Russia

[petelovesrussia]

Hello everybody!
I'm a newbie, from mexico, i've played just for like two weeks, i've played with all the civs, in PTW, to assure that i won't get stucked with only the same old boring strats that could only work with two civs. I guess my skills will improve with the time, but i'm not thaaaaat patient(pacient, or however its written) so i would appreciate some practical and basic tips to play with this civ, because i love russia(everything about culture, languege,etc.) so i won't quit playing wih this civ. I'm not asking for a huge,deep article, just some basic advices to improve my skills with this civ. That's all. Thanks in advance!

 

[vmxa]

There are a lot of articles in the War Academy and some on each civ. Most are for Conquest, but much of it applies to PTW.

 

[TheOverseer714]

Russia is much better in Conquests because the UU has blitz. I rarely play them, even so. They are considered mid tier, with 1 good trait, 1 weak trait. A good tactic for Russia is build about 4 scouts very early and canvass the map for goody huts and contacts. BTW, your english is fine, and welcome to Civfanatics

 

[AutomatedTeller]

with russia, you start with pottery, so you can build a granary right off, you get scouts and you get cheap lib/unis.

Get a granary in a good city with a food bonus early, so you can spam out settlers.

make lots of scouts and pop huts - make sure you are not building a settler anywhere when you pop a hut. the best thing about an expansionist civ is the better chances of getting settlers.
You get cheap libs, so build them

 

[Spoonwood]

I don't play as russia, but I'd first do as overseer suggests and build scouts. I would NOT play on an archipelago map, and instead play a continents or a pangea map with at least sedentary barbarians around. I'd also do as AutomatedTeller suggests. I might build the Great Library and turn research off until Education comes and stock up on gold. I'd build lots of horseman and then lots of knights. I wouldn't start any wars until the middle ages and focus on expansion until I had knights... maybe wait until later... I'd just build lots of knights and horseman before that and perhaps sign some Rights of Passage if I felt I might get attacked. Anyway... whether I had the Great Libary or not I'd beeline for Military Tradition pretty much as soon as I could and upgraded my knights/horseman to cossacks and then go out and crush everyone ASAP. And then build the Military Academy ASAP and lots of armies.

 

[petelovesrussia]

Hi, again!
ok, thanks everybody for those advices, really helpful!, i haven't noticed how much a granary can make the growth of a city faster, i turned my cities into settler factories, simply by building some of those, and also the scout strat is great, thanks for the advices.

 

[AznWarlord]

I've been playing around for maybe a year and I still hang around the War Academy. There's lots to learn there.

Plus, you spelled "Patient" right the first time.