DGDobrev
Warlord
In my opinion, it is all about optimizing the early game. Start not on the shore, but on the hill next to it - first, you get extra production and second, it is safer against an attack - even if you play Korea. Next, you can optimize growth. Buy a tile with the jungle, then buy the wheat tile. Buy the silver tile too (as Mining is faster to open than Calendar) and build a mine, then start selling. Build granary before GL. This provides really good initial growth and some gold to boot. I also like to let the barbs destroy the mine, cause I can quickly rebuild it and resell the luxury (it's a trick I picked up in my Deity OCC games, as nothing guarantees plenty of luxuries to sell).
This way you get the upper hand, so then it is up to you to decide what do you want to do - tech up or wage war. In all my games Harald and Caesar were constantly harassing me, and DOWing me regularly - so I may well do what Mesix did in the end. To hell with the RA's...
This way you get the upper hand, so then it is up to you to decide what do you want to do - tech up or wage war. In all my games Harald and Caesar were constantly harassing me, and DOWing me regularly - so I may well do what Mesix did in the end. To hell with the RA's...