Bughunter
Chieftain
Long time player (from Civ I thru Civ V G&K) but new to BNW so I started a game on Warlord just to learn the mechanics.
Playing Japan on Continents, mainly because I hate playing against Nobunaga. Large map with only 8 Civs. I was hoping for more room to expand, as I usually try to play wide. But I was forced to make a Tall start and wait until researching Astronomy and Navigation.
Now have room to expand.
However, the starting area I got was a peninsula on the largest continent with only room for three decent cities and one that wouldn't suck if Washington hadn't sniped Petra from me with only four turns to go. (My fault, I started it too late...)
Other neighbors on the home continent are Aztecs, China, Greeks (and formerly Austria - Alex took them out early). America and Greece are the powerhouses here, and I'm on good diplomatic terms with both.
Anyway, I made sure to get oceangoing ships first, and now have explored the rest of the map. There is one small continent that was unexplored and, probably, intended to be a starting area. Now it's open to colonization.
Another large continent has only Rome and Egypt, and neither of them have grown very large. I suspect I got lucky and they've been wearing each other down, rather than running away. Neither of them has fully colonized or even explored it.
So now I have plans for expansion. I have a good economy with six trade route slots and three-digit gpt income, a four digit bank account, and surplus happiness just above +20. I have enough units to field three, three unit exploration squads (scout, xb, and pikeman or samurai) and rotate experienced units home for defense. Science output isn't great, but I have enough gold to enter RAs with Washington and Alex (with the side benefit of tying up their gold.) Not really competitive religioulsy but am holding my own.
My strategy going forward is:
- Expand into the closer, smaller continent and scoop up the unclaimed territory in anticipation of oil reserves.
- Place foothold cities on the larger continents and scout out any likely resource terrain.
- Build a strong expeditionary force.
- Goad Ramesses into DoW on me so I go take him down.
I have the nagging feeling I'm overlooking something, though...
Any thoughts?
Playing Japan on Continents, mainly because I hate playing against Nobunaga. Large map with only 8 Civs. I was hoping for more room to expand, as I usually try to play wide. But I was forced to make a Tall start and wait until researching Astronomy and Navigation.
Now have room to expand.
However, the starting area I got was a peninsula on the largest continent with only room for three decent cities and one that wouldn't suck if Washington hadn't sniped Petra from me with only four turns to go. (My fault, I started it too late...)
Other neighbors on the home continent are Aztecs, China, Greeks (and formerly Austria - Alex took them out early). America and Greece are the powerhouses here, and I'm on good diplomatic terms with both.
Anyway, I made sure to get oceangoing ships first, and now have explored the rest of the map. There is one small continent that was unexplored and, probably, intended to be a starting area. Now it's open to colonization.
Another large continent has only Rome and Egypt, and neither of them have grown very large. I suspect I got lucky and they've been wearing each other down, rather than running away. Neither of them has fully colonized or even explored it.
So now I have plans for expansion. I have a good economy with six trade route slots and three-digit gpt income, a four digit bank account, and surplus happiness just above +20. I have enough units to field three, three unit exploration squads (scout, xb, and pikeman or samurai) and rotate experienced units home for defense. Science output isn't great, but I have enough gold to enter RAs with Washington and Alex (with the side benefit of tying up their gold.) Not really competitive religioulsy but am holding my own.
My strategy going forward is:
- Expand into the closer, smaller continent and scoop up the unclaimed territory in anticipation of oil reserves.
- Place foothold cities on the larger continents and scout out any likely resource terrain.
- Build a strong expeditionary force.
- Goad Ramesses into DoW on me so I go take him down.
I have the nagging feeling I'm overlooking something, though...
Any thoughts?
