Latecomer to civ series, first proper game, could do with advise

[Aabraxan]

well i was up till 3am playing last night ;( game should have a health warning with it lol.

I think we've all been there. It's a very addictive game. We have a medical term for it. It's called Just One More Turn Syndrome.

Anyway game should be won by domination now as two more opponents are down... largely due to VMxA pointing out i can build armies with MT...multiple attacks is a HUGE thing really.

Yes, it is. One small caution on armies. The other really huge thing about armies is the extra movement. They have movement equal to that of the slowest unit +1. So don't add an infantry to a cav army. A cav army has a movement of 4 (cav (3) +1). If you add another cav or Modern Armor (both 3-move units), the army stays a 4-move unit. OTOH, if you add an infantry, it becomes a 2 move army (infantry (1) +1).

Once you get the the MA and the Pentagon built, you should be fielding 4-unit cav armies, and be able to take down your opponents pretty quickly. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

Ow and Aabraxan yeah guerillas seemed very dissapointing...civpedia states A:6 D:6 but i swear they are lower... but i thought guerilla-> tow infantry was a good deal?

I don't know what the costs are for those upgrades, but by that point in the game, I usually don't upgrade a whole lot of defensive units. I've used guerrillas and TOW, but I don't tend to use either extensively. I'm much more interested in attackers.

Also, somewhere around here, we've got a pdf reference sheet that shows all of the units, their requirements, costs, and upgrades. I found it very handy to keep that sheet at hand when I was first playing. You can get it in the Reference Section: http://www.civfanatics.com/civ3/reference/

@ Spoonwood -- thanks for the clarification.

 

[Spoonwood]

Once you get the the MA and the Pentagon built, you should be fielding 4-unit cav armies, and be able to take down your opponents pretty quickly.

I think optimal strategy here depends on tech position and map type. On a pangea map, always 4 unit cavalry armies, I agree. On a continents or archipelago map where you want to transport armies overseas, then pre-combustion 3 cavalry armies, and post-combustion 4 cavalry armies. That's my take.

 

[Aabraxan]

Yes, there's a time and a place to use 3-unit armies. You don't want them to get trapped at home, I know. But this game is on a pangaea, not continents or archipelago.

 

[pat1968]

Good luck and let us know how it turns out.
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Got bogged down on tooo big a map mate, chinese and french were taken out, and started on the iriquos, but with hundreds and hundreds of units to move, it was taking forever so i made peace and went into space in the end.

Going to try one more regent game (with city flip etc on) then go for monarch.

 

[Aabraxan]

Good for you. It's still a win. Also, check your preferences and make sure that "always pause at end of turn" is on. I didn't check to see if it was in your game, but it's very helpful.