Windwalker
Chieftain
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- Feb 2, 2002
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I tried this tactic out in my current game, and it worked really well.
Situation: Regent/continents. My continent has 5 civs on it; me (japan), iroquois, Zulu, Greece, Rome. I had wiped out Greece earlier, and Zulu had wiped out most of Rome. I was now fighting a war with the Zulu, and was kicking butt with cavalry (Zulu was almost at military tradition, but I managed to cut off their saltpeter). Anyway, I decided that I didn't want to let the Iroquois just build up for free in their big corner, so I got them in a military alliance against the Zulu (costing me quite a bit of gold, but it was worth it). Anyway, I ended up taking most of the Zulu cities, and the Iroquois finished up the last two cities. Note that the Iroquois had to travel thru a lot of my land to get to the zulu, although we shared a fairly narrow border (my empire was like a "J", and the little hook on the left is where we bordered).
Plan: I was aiming for a conquest victory, so I knew I had to wipe out the iroquois next, and this was a golden opportunity. Anyway, before the military alliance with the Iroquois ended, I managed to encircle most of the Iroquois forces (and 2 captured cities) with about 25 cavalry. They had a mostly offensive based army (longbows, knights, and cavalry). Right when the military alliance ended, most of the Iroquois army was exposed out and about on the plains and grassland around their cities. I then declared war on them and polished off 3/4 of their offensive forces in a single turn! If that offense had been allowed to attack me, they could have captured 5-6 cities! But instead, I managed to take THEIR two captured cities, killed all of their Zulu-conquering forces, and am now laying waste to their empire, which is producing roughly 2 units per turn, but with no reserves, cuz they're all dead!
Thus, I ended up backstabbing the vulnerable Iroquois without breaking a (20 turn) treaty! By the way, I don't feel guilty about this because the Iroquois had earlier allied with the Zulus against me... I have a long memory
It do be a fun game, esp. now that I've killed those bloody Zulus
- Windwalker
Situation: Regent/continents. My continent has 5 civs on it; me (japan), iroquois, Zulu, Greece, Rome. I had wiped out Greece earlier, and Zulu had wiped out most of Rome. I was now fighting a war with the Zulu, and was kicking butt with cavalry (Zulu was almost at military tradition, but I managed to cut off their saltpeter). Anyway, I decided that I didn't want to let the Iroquois just build up for free in their big corner, so I got them in a military alliance against the Zulu (costing me quite a bit of gold, but it was worth it). Anyway, I ended up taking most of the Zulu cities, and the Iroquois finished up the last two cities. Note that the Iroquois had to travel thru a lot of my land to get to the zulu, although we shared a fairly narrow border (my empire was like a "J", and the little hook on the left is where we bordered).
Plan: I was aiming for a conquest victory, so I knew I had to wipe out the iroquois next, and this was a golden opportunity. Anyway, before the military alliance with the Iroquois ended, I managed to encircle most of the Iroquois forces (and 2 captured cities) with about 25 cavalry. They had a mostly offensive based army (longbows, knights, and cavalry). Right when the military alliance ended, most of the Iroquois army was exposed out and about on the plains and grassland around their cities. I then declared war on them and polished off 3/4 of their offensive forces in a single turn! If that offense had been allowed to attack me, they could have captured 5-6 cities! But instead, I managed to take THEIR two captured cities, killed all of their Zulu-conquering forces, and am now laying waste to their empire, which is producing roughly 2 units per turn, but with no reserves, cuz they're all dead!
Thus, I ended up backstabbing the vulnerable Iroquois without breaking a (20 turn) treaty! By the way, I don't feel guilty about this because the Iroquois had earlier allied with the Zulus against me... I have a long memory
It do be a fun game, esp. now that I've killed those bloody Zulus
- Windwalker
