Settler on a Boat

[Clueless?!?]

FYI: I only have regular civ III, not conquests

I'm finishing up a war mongel scenario. Small map, 60 percent water, ect...
I'm rome, and only have one civ left to kill, india. This is in the early to middle middle ages. I, rome have a pac-man shaped empire, surrounding india.As I kill them, I fear india will do the "Settler on a boat trick. (domination victory only)

how can i stop them, or find the "runaway"???

 

[vmxa]

Once you have them down to a settler on the boat, you have all the time in the world to track them down, unless you are trying for a better score. Even then, you can make up for the delay with more pop and tiles.

If this is one large landmass and few island, they may not have a settler. You could start by taking the coastal towns and prevent them form having a place to make a boat.

At some point, maybe after Astro, make a few boats to start looking for all islands and see if they are out looking.

 

[tom123]

I use this defensively when I am at war, but it could be appled to this situation.
1) Build lots of Galleys/Galleons/Frigates/Battleships/Destroyers, depending which age you are in.
2) Surrounded enemy coastal towns with 3 or four of them, or enough so that their ships cannot get out.
3) Laugh as you wipe them out.

 

[vmxa]

That seems like a lot of shields to put out for so little? Galley's and Galleons are not very effective at combat. Take all those shields and make more troops to eliminate those towns.

 

[Lord Emsworth]

FYI: I only have regular civ III, not conquests

I'm finishing up a war mongel scenario. Small map, 60 percent water, ect...
I'm rome, and only have one civ left to kill, india. This is in the early to middle middle ages. I, rome have a pac-man shaped empire, surrounding india.As I kill them, I fear india will do the "Settler on a boat trick. (domination victory only)

how can i stop them, or find the "runaway"???

Leave a few gaps for them to send their settlers to? Ideally, close to where you suspect they might be (if there were such a settler on a boat).


As an aside, if your scenario is Dom victory only you wouldn't even have to kill them.