You are obviously a very experienced war-monger! Would you please give me some advice on my current game? I will attach the file. Basically, my starting position is trapped on a peninsula with Monty breathing down my throat. So, I figured that if war is inevitable, we may as well get started. My starting Warrior just did a great job. He destroyed Monty's horse stable, stole the worker, and destroyed the corn field!
I am not a true monger but find waring extreamly needed as the levels get higher. A true monger will chop and whip units. I only chop
I can not see the save now but with Monti you are better off rushing him (even if you share religions since he will stab you while being pleased). But as you said you already stole a worker. So getting ridof him is safest
Question: What do do next?
My basic idea is...
1. Build WC's in Thebes to happy cap. I figure he has a couple cities up there now and I want to send two WC's to each so that he can't send out any more settlers.
Actually if you know where teh copper is, then prevent him from getting that but other wise let him found some cities for you. if he already a city near copper just park a WC within visible site to deter and then capture workers when he become desparate. Once you get about 6 WC ask for cease fire. when he pull his units out of the city to protect workers, DOW. You will need 2 WC for each Archer, 1 for chariots and Axes. Attack from diagonal tiles on that same turn.
2. Then make Settler and put Memphis up there by the other pigs. Should it make WC's or Barracks first? I don't know.
Let Thebes go into unhappy if you have food and then double/triple pop whip a settler with maximum overflow hammers to another WC. Ideally you would just capture cities from Monti during this time. If you are already in a war, the barracks delay things. So no.
3. Should I tech towards Horse Archers, or should I be able to kill him with just WC's? It would be nice to tech stuff like Masonry, Sailing, etc. but can I afford it.
With BW, should I massively chop and whip WC's in Thebes?
If you have build about 8-10 WC when ready to attack( right after asking for Cease Fire(Not Peace)) to start with and keep on supplying until you reach your objective, then you are fine. Make sure you have both Pottary and Writing as a minimum if you are rushing a capital more than 10 tiles.
When it comes to launching wars, I am strictly a minor-league player. Please advise!