I'm working on my 2nd Warlord game and 6th overall. Started with Greece sandwhiched between Egypt, Rome and England on a large map with two continents. The 3 nations squeezed me in early, and several of my well fortified, military and cultural cities flipped to Egypt. Although technologically advanced and in 3rd, behind Egypt and slighlty back of England, I knew I was in trouble and it was only a matter of time before Egypt attacked. When my city flipped (and with it 8 military units, a temple, library, cathedral and a half completed university!) it choked off access to half my kingdom. I had at least 3 horseman or pikemen in each city before the flip, as I was trying to build up my defenses before the inevitable hit. I staved off the attack for 20 turns by buying a tech, but as soon as the 20 turns was up my polite neighbor declared war. No warning shot, just a horde of chariot invasion. I staved off the initial attack, bribed Rome and England to join me by setting techs to 0, and use the extra money to upgrade horseman. Rome and England have been remarkable aggressive in this war, and I've only lost the original two cities to Egypt, and the attack is now on Egypts turf and not on mine. I thank Rome enjoys it and was waiting for the rallying call at 15 gpt. England settled at 25 gpt.
Newbie question . . . on the first turn after war was declared (about 1300 AD), I entered my Golden Age, and for the next 3 turns enlarged the palace. What good is a golden age when all my eneregies is set on survival? Culture building and tech building ceased immediately when attacked. I'm about 10 turns into the war, and thanks to my polite and gracious friends, I will survive. Most of my military was either loss or injured during the initial attack, and I get about 2 new calvary a turn to replace the ones attacking the Egyptian cities.
Newbie question . . . on the first turn after war was declared (about 1300 AD), I entered my Golden Age, and for the next 3 turns enlarged the palace. What good is a golden age when all my eneregies is set on survival? Culture building and tech building ceased immediately when attacked. I'm about 10 turns into the war, and thanks to my polite and gracious friends, I will survive. Most of my military was either loss or injured during the initial attack, and I get about 2 new calvary a turn to replace the ones attacking the Egyptian cities.
