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From: ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: STRATEGIC CONQUEST
Message-ID: <26638.266e7352@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>
Date: 7 Jun 90 15:31:30 GMT
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In article <1054300002@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, cjones@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> 			STRATEGIC CONQUEST
> 
> 
> I've recently started to play Strategic Conquest.  I can win when playing
> up to level 8 and anything above level 10 blows me away.
> 
> I've just recently started building a fighter for my first object in order to
> scout out the surrounding territory to make my army moves more efficient.  My
> first ship build is a destroyer to do the same for overseas scouting.  Then
> I finally start building transports.

My standard opening:
Army first and keep on building.
When I get three cities, I make a coast city into a transport producer.
Put four or five armies on the transport, then sail towards the "big" side
of the map.  Colonize, don't fight (if you can help it).
Second transport goes the other way.
Fifth city makes planes.
Build battleships after turn 50 or so (but keep making armies and transports)



> 
> In the middle game (if there is such a thing) I start building battleships
> and bombers.

I don't build bombers until after turn 100... a 1x1 nuke is a waste.

> 
> I just quit out of a level 10 scenario that seemed to be pretty well stale-
> mated (why did I quit, frustration and the need to experiment with different
> initial builds).  The bugger had three or four battleships, two carriers and
> lots of destroyers and a few misc subs.  I started infringing on one of his
> islands and he kept using bombers to destroy the city I just overtook.
> Quite frustrating.
> 

The secret (or at least MY secret) to beating the SOB at high levels is to
just flat outproduce him.

BTW- don't stack armies.  When he starts nuking you, if you have them in long
parallel lines, he can't kill many at once.

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If he drops a 3x3 nuke at "O", the most he could kill would be 3 armies...
not very cost-efficient.
I NEVER leave armies in cities.  The robot loves to nuke cities.  Waste a turn
or two, and retake the city with a reserve.


> So anyway.  What strategies do others use when/if playing SC at higher levels?
> 
> Thanks in Advance
> 
> Tony -

This strategy generally lets me win 2/3 at level 15...

C Irby
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