firstly your entire civilisation rests on having a strong economy (you must pay, soldiers, maintenance, scientific research etc.) Therefore it is absolutely key to build this up and exploit opportunities where you can. I always play a civ with the financial trait. This allows you to gain significantly more gold in each city.
2. The start of the game is the most important part, get it right and youll probably win. You must build up quick (especially on the harder settings) and create a good base from which to build up.
3. Always build polytheism to start. Chances are youll actually get it, and therefore you get the holy city and the happy bonus.
4. Get the Pyramids this is by far the most useful and important wonder as soon as youve got it switch to representation (personally I keep this for the entire game)
5. Get bronze working it allows you to cut down trees. I only ever use them to build wonders or settlers. However be careful as forest can increase health of cities.
6. Use you warriors to harass those around you. The Incas Quetcha unit is superb for this as it get 100% bonus against archers. Try to steal workers, and also just hack up stuff. Itll stop slow the enemy down and allow you more time to build up and over take them. Its usually quite easy to make peace if needed.
7. Another useful tip is that the comp. will always try to keep to archers in a city. If for example the comp as two cities, just leave units out side the weaker and keep attacking it so that there is only one unit left. The comp. will always try to send reinforcements from its main cities. Just kill them on the open road, the comp. can do anything and you gain lots of experience for units.
8. Get Stone Henge itll get the Great Person ball rolling plus if you found a religion then you can build the special wonder which can get loads of cash. (ideal if its in the capital and combined with bureaucracy civic.)
9. Get the Parthenon excellent wonder for the GP.
10. Get the Spiral Minaret great wonder to get in the cash.
11. Use Representation, Mercantilism. By doing this you gain the +3 science per specialist. Mercantilism gives a free specialist in every city.
12. The statute of liberty is very useful with the above point as it also gives a free specialist thats 6 science without doing anything.
13. The great library is useful with Representation too. Get it in the capital and you have two free scientists +3 science, +3 each for representation, and with bureaucracy youve got a grand total of +18 science not to mention the addition of libraries etc. or a academy.
14. Use a great scientist to build an academy in the capital. Mix with bureaucracy itll give you a lot of science.
15. Oxford Uni and Wall street are good in the capital with bureaucracy
16. Pacifism is useful because its free and good for great people. The money you save can be spent on science therefore equalling free religion but with the great person bonus.
Hope thats of some help. Just remember seek out opportunities and work with the best combinations and you be successful
1. Firstly your entire civilisation rests on having a strong economy (you must pay, soldiers, maintenance, scientific research etc.) Therefore it is absolutely key to build this up and exploit opportunities where you can. I always play a civ with the financial trait. This allows you to gain significantly more gold in each city.
2. The start of the game is the most important part, get it right and youll probably win. You must build up quick (especially on the harder settings) and create a good base from which to build up.
3. Always build polytheism to start. Chances are youll actually get it, and therefore you get the holy city and the happy bonus.
4. Get the Pyramids this is by far the most useful and important wonder as soon as youve got it switch to representation (personally I keep this for the entire game)
5. Get bronze working it allows you to cut down trees. I only ever use them to build wonders or settlers. However be careful as forest can increase health of cities.
6. Use you warriors to harass those around you. The Incas Quetcha unit is superb for this as it get 100% bonus against archers. Try to steal workers, and also just hack up stuff. Itll stop slow the enemy down and allow you more time to build up and over take them. Its usually quite easy to make peace if needed.
7. Another useful tip is that the comp. will always try to keep to archers in a city. If for example the comp as two cities, just leave units out side the weaker and keep attacking it so that there is only one unit left. The comp. will always try to send reinforcements from its main cities. Just kill them on the open road, the comp. can do anything and you gain lots of experience for units.
8. Get Stone Henge itll get the Great Person ball rolling plus if you found a religion then you can build the special wonder which can get loads of cash. (ideal if its in the capital and combined with bureaucracy civic.)
9. Get the Parthenon excellent wonder for the GP.
10. Get the Spiral Minaret great wonder to get in the cash.
11. Use Representation, Mercantilism. By doing this you gain the +3 science per specialist. Mercantilism gives a free specialist in every city.
12. The statute of liberty is very useful with the above point as it also gives a free specialist thats 6 science without doing anything.
13. The great library is useful with Representation too. Get it in the capital and you have two free scientists +3 science, +3 each for representation, and with bureaucracy youve got a grand total of +18 science not to mention the addition of libraries etc. or a academy.
14. Use a great scientist to build an academy in the capital. Mix with bureaucracy itll give you a lot of science.
15. Oxford Uni and Wall street are good in the capital with bureaucracy
16. Pacifism is useful because its free and good for great people. The money you save can be spent on science therefore equalling free religion but with the great person bonus.
Hope thats of some help. Just remember seek out opportunities and work with the best combinations and you be successful