So yesterday I went on a few more hours in my Korean game. Difficulty King (it's my 5th game with BNW). Map continents. On my continent there are 5 Civs: Greece, Carthage, Sweden, Spain and me.
I founded 3 cities, going tall with the usual Tradition -> dip in Commerce -> Rationalism, having a decent of growth and culture + a well spread religion with Tithe. I always felt that I had a good science lead but then it happened: I decided that Spain had to go, because of Isabellas HIGHLY annoying missionairies. Originally I planned just to take her capital / Holy Site, so I arranged my army consisting of 3 Artillery (beelined / GS popped dynamite), 2 Lancers and 2 Musketeers and went for the attack. Spain responded - with two Composite Archers and two Warriors. At that point I realized that I do not only have a minor tech advantage over the other civs on my continent.
So now my questions!
What would you do next? With my current military lead, it would be easy to conquer my continent. There are ~10-12 cities left and I plan on starting with Carthage because he snapped one wonder I had only 1 turn left to produce (you might say it's personal). But is it worth conquering everything? And then what, raze those cities? Make them puppets? Is there a disadvantage in puppetering them? Or better keep them around for trading? Sweden build the 5th religion so I thought maybe it wouldn't be the worst choice to eliminate his holy city and dominate the continent with my religion. Maybe I could crush all but one and gift some cities to him, making him a reliable ally?
The other choice would be the completely focus on science and use my advantage to win. But this would be pretty boring I guess and it seems like I miss a chance with my military being so clearly superior at the moment.
Any help is appreciated
I founded 3 cities, going tall with the usual Tradition -> dip in Commerce -> Rationalism, having a decent of growth and culture + a well spread religion with Tithe. I always felt that I had a good science lead but then it happened: I decided that Spain had to go, because of Isabellas HIGHLY annoying missionairies. Originally I planned just to take her capital / Holy Site, so I arranged my army consisting of 3 Artillery (beelined / GS popped dynamite), 2 Lancers and 2 Musketeers and went for the attack. Spain responded - with two Composite Archers and two Warriors. At that point I realized that I do not only have a minor tech advantage over the other civs on my continent.
So now my questions!
What would you do next? With my current military lead, it would be easy to conquer my continent. There are ~10-12 cities left and I plan on starting with Carthage because he snapped one wonder I had only 1 turn left to produce (you might say it's personal). But is it worth conquering everything? And then what, raze those cities? Make them puppets? Is there a disadvantage in puppetering them? Or better keep them around for trading? Sweden build the 5th religion so I thought maybe it wouldn't be the worst choice to eliminate his holy city and dominate the continent with my religion. Maybe I could crush all but one and gift some cities to him, making him a reliable ally?
The other choice would be the completely focus on science and use my advantage to win. But this would be pretty boring I guess and it seems like I miss a chance with my military being so clearly superior at the moment.
Any help is appreciated