Wierd situation; please advise

[bongo]

Why hasn't anyone mentioned armies? I had two resource poor games in a row where I would be dead without them.

In the first I had no iron or horses, so I started a campaign against the zulus with spears, archers and catapults. The first two cites fell in a few turns, then the zulus hit me with their counterattack. Ouch. But I was ready for them, I dug in quite good, I was just sitting there bombarding, attacking and gaining experience. Before long I had my first leader. As I was about to research invention(or whatever gives longbowmen) I waited a couple of turns so I could fill the army with longbowmen.

Poor zulus, after I got my second LB army I was just running over them. An LB army would probably be effective even against riflemen. You could laugh at immortals.

[Theseus]

Interesting thought, LB Armies.... you had them running with Knights, I guess?

[bongo]

Nope, no iron in the game so far. I put the LB in an army both to get the attack bonus, and that extra movement point(no horses either so an army was my only way of getting a fast unit). Essentially a 6/1.5/2 units with blitz ability. Perfect for taking down the hordes of impis