Plan for the modern era.

The modern era is fast approach, and we will be there sometime by the middle of next term (if we play 10 turns per turn chat). Several things should be on our agenda.

1 - Tech Race: Besides Fission, Computers and Synthetic Fibers, (Miniturization and Robotics being good choices), should we even concentrate on the spaceship techs? We'll need a larger economy for a couple of reasons:

a - Less civs on the block. By this time, the Iroquois and Russians might be history, China and America could be a shell of their former selves, and we could very well be on the doorsteps of France and England.

b - Less trade. Conquering civs means that civs won't trade with us, but when you own most of the map, and the only access is a landbridge, there's no sense trading with civs that you're about to conquer. Not to mention, civs like Greece won't have anyone to sell techs to, where in turn, we get the money from.

2 - Conquest: Who are we going to take next, and in what order? We're already marching on the Iroquois, and they can be taken out probably next turnchat (maybe even quicker than Babylon if we're lucky, seeing that we have them on all three sides. Russia will be easy to take out, and can be taken out in 3 turns. with panzers. China may pose to be a more formidable challenge, where as America (the north part) has probably been overextended. We should concentrate on the nations on our part of the world first. We'll also need warplans for each civ. (If you ever wanted to know how long it took Charis (DG1 mil. advisor) to play his Charis Tale 1, just look at the recent Bab war)

3 - Armies: We have 8 armies in the field, some of which are waiting to be filled. What should we fill them with?

4 - Great Leaders: As we have no wonders to build, armies have been the order of the day. But, we're getting close to the UN, and that's a must have wonder.

5 - Conquest or Domination: We could take the easy route and go for domination, or we could start razing at the end and go for conquest. We also need to watch what the other civs are doing (i.e., spaceship). To prevent a spaceship victory, we should put a transport with a stack of troops just outside of the capital in international waters.

With the Armies, I would like to see them be filled with Eather Panzers or Infantry units .

Originally posted by Chieftess

3 - Armies: We have 8 armies in the field, some of which are waiting to be filled. What should we fill them with?

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Wow! 8 armies! First, I think we can disband the swordsman army without crying… we would still have 7 armies after. Second, we should fill each of the other armies with infantry, to protect our artillery batteries. I wouldn't recommand to use panzers in armies, as an army, if my memory serves me well, does not possess blitz ability.

Armies in 1.29f do possess the blitz ability.

Fill one with infantry. It will then function as the forward assault center (with arty and fast attack support) to drive slowly and inexorably through enemy territory. This can be for resource denial or as a mobile defense spot for deep assaults. The rest of them should wait for panzers.

I was just thinking what Shaitan said when reading the first post, so naturally I agree with him about the armies.

As for conquest I propose the following order:
Iroquois
Russia
America
China
The rest

In terms of victory, I think domination is the way to go. We should try and take out enemy capitals as to prevent spaceship work. I agree with Chieftesses idea about having a tack of units. Another idea for later on when we get the right ech is airdropping troops to raid the capital or if we get desparate, nuclear weapons.

Last, but not least, we should save one GL to rush the UN.

I do agree with America before China, as we'll need a navy to deal with China. (Even America) to take them out quickly.

Our only viable trade partner is Greece, and since we are keeping them around for last we should be okay.

I really don't think we will have to worry about anyone save Greece getting a spaceship out on us. Keep in mind that we can use spies to destroy production in their cities.

An attack order? I'd like to see...

1. Iroquois
2. Russia (while cavalry are still effective)
3. China (to get the rest of the west in our hands)
4. America
5. France
6. England
7. Persia
8. Greece (if need be - I would want a domination victory before now)

I would want a medium priority on the Spaceship techs, just as a backup in case a late-game war goes bad.

Personally, I'd go with England, then France. England to get a week civ out of the picture, then that would make an assault on France easier. Then, "Southern America". and then Persia. Greece is the culture powerhouse.