Request for strategy: Late game tips

[MaxWilson]

jutetrea said:
Good point, unfortunately sometimes the best allies aren't initial neighbors as well. Both good and bad when you're ally is a few nations away.

Yeah, depending upon whether you need military support this may or not matter. I know my SP games are heavily affected by my need to ensure self-sufficiency; if I took two nations at once and played them as allies (hmmm, interesting thought) I could put e.g. Astral magic for Dispel and boosters on one and Fire/Water for Rune Smasher and map killers on the other. I'm not sure that I'm schizophrenic enough to play both nations well so I may or may not do this IRL, but having a reliable ally at pretender design time would affect how I spend points. (Yeah, yeah, I should try MP. It's too much of a time commitment.)

It's too bad you can't trade spells a la Master of Orion techs.

-Max