Early Game, Mid Game, and End Game... What's the goal of each?

[Wauthan]

When I first started playing this game the AI owned me in every single game. I would have propably put on the shelf and crossed it off as another stupid purchase if it had not been for this forum.

I started playing as Atlantis on the small The Sundering map. I selected four human opponents then handed control over to the AI on the first turn. That way I could fight against pretenders I had designed myself. Since the AI don't really go after Sea nations until late in the game, especially if you have not attacked it, I could research and build armies in my own pace as well as attacking one enemy at the time. The hardest part for me to learn was to be able to fight on several fronts at once. On a small map and as a sea nation this is not a problem so you can try out different strategies until you find one that works well enough.

[ March 15, 2004, 21:51: Message edited by: Wauthan ]