Wish I paid attention to what kind of game I joined. I am playing a no spoils classic map. At first I made a play for the "Australian" continent, but I was challenged by another and all we did was just slowly build up our armies. I was slightly behind in numbers, but there was really nobody trying to do anything but build up there armies. If everybody just stayed put, nothing would change, except one player managed to secure "South America", and his or her growth would eventually overwhelm the map. I recklessly attacked my opponent in Australia, hoping for a lucky roll of the dice, but no luck. I then built up my armies in North America building enough strength to discourage South America from invading, but not really doing much to further my chances. I decided that I could start attacking all the countries with solitary armies and try to accumulate more countries and earn more armies each round. It seems nobody else wants to waste their armies retaking their countries as they still earn the minimum three armies each round. I am hoping to hold onto 15 countries, but I am spread thin and anyone can easily stop me, except they will lose ground in the arms race. (I wouldnt mind paying a player to just kill me off, so I wouldnt have to play this game through the summer, which seems to be the pace of this game.)
Anybodies thoughts on what are successful strategies on a no spoils map, apart from grabbing the small continents would be appreciated. Anybodies thoughts on my situation, where I may have 15 countries, but no real chance to take a continent, because this late in the game, each continent has a player with twenty to thirty armies in one of the countries.
Thanks in advance,
Roldan
I've also found that advancing a large army too far in one turn only allows your opponent to take it all back on his turn. Advance your army when you can, but always try to leave about 3 or so troops at the front to guard your newly claimed territory.
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