Polonius
Warlord
Dear Wise Ones,
Firstly thanks to all of you who have taken the trouble to post such useful knowledge on other threads. Thanks to some great tips from Belzedar (Im working through your list of suggested table etc.) Smash, Ferd, and others Im slowly clawing my way up the Civ learning cliff (I cant really call it a curve!)
Ive played a couple of simple 2 & 3 civ games on easiest just to get the feel of it all but am now attempting my first 8 civ tutorial style game. Im now up to 1940 and its a VERY busy world. The turns are getting slower and events more complex and I need to learn some fresh strategies. If I spell out my approximate position, I would much appreciate anybodys advice on ways to proceed from here. I seem to be in a good position and dont want to blow it. Sorry this a bit long, but I'll try and stick to the basics.
OK. Im Persia. The game began well but early in the AD years I lost my lead and Babylon and Russia overtook me. Corruption really started to bite and it looked as if the others would accelerate away from me. Babylon pulled out a points lead of over 10% of my score and Russia started making aggressive moves in my direction after taking over my neighbour Zululand .
I thought that I was a dead duck, but Democracy arrived and seemed give me a new lease of life. I also decided that it was now or never and went head to head with Russia. I managed to get Germany to help (our other neighbour) and I over-ran what had been Zululand surprisingly quickly (presumably the Russians had not had time to consolidate there). Germany didnt seem to do a lot, but presumably tied up Russian troops and they did take two cities (a couple of times we were neck and neck and I managed to pinch the plum!). I ended up with all the rest of Russia plus Zululand. Russia itself was a hard slow slog with apparently walled defences. England kept out of the fray, but looked only a modest civ.
The next few years were spent stabilising my expanded empire, getting the citizens happy, banging in improvements, etc. I got back in the lead on points, and way in front with culture. By the late 1800s it all looked pretty good. But then America and The Aztecs appeared out of the fog on another continent and the Aztecs turned out to be dead level with me on points. I also became suspicious that the Babylonians were gearing up for a war against me as I caught glimpse of them moving troops up through Germany in my direction. I thought Id blown it again by not organising the right sort of pacts etc. Luckily it did seem possible still and I got an MPP with England, Germany, and Babylon (very reluctantly and at some cost). The very next turn the Babylonians declared war on me!
This time Germany had a lot to lose (full of Babylonian troops) and did a great job. We successfully pushed them back. I ignored Babylons call for a truce and renewed my deals with England and Germany, who were pleased to accept.
So what next? Its now 1940 but theres 110 slow and crucial years left. Do I keep going with the war on Babylon or at least keep supporting the Germans and English to do so? I have no direct land access to Babylon, except through Germany and no passage agreements.
There are a couple of spots left on the other continent where a settlement could be put, and Germany and England have already popped in one each. Theres also a spot left on an island with 2 Babylonian cities so that looks ripe to be grabbed. I have a good army but very few ships, so am building 2 or 3 galleons and a couple of settlers just in case. I seem to have a rough but adequate grasp of battle but not much of a clue on diplomacy, trade (unused) and the finer strategic points of it all. So where now Diplomatically, Strategically and Militarily, oh maestros? And thanks for reading all this!

Firstly thanks to all of you who have taken the trouble to post such useful knowledge on other threads. Thanks to some great tips from Belzedar (Im working through your list of suggested table etc.) Smash, Ferd, and others Im slowly clawing my way up the Civ learning cliff (I cant really call it a curve!)
Ive played a couple of simple 2 & 3 civ games on easiest just to get the feel of it all but am now attempting my first 8 civ tutorial style game. Im now up to 1940 and its a VERY busy world. The turns are getting slower and events more complex and I need to learn some fresh strategies. If I spell out my approximate position, I would much appreciate anybodys advice on ways to proceed from here. I seem to be in a good position and dont want to blow it. Sorry this a bit long, but I'll try and stick to the basics.
OK. Im Persia. The game began well but early in the AD years I lost my lead and Babylon and Russia overtook me. Corruption really started to bite and it looked as if the others would accelerate away from me. Babylon pulled out a points lead of over 10% of my score and Russia started making aggressive moves in my direction after taking over my neighbour Zululand .
I thought that I was a dead duck, but Democracy arrived and seemed give me a new lease of life. I also decided that it was now or never and went head to head with Russia. I managed to get Germany to help (our other neighbour) and I over-ran what had been Zululand surprisingly quickly (presumably the Russians had not had time to consolidate there). Germany didnt seem to do a lot, but presumably tied up Russian troops and they did take two cities (a couple of times we were neck and neck and I managed to pinch the plum!). I ended up with all the rest of Russia plus Zululand. Russia itself was a hard slow slog with apparently walled defences. England kept out of the fray, but looked only a modest civ.
The next few years were spent stabilising my expanded empire, getting the citizens happy, banging in improvements, etc. I got back in the lead on points, and way in front with culture. By the late 1800s it all looked pretty good. But then America and The Aztecs appeared out of the fog on another continent and the Aztecs turned out to be dead level with me on points. I also became suspicious that the Babylonians were gearing up for a war against me as I caught glimpse of them moving troops up through Germany in my direction. I thought Id blown it again by not organising the right sort of pacts etc. Luckily it did seem possible still and I got an MPP with England, Germany, and Babylon (very reluctantly and at some cost). The very next turn the Babylonians declared war on me!
This time Germany had a lot to lose (full of Babylonian troops) and did a great job. We successfully pushed them back. I ignored Babylons call for a truce and renewed my deals with England and Germany, who were pleased to accept.
So what next? Its now 1940 but theres 110 slow and crucial years left. Do I keep going with the war on Babylon or at least keep supporting the Germans and English to do so? I have no direct land access to Babylon, except through Germany and no passage agreements.
There are a couple of spots left on the other continent where a settlement could be put, and Germany and England have already popped in one each. Theres also a spot left on an island with 2 Babylonian cities so that looks ripe to be grabbed. I have a good army but very few ships, so am building 2 or 3 galleons and a couple of settlers just in case. I seem to have a rough but adequate grasp of battle but not much of a clue on diplomacy, trade (unused) and the finer strategic points of it all. So where now Diplomatically, Strategically and Militarily, oh maestros? And thanks for reading all this!

