Only my 3rd game, so I have no idea what increases score. I rarely built buildings, instead beelinging for Knights while trying to create some sort of meaga city, but I soon forgot about it and just built Knights until I got Combustion. Blocked off Egypt and France on the first choke on the right because I couldn't get a settler to 2nd fast enough.
Loosely beelined to Feudalism, picking up Code of Laws and Alpahbet along the way. I got a Great Builder very soon after researching Monarchy and rushed the Hijemi Samurai Castle
Declared on Egypt early 1600s with one or two Knight Armies and took Cleo's 2 mainland cities and made peace. I shifted my Knight armies to Napoleon and they arrived just after Shimonosekei, the choke city, flipped. Napoleon had never declared on me or made a demand which was surprising (I was at war with Spain and Azteca the whole game). Took all his mainland cities (which gave me the opportunity to build the UN, though I never started it), and never made peace because he kept demanding things.....
Aztecs were the most difficult because they had made Rifle Armies, but a GG Infiltration Tank at 88 Strength takes care of them. I flipped one of their mainland cities, took the rest... and Monty bowed out.
I then let Spain take one of my Azte possesions while I marched straight up to her capital, took it and gave her Printing Press to stop any counter attacks.
This game was VERY easy- was it the map or is CivRev just an easy game overall? I might get the 360 version if they improve the AI. Monty and Issy never sent a troop at me while being at war the whole game.
Also, can tanks move through roads in enemy territory? It certainly seems like it, making my conquest of France and Spain VERY easy.
Will probably try Mongolia to see how getting those huts as villages will help.. probably a lot considering they block Egypt and France without wasting a settler.
e: Maybe it's just ecperience with previous civ games? I see dojo had some trouble. Setting up a gold city seems nevessary to boost score, so I will have to look out for that in th efuture. I never built a ginle boat this game. Guess I'll look into the whole Island cities thing. In my 2nd game (Spain, Emp) my Island cities were producing lots of research due to dyes, but I never needed it during this one.