Recent content by admtanaka

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    Arabia to the stars (Goal:IMM fastest space colony)

    You guys aren't gamblers. The odds look bad on paper, but the risk is worth it. His capital and a worker for 35 hammers? Wait a few turns for him to bulk up and you'll be looking at 4 archers or worse in the capital. You'll need 8 axes and wasted time.
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    From dust to Stars: Brenus

    Looks good. Nice shrine from Spain, nice whipping as evidenced by the whip anger.
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    OCC: Conquest

    I'll give this one a go if I can find the time this week.
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    Horrible Start: Trapped in the Mountains

    A picture says a thousand words.
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    I'm terrible at warfare

    If you are playing Rhye's, you'd be better off posting in that forum. Each civ has such a different position that the advice is going to change quite a bit. If you need very basic advice for a growing cottages: 1. Build at least enough workers to maintain a ratio of 1:1 worker:city 2. Improve...
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    Strongest and weakest ai.

    Freddy can wonderspam decently to indirectly support a teammate, so despite being a wimp, he's not totally useless. Lincoln, on the other hand, is generally inept at everything.
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    The Lost Battle (Deity AW)

    I'll lurk this one as well. Good luck guys!
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    Binary research - a worked example from a real game (part 1)

    Strict "binary" is that research is either on (1) or off (0). You therefore either bank beakers with the slider at 0% or run it at 100% to power through a tech. The advantage is that every turn you get a free beaker (minimal) but also that you can make a better decision as to what the AI is...
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    DDD VI: Lincoln

    A tough loss but a good read. I think you are right, it was a tough one after the HA rush against Ragnar (and having to take peace before alpha).
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    Binary research - a worked example from a real game (part 1)

    All that math is giving me a headache. Strict "binary research" it's too much micromanagement for me. I tend to play so absentmindedly I'm likely to erode the benefit by forgetting to turn research back on! My simple rules: 1. Turn off research while building a library in the capital 2. Turn...
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    From dust to Stars: Brenus

    I'm not sure what sort of land you imagined when you thought it could be worse. Yuck!
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    Cover

    I assume the point of this thread wasn't whether or not people advocate the promotion of cover to every axe, because I'm sure no one does that. I still don't think using it for quite a few axes is a mistake though. Cover may be only marginally better than CR and even then only in the short...
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    Do you build WW ?

    Definitely have won immortal games without any wonders, but those were more because I was behind in other ways rather than just avoiding them in the spirit of being optimal. I usually build some wonders. Sometimes rushing to music and denying the AI the Sistine Chapel can prevent a cultural loss.
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    2000BC DoW

    Terrible roll there. No avoiding that unfortunately.
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    Cover

    I generally only use cover if I am aggressive and axe rushing.
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