30-09-2001 13:04									#1
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What will be your overall stategy for you first game of Civ 3; How do you plan to win?

1. Military Victory: Kick A$$, Back Stab, whatever it takes, no prisoneers!

2. Space Victory: To the moon Alice, and beyond!

3. Cultural Victory: Are there no equals to our superior way of life?

4. Diplomatic Victory: I'm such a schmoozer(brown nose)!

5. Domination Victory: This land is my land; mine ,mine, mine!

	30-09-2001 13:13									#2
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I'm planning on a Cultural Victory, because, one, it's new, and second it sounds much more challenging; having to stave off wars, land mongerer's, and those shooting off to space! Planning a few wars will definately have to be a part of my overall strategy. Maybe even a few diplomatic connections just to get some trade accomplished. All of the wonders that help build culture will be my priority.

	30-09-2001 13:17									#3
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Gotta love space victory, but I want to be the first one to post an OCC culture victory.

	30-09-2001 14:05									#4
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"The evil mastermind victory"
I will win by building a giant orbital deathray, and demanding that all the other civilisations surrender to me.
Muhahahahahah.

But out of the real victories : Culture.
I'll get really high culture, then nuke&raze all the other players high culture cities, leaving me the most cultured civilisation on the planet!

	30-09-2001 14:16									#5
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However I can get it victory...

I like to play each game a little differently, while still keeping some core strategies, mind you.

	30-09-2001 18:28									#6
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You forgot an option: I dont Plan on Winning my First Game

But then, you'd have to be crazy to pick that one. Im planning on a cultural victory, so i can build like crazy, and if need be, go to war with some other civs, but just generally get a feel for how Civ 3 plays. Determine what strategies work and what dont, and see just how good Mr AI is

	30-09-2001 18:41									#7
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Killing all the other civs after Firaxis has put so much work into their AI, diplomacy and trade would be a shame

	30-09-2001 18:45									#8
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Certainly, I dont care if i win or not. I just wanna have a greate and well developed civ (covered with irrigation, railroads, and so). Im pacifist, but sometimes i like to make "imperialist" incursions (and im not American). But as my primary goal will be culture, if i win, ill win by Cultural Victory.

	30-09-2001 18:57									#9
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I consider victory to be mine when the world's major continent is fully colonized by my excellent cities that have at most 3 square sof overlap between cities (usually none), with railway everywhere, fortresses on hills held by howitzers and mech inf all along the coast (all forests and mountains that may be used by enemy to dig in removed) and fortified camps for armour, howitzers, mech inf etc etc throughout the continent, ready to embark on whatever campaign i decide to launch against an enemy.....

And a damn great big stockpile of nuclear and cruise missiles to blow the living daylights out of any body that annoys me.

Once that's done, what's the challenge ?

	30-09-2001 19:07									#10
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As long as they're all on their knees does it really matter why?

	30-09-2001 20:34									#11
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I will try to win by any of them, but I don't think I will win by conquest, I have never been good at that...

	30-09-2001 21:00									#12
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i might win by diplo 'cosi'm rubbish at space and millitary and it is so easy (from SMAC, i havnt played civ 3, so dont say how annying people )
all u have to do is get lots of pop. points and build the UN

	30-09-2001 21:05									#13
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What are the requierments. Do you get more points for doing it one way?

	30-09-2001 21:14									#14
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I will get a victory any way I can. I will play at medium-high difficulty my first time to get a real challenge. The Aztecs will be my first choice, I will pump out jaguar warriors and annihlate the vulnerable Iriquois and Americans, leaveing the entire noirth america to myself . Although I will probably not use the space race, it just seems so anti-climactic to me. I was hoping they would change it for Civ 3 to make it more complex and interesting, oh well.

	30-09-2001 21:46									#15
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Winning? Where is the fun in that? The most fun is to be a highly developed small nation, fending of its better neighbours with supreme tactics. But if I have o win I admit the cultural victory seems nice.

	30-09-2001 21:50									#16
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Oh, and another thing. How can you win by taking over the whole world (military victory), when you win automatically when you got 75% percent of the world(domination)?

	30-09-2001 22:01									#17
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quote: Originally posted by bigfree1 What will be your overall stategy for you first game of Civ 3; How do you plan to win?

Assuming that all these options were in civ2 (since I don't yet know how fun it is to win with each of them in civ3), I have to go with a peaceful way, since I was never too happy with crossing the Atlantic with an army to conquer the rest of the world. And since I've always loved the idea of culture being in the game, I'm voting cultural victory.

	30-09-2001 22:28									#18
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quote: Originally posted by DonJoel Oh, and another thing. How can you win by taking over the whole world (military victory), when you win automatically when you got 75% percent of the world(domination)?

It is empty space left.

	30-09-2001 22:34									#19
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quote: Originally posted by DonJoel Oh, and another thing. How can you win by taking over the whole world (military victory), when you win automatically when you got 75% percent of the world(domination)?

I would suppose that you could raze all of the cities you defeat instead of assuming them into your control. That way the land mass you control isn't being added to with every victory over each city.