cyberdebris
Chieftain
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- Aug 4, 2006
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Hi,
This is my first post, so bear with me. I recently won a Conquest victory and would like to share the synopsis.
Map: small continents
Opponents: Isabella, Peter, Frederick, Mansa Musa, Huayana Capac
Me: Cyrus
Difficulty: Noble
I was on a continent with Peter and Isabella, the rest on another continent quite far away.
The early stages of the game was played with me researching towards writing and iron working. I didn't attack but was more than ready when Isabella attacked me and I took two of her cities (~500BC). Then later on I wiped her out(early AD). Between Peter and I there was a jungle, which when cleared away triggered another war(middle ages). This time I fought defensively, simply holding him back until he wanted peace. By this time the Incas had claimed their entire continent though several wars.
After that I researched the military techs for WW1 and wiped him out quickly, razing all his cities. The Incas sent two settlers to the north of my continents where Russia was. At this point I realized there was only one option other than a spacerace victory - conquest. Huayna Capac has a larger military and a lead in military techs, but he didn't go for fission. He had mechanized infantry and I didn't. I had marines, tanks, bombers, subs, etc. I had made sure to build up a big fleet during my earlier Russian war and also had a lot of infantry. Here's where it gets interesting....
I started building Manhattan Project as soon as I could and in the meantime build up a big marine force (4 transports) and another invasion force (about 16 units too). By the time I had finished it, he was earing completion on the spaceship. As soon as I finished Manhattan I started building two ICBMs and turned my research to 0%, rushed them both. I had sent the marines to one side of his continent and the invasion force to the other. So I declared war, made a landing with the invasion force, nuked his capital, which was conveniently on the shore. I then razed his capital with my marine force in one fell blow. Man that would suck in multiplayer. The invasion force captured a city and held it. In the succeeding turns I simply waited with the invasion force and kept flying more troops into it. The marines kept going around the coast, razing 4 cities with the help of nuclear attacks. This worked so well that within a few turns he was completely crippled. I nuked every city, had a revolution to facism and nationhood and then finished him off.
It wasn't a record or anything, just a cool game and really fun. I think that's a great tactic for fighting a nuclear war - the marines razing city after city. On Pangeae one would have to change tactics a bit.
What do you guys think?
This is my first post, so bear with me. I recently won a Conquest victory and would like to share the synopsis.
Map: small continents
Opponents: Isabella, Peter, Frederick, Mansa Musa, Huayana Capac
Me: Cyrus
Difficulty: Noble
I was on a continent with Peter and Isabella, the rest on another continent quite far away.
The early stages of the game was played with me researching towards writing and iron working. I didn't attack but was more than ready when Isabella attacked me and I took two of her cities (~500BC). Then later on I wiped her out(early AD). Between Peter and I there was a jungle, which when cleared away triggered another war(middle ages). This time I fought defensively, simply holding him back until he wanted peace. By this time the Incas had claimed their entire continent though several wars.
After that I researched the military techs for WW1 and wiped him out quickly, razing all his cities. The Incas sent two settlers to the north of my continents where Russia was. At this point I realized there was only one option other than a spacerace victory - conquest. Huayna Capac has a larger military and a lead in military techs, but he didn't go for fission. He had mechanized infantry and I didn't. I had marines, tanks, bombers, subs, etc. I had made sure to build up a big fleet during my earlier Russian war and also had a lot of infantry. Here's where it gets interesting....
I started building Manhattan Project as soon as I could and in the meantime build up a big marine force (4 transports) and another invasion force (about 16 units too). By the time I had finished it, he was earing completion on the spaceship. As soon as I finished Manhattan I started building two ICBMs and turned my research to 0%, rushed them both. I had sent the marines to one side of his continent and the invasion force to the other. So I declared war, made a landing with the invasion force, nuked his capital, which was conveniently on the shore. I then razed his capital with my marine force in one fell blow. Man that would suck in multiplayer. The invasion force captured a city and held it. In the succeeding turns I simply waited with the invasion force and kept flying more troops into it. The marines kept going around the coast, razing 4 cities with the help of nuclear attacks. This worked so well that within a few turns he was completely crippled. I nuked every city, had a revolution to facism and nationhood and then finished him off.
It wasn't a record or anything, just a cool game and really fun. I think that's a great tactic for fighting a nuclear war - the marines razing city after city. On Pangeae one would have to change tactics a bit.
What do you guys think?