Hi, I really need some help on winning on monarch. I'm a semi-decent player, being able to win easily on noble, and I have even managed to win a prince game, but on monarch, I keep losing! Here are some examples:
1: I was playing as HC, small Pangea map. I managed to found Hinduism, and early rushed Julius Caesar, and I have even spread Hinduism to Cyrus and Alex, but Monty was the only Buddhist out there. I was planning to attack Monty, but then Cyrus attacked me out of the blue, at pleased. So I moved my army into Persian territory, but then Alex, who was also pleased, DOWd on me. So he took my main wonder city, as well as a few others, since most of my army is in Persian territory. So I made peace with Cyrus, and was ready to retrieve my cities, but then Monty DOWd on me too, and took my southern cities
2- I was about to build the SS Engine, but Mansa won a diplomatic victory. Also , I always seem to be behind in thech.
I understand the basics of the game such as cottage-farming, GP-farming, whipping, collateral damage, chopping...
The civics I usually run:
Government:Rep or US
Legal: Fs
Labor: Slavery
Religion:OR early game, theocracy when building an army, FR if I did not spread my religion enough.
Tactics I use: Lib race, Oracle CoL, Early rushing.
Traits I like:Fin,Ind,Cre,Phi
Help greatly appreciated
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1: I was playing as HC, small Pangea map. I managed to found Hinduism, and early rushed Julius Caesar, and I have even spread Hinduism to Cyrus and Alex, but Monty was the only Buddhist out there. I was planning to attack Monty, but then Cyrus attacked me out of the blue, at pleased. So I moved my army into Persian territory, but then Alex, who was also pleased, DOWd on me. So he took my main wonder city, as well as a few others, since most of my army is in Persian territory. So I made peace with Cyrus, and was ready to retrieve my cities, but then Monty DOWd on me too, and took my southern cities

2- I was about to build the SS Engine, but Mansa won a diplomatic victory. Also , I always seem to be behind in thech.
I understand the basics of the game such as cottage-farming, GP-farming, whipping, collateral damage, chopping...
The civics I usually run:
Government:Rep or US
Legal: Fs
Labor: Slavery

Religion:OR early game, theocracy when building an army, FR if I did not spread my religion enough.
Tactics I use: Lib race, Oracle CoL, Early rushing.
Traits I like:Fin,Ind,Cre,Phi
Help greatly appreciated
