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Monarchy is good if you don't find the need to utilize population rushes. I feel it is a viable government under all levels except Deity. You are almost forced to rush for troops because when the AI builds a city and it is the only city it has, it gets something like 10 free units on Deity. I...

They don't tell you what the exact formula is for calculating population rushes. The more you rush, the more unhappy people there will be and from the experience in my current game, the effects of unhappiness lasts for a long long time. I find it more useful to disband the city after the...

That's pretty much what I did, except I went Republic instead of Democracy. I find Democracy to be too inflexible, and they are only marginally better than Republic in terms of generating money and tech. So what if Democratic cities manage waste and corruption just a little better than they...

One of the things you can do is to use workers to lure his troops out into the open. They can also be used as buffers since to take a worker prisoner, it uses up the unit's attack. The computer will generally fall for this, but of course you will need to be willing to sacrifice workers since the...

On the contrary, I find the Republic to be the most useful government in the game. It allows me to conduct military campaigns, research science and build at the same time. You get almost as much commerce as you do in Democracy, but the effects of war weariness is no where as severe as Democracy...

Excellent advice. That is what I have been doing in all my battles. I am playing 8 civs, Chinese, standard map on Deity and have had so many great leaders that I don't know what to do with them. I have rushed all wonders I have a crack at, and when I can't rush I built armies with them. I...

Ari, how did you fare on larger sized maps with Deity? I am playing Deity on standard map, 8 civs and raging barbarians. I am having a hell of a time.

Unless you are playing on Deity level, I'd suggest always raze captured cities. If it has a wonder that isn't obsolete, starve the population back down to 1 before repopulating it. It doesn't really matter how big the city is, I always have my own settler rebuild in the same spot or somewhere...

It's hard to get the Ancient Age down to a science since there are so many variables, and a lot of it has to do with luck too. I look at it this way, if you are down by 2-3 techs at the end of the Ancient Age, then you are in good shape. It's supposed to be an uphill climb in the beginning...

I am not trying to be first in every branch of the tech tree. I only research those that would give me a militaristic or scientific advantage. For instance, I do not research the printing press, democracy and free artistry branch. I also don't research the nationalism, communism, and espionage...

I don't believe you can keep up with the AI in tech in the Ancient Age. The best I have done was to pull even only to fall behind again. If you are trying to keep up with the AI through peaceful means, then I think you will only fall further behind. One thing you need to remember is that you...

Eyrei, in the beginning you will always be 4-5 techs behind the computer since every civilization starts out with different techs and since the computer always trade tech with each other, and since the computer is always exploring faster than you, it is very likely that when you first make...

Actually, all the games I play now are on Standard maps with 8 Civs and raging barbarians. I tried playing on huge maps before and it was just too tedious, and the game became more of a chore than fun. This problem still exist on standard maps especially when pollution comes into play. Anyway...

I don't find much use in keeping a computer around on your continent on Emperor level. In the Emperor games I have played, you can still do pretty everything like going for tech, military, wonders, and military at the same time without too many problems. I usually raze all the computer cities...