An advanced guide to the Specialist Economy for Emperor and above
Introduction
I first heard about the “Specialist Economy” (SE) in the war academy, and read
http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/stra...st_economy.php guide to get a flavour of how it worked. It was a great introduction, but since then I have played quite a few games using this strategy and thought there was need of a more detailed guide. This guide was developed on Vanilla, but I have since switched to BtS. Most of the information is still applicable, and anyone who has played both could easily adapt their favourite BtS strategy to this guide. I have included some updates for BtS.
I usually play on Emperor, everything random (map size, type, and especially leader). That way, I am forced to adapt rather than come into the game with a predetermined strategy.
