Thinking Strategically on the Campaign Map by yakcamkir It’s a high risk-high reward strategy that involves you burning all your bridges, if you make one little mistake it can be game over. Usually though, starting a mass migration is not going to make the game any easier for you. The first time I ever tried one was when I moved the Scythians to Sicily, moving from the poorest territories on the periphery of the map to some of the richest, right at the heart of the action. Migrations can be used to give you a strategic advantage. The aim of a mass migration strategy is to set out from the very beginning to transport a particular faction to a totally different part of the map, with different resources, different enemies, different tactical imperatives – basically a different game. Wanderlust: The Art of Mass Migration by Sassenach Please note that the articles marked (BI) concern the Barbarian Invasion expansion.Īrticles in this section are about campaign strategy in general, the principles of warfare and diplomacy.
This section is for strategies to employ on the campaign map in order to grow your empire, protect yourself from attack, make strategically important gains and eventually conquer the known world.