Capture and/or bring workers to bait their units and pillage/repair. Cut off their roads, another good use of scout sacrifice. If necessary, be...
Isn't the point of this thread to learn about the game through the input of more experienced players? To do so, you need to accept new information...
I realize that you do not appear to be competing for space; my advice remains unchanged. Consider as an extreme, hypothetical example: would you...
If a decent faith pantheon and religion isn't an option, shrines should be a lower priority after scouts, monument (if needed), Granary, Worker...
With worker stealing, remember that if the AI is willing to make peace, that means you can steal another worker and immediately make peace. For...
I agree with skipping NC, and minimal buildings, if potential is there to go for very fast DomV; this is definitely an appropriate civ for it and...
I agree with GenuineRisk, it's very obvious there's more value to settle on most luxuries vs. comparable ground next to them, all else being equal.
It's worth developing some guidelines as to what is a 'playable' start, for you and your current goals, and also to understand the potential of a...
raider980, because of their penalty, entering rough terrain will still consume all movement for Chariot Archers.
I'm happy to report a T193 Huns Deity SV finished and submitted to HoF. Here are my thoughts on the factors that could help close the gap to a...
I've finally put together a great start for a Huns Deity SV, reaching T93 Education and T105 Astronomy. I expanded to 6 cities, with 2...
Looks like we're following similar steps (except you are finishing faster!), as I've also gravitated back towards the GP maps - along with...
I'm also adjusting settings due to lack of mountains, as my last attempt had 0 cities that could build Machu! I already had it set to 'hot'. Barbs...
Thanks for the info; CS tributes are something I don't normally think about.
Well done vadalaz, I think you may break T180 and put this out of reach. How did you balance building your early army and 3 Settlers? I like the...
I've started attempting Hun War-SVs; it's a very different play style for me, but I really enjoy it. I just finished a T204 game in which there...
The Honor and Tradition openers won't earn you as much culture as your final policy will cost, in most games, so you need to be picking them for...
The key point is that the front-loading of Aztec culture can be misleading in terms of how many policies you'll actually get across the entire...
Better than Poland? No. Poland can pursue an entire additional social policy tree, while the Aztec UA will net you a couple policies at best....
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