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From: gdm@cs.columbia.edu (George Michaels)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Strategic Conquest
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Date: 9 Oct 90 17:53:29 GMT
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Reply-To: gdm@cedar.columbia.edu (George Michaels)
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I have not yet been able to beat the computer at any level better than 13.
I can win 50% of the time at level 12, and I have one once (out of ~20 games)
ate level 13.  I do know that the computer can produce at about double your 
rate for level 12.  One army/2 turns instead of one army/4.  I am curious
about other people's strategies and tactics for winning at levels 13, 14 
and 15.

I have found that winning at any level higher than 11 is much to dependant
on initial position.  Perhaps I should just abort for games which do not put
me in the center, or those which put me on a continent with less than 4 
cities.

gdm