Recent content by rrhal

It seems I can run over several goody huts and never get an invitation to the void singers. Is there a probability attached to this? Seems like I perform one of the other triggers I get the corresponding invite to a secret society but I stopped getting invites to void singers.

At some point you have to not be pumping out units to build the encampment. Do you do that ASAP or at a certain point in the city's growth? Do you wait for the +30 policy card? Do you build barracks/stables or are the encampments only for the GGPs?

Link the battering ram to a melee unit, rush the city with 3 or 4 ground pounders, hit the city early and often until the walls are reduced to zero. Now the city can't fight back (although individual units sure can). Surround the city until it is besieged and fire away with your ranged units...

How far along in the Tech tree, how far along in the civics tree, and what turn are people building campuses? You want to get some techs to crush your unworthy neighbors - but the more you get the more production costs to build the campuses. Horseback riding and Iron Working are very handy for...

On a standard size continents map I like to make a scout first (not the most popular I know). They are quite useful for key inspirations (discover a second continent, meet three city states) and Eurekas (Second Continent, three City States, natural wonder). Additionally they are helpful for...

So I ended up taking the money, declaring joint war, and taking every city that Gandhi had. This didn't hurt my standing with Tomyris one bit. I took a bit to consolidate and grow my cities. By the time Tomyris got tired of me and declared war it was AT units vs Horsemen.

I share a continent with Tomyris and Gandhi. Gandhi has built some nice cities for me and its time to take ownership. I can get Tomyris to declare joint war with me. I can see that I can propose joint war on either side of the trade. What is the difference between me proposing the deal with...

I find I can safely build one settler after a scout and a slinger. If you are going to war with your neighbor go ahead and forward settle. Your second city can crank out a unit or two to make up for the time it took to build the settler.

As soon as I get 200 gold I build one for the early eurekas / production boost while I build an early army. I like to steal one for my second city but that is situational. I don't build them again until I kill my neighbor and start pumping out settlers. If you can time it you want a bunch...

On Deity - You can usually get away with building a scout as long as you build your army next. It's handy to find another civ, a second continent, and 3 city states. The scout is useful for finding goodie huts and fog busting so you can see barb camps. I end up buying a builder when there...

At what point do you build your first scout? I often do it after my first slinger.

One thing I've noticed in my games - and this game illustrates it well - there isn't much point in building builders until you have enough military to drive off the barbs. Around turn 17 you realized that you had a serious barb problem. If you switch to a slinger or warrior right then they...

I seem to run into the great wall when I have x-bows quite often. I find it difficult to effectively attack a capitol when I have to wait a turn to shoot. Is there a strategy that I'm missing?

You can use your pathfinders to add population to your capital quickly. Pretty much add population after you get a normal pop. Choose culture when you can't take pop - if you can get enough huts you can get to 6 in the capital plus a second city around turn 40

So at what point do you build libraries / National College? I think I build these things too early on Deity and get squeezed for units as a consequence.