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[General Rommel]

Haven't played this game or been to this forum for a while. But I'm getting back into it. Its such a great game. Anyways...I've been thinking about it, how can i fight a mulit-front war and win, without just shooting my econemy. I found some of my old "notes" I made and I always put little side notes saying "econemy shot", or "you f*cked if you don't win". I'm good in batte, and PLANNING wars, but I need to know how to plan, attack, survive, win, and redo my econemy before during and after wars. I plan on playing with more nations now so...yeah...I can't take them all on at once and win, so i need to know how to keep going.

 

[Peaster]

General - I play mainly in the ancient period and get extra gold mainly from huts and tribute (Marco's helps with that). I keep taxes low until I have the tech I need (eg monotheism or less) and then raise them to 70%. This provides enough gold for occasional bribes and rush-buys, but not a huge war-chest. I don't build many improvements, so there are little or no annual costs from that.

I don't often play past 1000AD, so maybe someone else can tell you how to handle that era. One simple idea is to adopt a Fundamentalist government + the happiness wonders + 80 percent taxes. But if you want any science with that, you'll need to trade.

 

[geofelt]

Build the great wall, and later, the UN. This lets you fight only the wars you want.