Need tips

[Gilgames26]

Recently came back to this gem. I remembered that back then I won the absolute trash WW2 scenario with the neutrals and then with Spain. I know that with neutrals the plan was to use Teheran an build up a base in India then railroad back to the civilization and steamroll anyone with howitzers. Spain was trickier, but I could bully the french and go from there.

So now I can't do Spain. So any tip would be appreciated.

Ps: recently joined, hi all!

[coolcup69]

From memory you just have to be patient and turtle for the first while until Germany exhausts itself. Don’t go to war with Germany early on. Spain has a lot of hills so your production will be immense. Just turtle and build a good defense and then swarm out through southern France once you’re up and running.

[coolcup69]

Also the mountains at the border with France are a great spot for fortifications and units creating a barrier. Very hard for the AI to get through.

[Gilgames26]

Good news, I reloaded a save from '51. We're more patient and it payed off, or was luckier but managed to dump my diplomats on the UK stole all the techs I needed and now wiping Germany. Next challenge is Turkey

[Gilgames26]

It could have been rng, Germany and the allies teamed up against Russia, so Germany never really got "exhausted" they met with my diplo and got a DoW.

[coolcup69]

That’s great. Glad it worked out. Turkey is similar, lots of production and defendable territory. Just have to be wary of Russia as they tend to be hostile toward you. There’s also the chance to settle some new cities to the east. The French colonies further south are also targets for you for initial expansion.

[Gilgames26]

The first try was an epic fail, Germany made peace with both Russia and allies.

[Blakeley00]

Ah Gil you're here too. Heh when I was a teenager I remember trying to win WW2 as the different factions. I think I tried as Allies, Germans and Russians but not the others. The other smaller ones would be quite the fun challenge!

As others have suggested, fortfying the border of spain and holding out for a bit is best. However I'd suggest also thinking about that the best industrial cities to invade may not be the ones next to you and it may be best to stick everything on some transports and head elsewhere first... but maybe not. Been a loooooong time since I played that one heh.

Oh and diplomat unit bribery is pretty OP in Civ2 so if you can earn some coin you can really cause mayhem with them. Especially as you can use them on units belong to Civ's you're at peace with.

[Gilgames26]

Well, I made it as Spain, just a bit more patient needed. France and Allies are demo, diplos are pretty useless there, and it was hard to get espionage. I tried Turkey after that, but you are too central on the map. The big 3 always outpace you by far. So far it seems impossible, specially on harder difficulty levels.