(Spoiler) GOTM8 Lessons learned

[knowltok2]

What lessons did you learn from this game?

Mine:

1. Don't ignore the ocean even if you are a land power.

2. On raging barbarians, more actively kill off the encampments.

3. Declaring war in a democracy is a really tricky thing. They tell you to be careful, you try to be careful, and then that damn b**** in the Armee shirt takes back one of the cities you conquered from her.

4. MPP can be a problem for a democracy if you can't get to one of the people you are at war with. France had a big army and scared me, so I MPP'ed them to catch up. Meanwhile they kept getting into wars with Japan across the ocean. I was dragged in and couldn't do enough damage to get peace soon enough. (See point 1)

5. Jungles suck! I knew this already, but the point was driven home quite well.

6. Artillery make a good counter to enemy navy units. Especially when you are railroaded.

7. Trading for world maps even when you know you will not uncover anything new still reveals the locations of barbarian encampments.

Well, those are a few of the things I learned. I am winning my game, in the process of eliminating the French, have the UN, and am ahead in the tech race with three SS parts built. I will likely win through SS if I don't run out of time (real life time, there is plenty of game time left).

Comments, suggestions, lessons you've learned......?

 

[Gregski]

Lessons?
Well, If I'd invested in Chivalry, I would have conquered England 500 years earlier, built a Forbidden Palace in a better location and finished the game earlier not relying on those magnificent panzers that much.

 

[philippe]

1 lesson:kill those BLOODY English
STRANGLE them,pulverise them,spank Elizabeth,punch her in the face.
I will explain:i met the English very early they had 5 cities and where already annoyed.when i kill cathy the Russian drunk
she became furiuos(oh i ruined her tea-party)
Then i finish her girlfriend joanne"burn in hell" d'arc.
She bacem very furious....
i then develop my society and when i get into the industrial age Elizabeth was the nr1power and i was nr2.
I sold nationalism for 102 gold per turn(huge money)
next turn she declares war.grrrrrrr
I draft my cities and i barely defend my cities against the English veteran troops with conscripts. she razes 1 puny city with horses.
i didnt care.Horses where obselete by now.riflemen appears to do huge damage vs cavalry....
then i settle for peace for peace treaty and 20 gold.
then i become the leading power by building hoover dam and newton thoery.
i rush for fission i see the English bastards cross my terrain to fight against the japaneze.I saw stacks of 30-40 riflemen so i didnt ask to leave....
then im building the UN i sign with EVERYONE rop and MPP 1 turn before UN completion.
i give Elizabeth 1000/gold per turn.she turns graciuos like everyone
then the vote happens:
mao: otes bismarck
bismarck:votes bismarck(DUH!)
ghandi:votes bismarck
japaneze dude:votes bismarck
Elizabeth votes:elizabeth....AAAAARRRRGGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i give her 1000/gold per turn and that b!tch votes for herself.but luckely i win and i finish in 1740 AD

 

[Sullla]

Originally posted by philippe
1 lesson:kill those BLOODY English
STRANGLE them,pulverise them,spank Elizabeth,punch her in the face.

Lesson I learned from browsing through the forum in the last few days: Don't mess with philippe.

Originally posted by philippe
i would be the russian soldier in the last days in the war....
killing nazi pigs doing nasty stuff
putting nazi buildings into fire
putting nazis into punschment camps
stealing all nazi loot
and getting into hitlers bunker and doing funny things with hitlers corpse

 

[knowltok2]

Originally posted by Sullla


Lesson I learned from browsing through the forum in the last few days: Don't mess with philippe.

I think that should be a lesson to us all. I don't want funny things done to my corpse!

 

[philippe]

Funny things i can do with bodies:chopping of a arm and put it in the mouth
Breaking a skull ,taking the brains and put it in the mouth.
foot replaced by head.
eyeballs in ear.
Never mess with me...

 

[knowltok2]

Originally posted by philippe
Funny things i can do with bodies:chopping of a arm and put it in the mouth
Breaking a skull ,taking the brains and put it in the mouth.
foot replaced by head.
eyeballs in ear.
Never mess with me...

As surprising as this might be, I now feel better about the whole thing. (Imagination is a dangerous thing. )

 

[Creepster]

The most interesting thing I learned this game is that if you want a high score you have to settle all of the territory you can as early as you can in the game. This will help to get your score up as soon as possible. I never realized the full impact of this on your score until now.

Lesson # 2 It is almost a waste to optimize placing cities in the game. While they look pretty and can really produce you really don't get much out of it. It is easier to dense build and keep the cities under 12 (no hospitals required), and only have five or six power houses for large scale production items.