Once you have a settler out of your capital it should focus on growing because it will be the powerhouse of your civilization. You can take different approaches to expansion but quite a nice Civ 5 strategy that seems to work well is to build a settler in each new city. Watch out for barbarian villages and steer clear of them unless they are empty. In terms of exploration you’re looking for good city spots with plenty of resources and also trying to find ruins which can give you things like cash rewards, military upgrades, and map information.

It’s a calculated risk to leave your capital undefended in the first few turns and it’s actually a lot less of a risk in Civilization 5 because your city can defend itself by default and enemies can’t just walk straight in and claim it. You’ll need to wait for your first city to grow before you can get a settler out so build a scout and send your military unit off for a look. In the early part of the game you need to expand as fast as possible and it also pays to explore and reveal as much of the map as you can.

This is probably the most general guide of the bunch and as such these Civilization 5 tactics should serve you well whatever you intend to do. You’ll find Civilization 5 tips and tricks to help you win on points and in the next four articles we’ll focus on the other specific victory conditions. The civilization with the biggest score wins the game.

We are going to kick off with the high score victory which comes about when the game reaches the year 2050 AD and no one has managed to achieve any of the other Civ 5 victory conditions.

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