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Before attacking, make sure you always have a good defence back at your city.
Rating: 92% (49 votes)Sent in by AnnonAug 1, 2007
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When your enemy is attacking, meet him upfront to divulge his attention, but then flank him from the rear with your calvary to take out his artillery
Rating: 91% (12 votes)Sent in by Mr. DouglasAug 1, 2007
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at the ancient age try to make more upgrades because they dont use knolege
Rating: 91% (7 votes)Sent in by cataAug 1, 2007
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Start your game with many citizens and scholars, later when you are ready to attack and all your updates are complete kill scholars and extra citizens, just keep enough citizens to keep up your resources.
Rating: 84% (17 votes)Sent in by AnonymousJul 14, 2006
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When building defences work from the inside out so you can protect your capital better.
Rating: 80% (3 votes)Sent in by RukaAug 1, 2007
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build a barracks and rally an army as soon as you start
Rating: 80% (4 votes)Sent in by satyaAug 1, 2007
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Make sure you build forts to fall back on.
Rating: 80% (15 votes)Sent in by SarnieAug 1, 2007
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Build 2nd city fast and as close as possible, that way the caravan travels faster, creating more wealth. This aslo helps when protecting your cities. They can share the defences.
Rating: 80% (4 votes)Sent in by Dark_AngelAug 1, 2007
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Try to collect food,timber etc to build an army right at the start of the game.Then atack right away,before your enemies build an army.
Rating: 75% (4 votes)Sent in by AnonymousAug 1, 2007
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Try and build wonders as fast as possible in order to gain its advantages early in the game
Rating: 75% (4 votes)Sent in by JasonAug 1, 2007
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make alliances with the strongest nations, or they will eat you alive
Rating: 70% (6 votes)Sent in by AnonymousFeb 14, 2006
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Build good defences early on in the game to protect your empire against enemy armies, after you have stabilsed your empire (you have good supplies of food, lumber etc) then think about building an army.
Rating: 70% (19 votes)Sent in by MartinAug 3, 2007
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Try to find and collect as many rare resources as you can in the map.They might help you later on in the game
Rating: 70% (13 votes)Sent in by AnnonAug 3, 2007
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Build a library in each city to allow multiple researches.
Rating: 70% (15 votes)Sent in by PedroAug 1, 2007
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When starting to play a game try focussing on building up your army, making it big. Also try upgrading before your apponents.
Rating: 68% (5 votes)Sent in by JeremyJun 17, 2006
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Biuld multiple Barraks in the start of the game :)
Rating: 68% (12 votes)Sent in by AnonymousAug 1, 2007
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Blitzkreig the enemy as fast as possubke you will catch the off guard
Rating: 68% (12 votes)Sent in by CorgasmAug 1, 2007
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fight early before they r ready
Rating: 67% (17 votes)Sent in by t dawgAug 1, 2007
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Build good defences early on in the game to protect your empire against enemy armies, after you have stabilsed your empire (you have good supplies of food, lumber etc) then think about building an army.
Rating: 66% (3 votes)Sent in by AnonymousAug 1, 2007
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Build extra cities early, because then you can build a good wonder strait away when you are in the right age.
Rating: 62% (7 votes)Sent in by SebastianAug 1, 2007
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Research all of the non millitary things at the beginning and work on your econemy, then go all out making your army when you have a stable society.
Rating: 62% (14 votes)Sent in by MylesAug 3, 2007
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In Conquer the World campign, always buy the bonus card
Rating: 60% (2 votes)Sent in by RoN ExpertAug 1, 2007
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Make sure you research civics and commerce first before you work on your military.
Rating: 60% (2 votes)Sent in by Jason TAug 1, 2007
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you will be able to take out the enemy cities one by one!
Rating: 55% (9 votes)Sent in by The BEST!Aug 1, 2007
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When typing in cheats press shift+home to hilight the cheat and control+c to copy it. Enter it then press enter and press control+v
Rating: 53% (6 votes)Sent in by AnnonAug 3, 2007
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