I'm curious if anyone's ever played the role of liberator against a tyrannical opponent in a major war? I'm in the middle of one such game now.
Playing as my custom civ on a large continents map. Started on the same continent with Theodora, Issie, Pacal, Dido, and Attila. Working the 4-city tradition tall strategy and not looking to conquer much territory. Theodora established herself early as going for a domination route. We remained cordial at first, but after she wiped out Spain, the Huns, and Mayans, she turned her sights on me. I had a fortunate map start that created a chokepoint for land invasions, allowing my smaller army to keep her at bay (along with the AI's inept fighting strategies). Finally, she gave up and finished off Carthage.
In the 20th century, I set out with the plan: The continent is mainly round but my nation juts out to the west in a long, slender piece of land. I sent a few submarines to Byzantine's eastern shore and monitored her navy. I think allied with Wittenberg slightly to my northeastern border and Venice, who was on the Byzantine east coast.
Once I declared war, my subs quickly sank the majority of her navy, which she had left on the east. Theodora had a slight tech advantage and a massive air force, but she concentrated her attacks on the new enemy city states as I had hoped. Venice held up, but Wittenberg fell. However, it created a nice divide and conquer. Her attacks against my fortified border created a stalemate between us (with a lot of air combat), but this kept her busy as I sent three battleships and a destroyer to her southern coast. She had a small city there in the desert that harvested lots of oil. My navy razed it (costing Theodora 14 units of oil) and moved on to a former Carthage city.
By then, she had realized the plan and sent her entire air force to defend the city. Any naval unit she produced in the east, however, was quickly sunk by my subs. To top it off, I called in Bouddica as an ally to the war from overseas, and her powerful navy took a former Hun city on the northeast coast.
I lost a two battleships due to air assault but eventually the Carthaginian city fell, and Dido was resurrected. Now with Theodora's army scattered across her wide empire fighting Venice and defending against the Celts, I moved my army up the west coast to liberate the former Spanish city of Santiago (although Issie called me a warmonger after I did so
). Soon after, Wittenberg returned to independence when my tanks rolled in. The Byzantines can no longer assault me from the northeast, and I'm one captured city away from knocking on Constantinople. The reinforced southern navy continues to liberate Carthaginian cities.
I know this may be counterproductive to the point of the game, but sometimes I find it fun to play the "good guy" when taking on a powerful, warmongering civ.
Playing as my custom civ on a large continents map. Started on the same continent with Theodora, Issie, Pacal, Dido, and Attila. Working the 4-city tradition tall strategy and not looking to conquer much territory. Theodora established herself early as going for a domination route. We remained cordial at first, but after she wiped out Spain, the Huns, and Mayans, she turned her sights on me. I had a fortunate map start that created a chokepoint for land invasions, allowing my smaller army to keep her at bay (along with the AI's inept fighting strategies). Finally, she gave up and finished off Carthage.
In the 20th century, I set out with the plan: The continent is mainly round but my nation juts out to the west in a long, slender piece of land. I sent a few submarines to Byzantine's eastern shore and monitored her navy. I think allied with Wittenberg slightly to my northeastern border and Venice, who was on the Byzantine east coast.
Once I declared war, my subs quickly sank the majority of her navy, which she had left on the east. Theodora had a slight tech advantage and a massive air force, but she concentrated her attacks on the new enemy city states as I had hoped. Venice held up, but Wittenberg fell. However, it created a nice divide and conquer. Her attacks against my fortified border created a stalemate between us (with a lot of air combat), but this kept her busy as I sent three battleships and a destroyer to her southern coast. She had a small city there in the desert that harvested lots of oil. My navy razed it (costing Theodora 14 units of oil) and moved on to a former Carthage city.
By then, she had realized the plan and sent her entire air force to defend the city. Any naval unit she produced in the east, however, was quickly sunk by my subs. To top it off, I called in Bouddica as an ally to the war from overseas, and her powerful navy took a former Hun city on the northeast coast.
I lost a two battleships due to air assault but eventually the Carthaginian city fell, and Dido was resurrected. Now with Theodora's army scattered across her wide empire fighting Venice and defending against the Celts, I moved my army up the west coast to liberate the former Spanish city of Santiago (although Issie called me a warmonger after I did so
). Soon after, Wittenberg returned to independence when my tanks rolled in. The Byzantines can no longer assault me from the northeast, and I'm one captured city away from knocking on Constantinople. The reinforced southern navy continues to liberate Carthaginian cities.I know this may be counterproductive to the point of the game, but sometimes I find it fun to play the "good guy" when taking on a powerful, warmongering civ.
