Generally I need to capture 2 towns, or 1 major town of a small civ to make them willing to sue for peace. Process works like this: attack enemy towns with enough force to capture quickly, sue for peace. Receive from AI as part of peace treatyĦ. Science was kept to 10% (get a new tech every 32 turns, but maximize gold). (In this particular game I was fortunate to get an early luxury resource.)ĥ.

Since I do not have temples in my towns, I need troops to quell disorder past 1 pop. Rush building using up population solves both production woes AND disorder. I would keep attacking the enemy and making more advanced troops (e.g., archers, horsemen) as I gathered more techs and cities.Ĥ. My scout went out from the start to hunt for barbarians and the nearest civ.

Basic start was to make a barracks first and then produce 2 Impi to attack nearest enemy. The 2 in movement gives the ability to get to battle twice as fast and the ability to retreat if losing.ģ. The unique unit is the Impi, which has 1/1/2. Civ with a good early age unique unit (either superior attack or superior speed) – superior early unit means I have a military advantage over neighbors and can take them over fairly quickly, even if they are slightly more advancedīased on this, I chose the Zulus, who are militaristic and expansionist. Bonus for booty in huts means I get a leg up on early expansion.ģ. Expansionist civ – early scouts means I find resources and barbarian huts first. Increased chance of getting heroes means advantages in building key wondersĢ. Militaristic civ – cheaper barracks means veteran units in early days. My goal was to take over the first 1 or 2 civs I encountered and exploit the AIs superior production bonus in my favor.ġ. This tends to even out the production bonus.ġ. By capturing the AI cities, I am able to keep up with and exceed the AI in the number of cities. The only path I could see was to exploit superior tactical and strategic thinking through use of early military. You will never keep up in science or expansion of the AI at the harder levels (Emperor and Deity). Having tried the peace and prosperity route (with limited success), I have gone the other route and tried the domination strategy.

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