I'm looking for a good challenge against the AI

[Chainsaw]

Whow... reading all these replys I just noticed i´ve got to play more often... For me, the greatest challenge is playing a deity/big map/7 civ/raging hordes game. My goal is to conquer the world (save one enemy city), build the spaceship and wait till 2002. Currently working on the 1000 percent barrier. Talking about challenges, how the heck can one manage to win a OCC in 1803?! Today, I managed to win my first OCC ever, i launched in 1981, playing King/small map/7 civ/ragHor.

[SilverDragon]

quote: Originally posted by rah on 05-17-2000 10:12 PM Yes, SilverDragon, the turks would be harder than the spanish. You have obviously checked out the senario. RAH

You didn't say anything about the ferrets. Well, that's a bit Off Topic. Anyway, with the Turks, I get three or four armors ASAP and conquer Bucharest. Then I hold out until the Allies are diverting the Axis attention. Then I conquer Budapest. But, after that the Axis sign a peace treaty with the Allies, and attack me with godawful amounts of armors, and I lose. With a lot of luck, I can get another city. I wonder if somebody else can do better, or its just impossible.

[Scouse Gits]

Chainsaw - OCC is fairly straight forward - downloasd Paul's strategy guide get a good starting site (easy if you also download one of the comparison games or taek one of the OCC fortnightly challenge games) and you will very soon be off in the nineteenth century - I have yet to manage the eighteenth, but I have high hopes.

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[Sortub]

Download and play "Red Front." See scenario section and threads from the Scenario League forum for advice. Now that is a challenge.

Given your stated perchant for modern wars, I think you'll like it.
[This message has been edited by Sortub (edited May 22, 2000).]

[rah]

LOL SilverDragon,
XIN, MING AND I played it as the three neutrals and actually beat the snot out of russia, germany and the english. The trick is just surviving till you can build your war machines. It is ridiculous that they all ally. Silly for a WWII scenario. Try the Spanish. At least the Mountains buy you time and the french act as a buffer for a few turns until they ally.

RAH

[Sieve Too]

The most challenging SP games I've had involve a mix of AI types. If they're all aggressive, they end up fighting amongst themselves too much. For a good challenge, put a couple aggressive/expansionists on the same continent as you. But on another large continent, put a rational/expansionist AI. They'll fill the continent and achieve Democracy quickly while you're still fighting off the Mongols.