Thisis my generic strategy:
I tryto follow this pattern each game i play.
1. Try to do as much science research as you can.
2. try tobethe first to industrial
and then 3. when I get to industrial,try to dominate the oil as fast as possible
1. I try toget up in science as much as possible. It realluy saves on other researching. Ialmost always have sci2 by the time i get to classical... i sometimes max out on science research by the time I hit industrial..
always this depends on how much wealth i have and whatthe trade rates are. for example, sci 7 is 1500 wealth and 1500 research (usually). If possible,I trade up to get the1500 wealth... selling wood and food at 70-100 a drop is worth it...but if the trade rate is in the 30-40 range,thisstrategy is not worth it.
getting to sci 7 asap gives you a free for all on other research areas and you can often age and research faster than the other guy becauseyour prices are much lower.
that said, I try to pacemy self by watching what agethe otherguy is on. when he gets to age 5, I try to surpass himby getting to 6 industrial fastest.
then when ihit indy,i try to dominate the oilbusiness.
1. get therefirst and buy up as much oilas you can. drivethe oil price to over 200 if you can.. trade food andother things for oil... i usually buy up to 1000 oil...
then make your oil infrastructure... I both reassign farmersand use unused civs to make wells and refineries.
95% of the time, bythetime I am in industrial, I have already reseached science 6 which gives you refineries.. sogoing sci 6 is never an issue...i just reassign a farmer in each city to make a refinery. then i crank out a citizen to fillhis place on the farm.... 90% of the timeI havetotrade for wood and metalto completethis process.
my end game strategy it to get to info age asap and to bombard my opponent with cruise missiles. getting the space program helps. getting AI is amust. then I just lob atonof cruisemissiles at him. hit libraries, barracks, andallmilitary structures.. take out all of his fortresses... i do this rather than buildingamilitary because it is a lotmore fun and miucromanaging a military can be a pain inthe butt.
ideally, you get 2-3 silos set to constantly make missiles and justlob as many as fast as possible.
getting to info is a must because the missiles in modernmjustdont doenough damage.
having a constantflow of oil is a must forthis strategy.
i have recently been taking advantage of making the eiffel tower wonder. having an oil economy maxxed at 700 oil per 30 sec gives you morethan enoughoil to work with and trade forotherresources. in addition youcan make a few nuclear missiles,an air force and asmany tanksas you want.
thats my current strat.letme know what you guys think