Midgard : veni vidi vici

[Lucky Luke]

I won my first fantasy game on Emperor level (playing as the Infidels). My expansion and innovation strategy does not seem to work as well as it worked in the Extended or SciFi game settings. You apparently need a more militaristic approach if you want to succeed in a fantasy game. I think that is the main reason why my first experience with the Midgard scenario turned out to be ... troublesome (with a very low satisfaction rating, I want to WIN games). Why does the Midgard game seem to be so tough ? The events which lead to doom seem to be triggered quite evenly but the only way I see I can actually win the game is to kill off all other tribes or capture their capital (if you capture all capitals you should have plenty of time to build the ultimated siege engine). But this turns out to be very unrealistic unless I play Goblin (and put nothing but Trolls in the pipeline)...

I am open for suggestions to improve my Midgard 'strategy' (in other words HEEEELLLLPP).

[Cam]

Midgard is pretty tough, and not often very clear either!

Note that the Infidels are the worst tribe by a mile in this scenario, as the 'change terrain' events (Volsang's Befoulment) essentially wipe out their terrain, and the barbarians never seem to let up. One approach might be to race north to settle in the humans' patch. The guide recommends for the Infidels a combination of city walls / Excalibur and the Fanaticism government form, and head for a seige engine victory via Brian's Expedition.

The guide? apolyton.net/cgi-bin/links/review.cgi?ID=95

[Civmaniac]

Tips:
Do the following and do what the game tells you to do-
Research runes
bribe a barbarian treefolk
kill a worm
defeat a barbarian unit
capture rot
get Niebelungenlied
What to do:

1.goto 27,107
2.kill all flytraps.
3.build city where settler stands

1.bribe barbarian treefolk
2.goto 62,16
3.Kill elder Dragon

1.goto 82,4
2.enter underworld
3.follow path
4.Kill Unspeakable horror

1.Kill a worm

1.bribe a frost giant

1.bribe a dwarf
2.goto 97,31(underworld)
3.Kill barrow weight

1.build jack o lantern

1.build brian's expedition

1.goto 118,140(underworld)
2.Kill elder dragon

1.Capture rot(68,124)

after all of those are completed:
1.Discover Bifrost
2.goto 51,89
3.Kill unspeakable Horror