Recent content by xdeath2

Hey I've been playing this game for about 3 weeks now off and on. It's a Marathon Emperor/Monarch game (I can't remember which one I picked hehe) on an archipelago/tiny islands map. At the moment I have a technological lead over everyone except for Mansa Musa (Go figure) who has a 3 tech...

I really like playing island maps because I can do pretty decent on Emperor because the A.I. doesn't play them very well. I especially like the tiny island variations. I can win on them with pretty much any leader, but I would recommend spiritual or financial traits. Financial especially because...

After researching AH, research into mining and then to bronze working and chop out early warriors/settlers/workers. You've got a great economic starting spot so you can suppot some nice early expansion and you don't have to worry about building obelisks/libraries right away. Focus on defense and...

You can't reason with the barbarians, but what you can do is set up units like archers or axemen (with copper) and fortify them on a hill. That way they're busting fog and your line of sight increases decreasing the frequency that barbarians appear.

A general tip I can give is to prioritize the major early resources (Iron, Copper, and Horses). Either one of those three can help you win an early war which is a great way to gobble up some crucial land area early in the game. Use those resources to build up a good enough military to conquer...

I just finished playing it for a bit, and I discovered a source of iron near Persepolis which I could have used to try to produce swordsmen as fast I could, but I didn't beeline to iron working. I went mining to bronze working and then beelined to alphabet. Roosevelt had iron working but he...

I'm going to try and play it out now, but you really didn't need to .zip that file. It's only 72 KB :)