Civ is sooo cruel

[El Koeno]

After not having played CIV in a while I decided to play a game again on prince, a level I had been struggling on before. I was playing as Mali. I made a few mistakes, didn't have much resources and to top it off my friendly neighbour Monty came by to say hello a few times. I was very low on the scoreboard, and there was no way I could win (tried diplo, didn't work).

Well, all of this can happen of course. So I gleefully started a new game as Qin Shi Huang (is that his name?), praying for a better start, vowing not to make all those mistakes and to stay clear of Monty. I succeeded in all. Now (after finally beating Alex, with the help of good old Monty, he's not too bad once you get to know him) I'm second in score after: Mali. The look on Mansa's face: "Look at me, I'm number one, it's not that hard..." YOU B*ST*RD!

And to think I wished Soren Johnson a happy birthday.

If you'll excuse me, I have a space race to win. Must.... not... let.... Mansa....win......

 

[Instant_Cereal]

Whenever Mansa gets ahead of me like that, I just knock him down a few pegs. He's one of those leaders you can't just ignore, 'cause if you do, he'll cruise right along passed you.

 

[GIO888]

Yup, Mansa and Hatty are the two to watch if you're not in conquest mode. All smiles til you see the phrase "Mansa/Hatty has built the Apollo Program"!!

 

[jayron32]

Manny has the advantage of being SUPER easy to get along with. You can declare war, take his 3 best cities, settle for peace, and resume trading for resources and techs on THE NEXT TURN. Manny gives HUGE benefits for having the same religion, and doesn't seem to care much about relations when trading. He's a complete tech-whore, which means he is almost always AHEAD in the tech race if you leave him alone. However, since war doesn't seem to bother him much, it is worth it to attack him periodically to keep him down. Just attack him, capture or raze his top cities, pillage all of his improvements, and declare peace. He's pretty easy to deal with.

Hatty is another story. She is much more protective of her tech lead, and much less likely to forgive. Plus, she seems to favor military techs more. Manny is just happy to ignore military and b-line for the research and space techs.

 

[El Koeno]

In this particular game Mansa was on another continent, so it's hard to get to him. Meanwhile I had Alex and Monty to deal with on my own continent so I haven't realy had the opportunity for an intercontinental war. I will definately try to send a fleet his way to wreck his economy, now that Alex is out of the way.