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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. Overview
1. Scenario Description
2. How to Decipher this FAQ
3. General Tips, Hints, and FAQ’s
4. Civilization Building
B. Walkthroughs
1. Cavalry of the Sky
2. Supply and Demand
3. The Red Baron
4. The Somme
5. Lightning Warfare
6. Preparations for Invasion
7. Operation ‘Sea Lion’
C. Legal Stuff and Credits
1. Disclaimer
2. Credits
3. Contact Information
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A. Overview
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Scenario Description
“The independent German states united in the late 19th Century to form
the most powerful single nation in Europe. During the first half of
the following century, Germany's unparalleled armed forces were
barely kept in check by the combined might of opposing alliances.
Lead the forces of Germany through some of the most destructive yet
historically significant years in world history.”
The German campaign will take you through two World Wars. It
simulates them rather well--almost too well! The stalemates of WWI
will drag on for you as they did for Germany. This campaign will
challenge you, but is also very likely to drive you to insanity. My
longest mission of the entire game happened in the German campaign,
totaling a whopping seven and a half hours, stretched over three or
four days!
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How to Decipher this FAQ
At the start of each mission, I have listed something that looks like
this:
MISSION 1: The Sample Overview <-- This is where I tell the
Year 2005 AD scenario you’re reading.
EPOCHS: Atomic Age – Modern <-- This should be self-explanatory
[Scenario Description]
COLORS: Blue (Civilization Name) <-- Here I list the colors
Orange of each player in the
Green scenario. I always list
Red (Civilization Name) your color first.
SPECIAL UNITS: Hero1 (Hero1’s stats that have been changed shown here)
Hero2 (If a unit uses a different unit’s sprite, I point
it out here as well)
Unit3 (I point out units that only appear in scenarios)
WONDERS: If you are able to build Wonders, I mention them here
CIV POINTS AVALIABLE: ## <-- This should be self-explanatory
OBJECTIVES: <-- Here I list all the objectives
assigned to you throughout the
- Objective 1 mission. If the objective has
a dash next to it, you have it
- Objective 2 from the start of the scenario.
+ Objective 3 Objectives marked by a ‘+’ are
added as the mission progresses.
+ Objective 4
+ Objective 5
Below this is the walkthrough. In my walkthroughs, I tell you where the
new objectives are added, when you can get Civ Points, and (of course)
how to go about doing your mission.
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General Tips, Hints, and FAQ’s
- Play a Random Map game on Easy in the Atomic epochs if you aren’t used
to the ages yet. It will help, but you can still win without it. It
just won’t be as easy.
- You have several special units in this campaign. Make full use of
them.
- German Infantry and German Machine Gun units are as strong as the WWII
infantry and machine gun units. During the first World War, they will
be slightly stronger than normal infantry units.
- German Officers should be used in place of Medics. They last longer,
heal faster, Battle Cry (okay, that’s not as useful in this era), and
can attack. Where your Medics will be easily taken out, your Officers
will be able to pull back and recover.
- Engineers, even if you dislike the structures they build, are still
good to have near the front lines to build regular structures. Order
your Citizen back at your base to build a building on the front lines,
then order the Citizen to do another task. Right-click the Engineer
on the newly-placed foundation. With their higher Hit Points, the
Engineers will last much longer building structures in or near the
fray.
- The computer will NOT directly attack Barbed Wire, with almost no
exceptions! The only way your Barbed Wire will be damaged is
through splash damage taken from Artillery and Bombers aiming at a
nearby target. You can actually wall in your units and leave the
only opening blocked by your army as you advance.
- Pillboxes are quite effective, despite their seemingly low attack of
19.
- The Red Baron is a GOD. Use him. He can take out two Nano Age
Nebula Fighters. He can certainly take out everything World War I
has to put in front of you.
No FAQ’s come to mind. Remember, you cannot cheat in campaigns without
trainers. If you want to know where to get some, well, don’t ask me.
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Civilization Building
You’ve got those Civ Points, but what to do with them? Below I’ve
listed the bonuses you can get and my opinion of how useful they are.
A ‘*’ next to an upgrade means I highly recommend it.
A ‘+’ next to an upgrade means it helps, but not as much.
An unmarked upgrade can be useful, but not worth the points.
A ‘-‘ means you’re probably better off without it.
A ‘X’ means the upgrade is completely useless.
CIV – GENERAL BONUSES
X 50% Conversion Resistance – No priests will oppose you. Ever.
- Mountain Combat Bonus - Fighting uphill is rare in this campaign.
* 15% Pop Cap Increase - A must. Some scenarios will give you
uncomfortably low pop caps that you will
want to increase.
CIV – ECONOMY BONUSES
- Farming - You will often have an overabundance of food,
as food is the most accessible resource in
this campaign.
X Fishing - No fishing will ever be significant. I say
you shouldn’t waste your time.
Gold Mining - This can be useful if you want to mine faster.
Bear in mind your opportunities to mine are
limited in this campaign, but you’ll likely
be buying more gold-based units early on than
near the end.
X Hunting and Foraging – Why hunt when you can farm? It’s not worth it.
Iron Mining - This can be useful if you want to mine faster.
Tanks, Siege Equipment, and basic Infantry all
come from these mines, but remember you won’t
have that many chances to mine.
- Stone Mining - Not much opportunity to use this at all. Even
if you love Pillboxes, they’re cheap enough
to not require extra bonuses,
Wood Cutting - Wood is not that low in supply, but it will be
very high in demand for some naval-based
levels. Your need for this depends on your
ability to manage fleets of boats.
UNIT BONUSES
All of these are based off of how often you use these. Obviously, they
won’t get an ‘X’ unless you never get them.
+ Aircraft – Bombers You will get several campaigns where you
can use bombers to soften up the enemy
ground troops.
* Aircraft – Fighters Your enemies will incessantly pound you
from above; you will need air cover.
Very useful.
X Aircraft - Helicopters
X Archers – Foot
- Cavalry – Ranged Dragoons (“Prussian Heavy Cavalry”) will be
usable in the first and third mission.
You’d better be willing to invest early;
they won’t stick around long.
X Cavalry – Pierce (Melee)
- Cavalry – Shock (Sword) Again, this is only useful in the first and
third missions. Not very useful, I say.
- Citizen / Fishing Boat Your citizens will only play a few active
roles in this campaign. If you use the
Citizen-Engineer switchoff that I describe
later, you’ll hardly need citizens to come
into the fray.
Buildings, Walls, etc. Most of your buildings are already made for
you in these levels. Building a line of
towers and AA guns is also more trouble
than it is worth. If you wish an upgrade
here, Hit Points might be the best
investment.
X Cybers – Combat
X Cybers – Ultra
+ Field Cannon & Anti-Tank AT guns are, as the name implies, good
against tanks. Bear in mind, however, that
the only tanks you can use are armor
piercing by nature – so they, too, are good
against enemy tanks.
+ Infantry – Ranged Gunners will be your front line of infantry
later on. You can benefit incredibly from
bonuses here.
X Infantry – Spear (Melee)
X Infantry – Shock (Sword)
X Religion – Priests
X Religion – Prophets
+ Ships – Battleships and You use Battleships a lot in your naval
Carriers missions. In one specific mission, these
stat increases will give a certain special
unit godly capabilities.
Ships – Frigates and Cruisers are the only useful part of this
Cruisers upgrade. The enemy doesn’t have subs
to attack with, so your Frigates are only
good for clearing out naval mines.
* Ships – Galleys, Trans- You definitely want to rely heavily on
ports, and Subs your submarines – the enemy is overly fond
of battleships, which cannot shoot subs.
Highly recommendable for naval levels.
* Siege Weapons/Mobile AA With airplanes coming into play, mobile AA
will be very important to escort your army,
and the amount of building siege you will
be performing assures you this isn’t a
waste.
* Tanks Although nonexistent in the first levels,
your Panzers and A7V’s will be incredibly
powerful against both infantry and other
tanks.
CIV POINTS AVALIABLE:
MISSION 1 25
MISSION 2 25
MISSION 3 25
MISSION 4 25
MISSION 5 25
MISSION 6 25
MISSION 7 50
TOTAL 200
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B: Walkthroughs
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MISSION 1: Cavalry of the Sky
Summer 1915
EPOCH: Industrial Age
Germany is at war with Russia. At the same time, airplanes have taken
to the skies. One German Air Force member, Manfred von Richthofen, and
his pilot, Count Holck, have been sent on an aerial reconnaissance
mission over Russian ground. However, they are shot out of the sky and
crash-land deep in Russian territory. They must find a way through
Russian troops back to the German front lines, and somehow salvage their
mission.
COLORS: Gray Germany (Germans)
Orange Russia Enemy
Yellow Poland Ally
Gray Germans Ally
SPECIAL UNITS: Manfred von Richthofen (Warrior Hero, 2540 HP)
Count Holck (Renamed German Officer, 0 Attack)
German Infantry
German Machine Gun
Prussian Hvy Cavalry (Renamed Dragoon)
Prussian Lt Cavalry (Renamed Imperial Cuirassier)
CIV POINTS AVALIABLE: 25
OBJECTIVES:
- Richthofen and his pilot, Count Holck, must travel to the west, where
they can be rescued by advancing German troops.
- Both Richthofen and Holck must survive.
+ Help Jozef by saving his wife, Zofia, from the Russians.
+ Explore the sector and photograph a total of 4 Russian outposts. Most
of these outposts contain Barracks, so be careful.
+ Use the German troops to make a breach in the Russians’ front lines,
then bring Richthofen and Count Holck to the Headquarters Tent.
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WALKTHROUGH:
- Richthofen and his pilot, Count Holck, must travel to the west, where
they can be rescued by advancing German troops.
- Both Richthofen and Holck must survive.
After the opening cinema, Manfred von Richthofen and Count Holck are
found next to their wrecked plane, somewhere in the woods. They cannot
travel west just yet, because there are trees in the way.
Now, Richthofen has actually been weakened in this scenario. As opposed
to the 4740 HP he should have, his life maxes out at 2540, as I pointed
out above. His morale effect (he IS a Warrior Hero, after all) has been
removed. Holck, on the other hand, has his stats the same as a German
Officer (mass-produced Strategist Heroes). To dumb him down, the
programmers have taken away his healing ability.
Send your two Heroes east, which is the only direction they can go. You
will quickly see another cinematic, followed by a new objective:
===NEW MISSION OBJECTIVE===
+ Help Jozef by saving his wife, Zofia, from the Russians.
An interesting trick the programmers have thrown in: If you click on
one of the three Citizens, you will notice the unit name changes between
Jozef, Andrzej, and Stanislaw. This only works until you’ve traveled
past the trees to the west.
Now follow the path north to see a quick scene, and then kill the two
Doughboys that follow. Watch out, their attack has been juiced up (only
for these two, though) by some 50 extra points.
Once they are dead, the woman will be set free and Manfred will announce
that his pistol is empty.
MANFRED von RICHTHOFEN’S attack power is set to zero.
Come back the way you came for another quick pseudo-movie sequence, and
take control of the three brothers. Send them to the tree line to the
west. See the two trees in the middle with only 25 wood? Chop one of
those down and send your heroes through the gap. The brothers will now
leave you.
+5 CIV POINTS upon passage through the woods.
Travel north up the path. Richthofen will see a Russian Siege Factory
and make a brief comment, giving you a new objective:
===NEW MISSION OBJECTIVE===
+ Explore the sector and photograph a total of 4 Russian outposts. Most
of these outposts contain Barracks, so be careful.
There are Russian patrols about, but they have been given a shorter line
of sight. Be careful to avoid them right now, as you can’t fight back
yet.
There are six outposts, in this order:
5 SMP 4 2 SMP – the swamp. Avoid it.
6 3 1
You have just seen outpost #1. Send Richthofen up next to it. The site
will be photographed.
Now, three of the outposts contain special bonuses for you. These are
outposts #2, #4, and #6. To make it even better, outposts #2 and #4 are
unguarded. Below I will list all the outposts and what they give you:
Outpost #1 – Gives you your new mission objective.
Outpost #2 – Reveals all six Russian outposts on your map.
Outpost #3 – No bonus
Outpost #4 – Gives Ammo. Sets Richthofen’s AND Holck’s attacks to 150.
This is a must.
Outpost #5 – No bonus
Outpost #6 – Puts a Hospital under your ally’s control (The AI Germany)
that will heal your men without any risk of the Hospital
being attacked.
Be careful to avoid the swamp in the northern area of the map. If you
venture into the center, your Heroes will be stricken with Malaria.
+10 CIV POINTS upon photographing of two outposts.
Once you’ve taken four photos (and hopefully found the Ammo), the camera
will center in on a new area: You now have the German front lines under
your control, and 10000 of each resource. A new objective is issued:
===NEW MISSION OBJECTIVE===
+ Use the German troops to make a breach in the Russians’ front lines,
then bring Richthofen and Count Holck to the Headquarters Tent.
Begin by mass-producing German Infantry, German Machine Gun, and
Prussian Heavy Cavalry. Also build a few Paladin Cannons and Artillery.
While you are waiting, send Richthofen and Holck northwest. When you
see Russian Pillboxes, have them both attack the Pillboxes. They should
be able to destoy the Pillboxes and occasional Russian units easily.
What you are doing here is scouting out the back end of the Russian
army. However, you will encounter some artillery that can be a thorn in
your side. There is, luckily, a way to take them out without so much
as a scratch. How?
Attack the Artillery as normal until the artillery fires. There is a
significant time delay between the moment the artillery fires and the
moment the shell hits the ground; during this time, send Richthofen and
Holck safely out of the shell’s trajectory.
Once you see Russian Barracks, don’t go any farther. This is where your
army from the other side will work its magic
Send your army up to the Barbed Wire that you can see between your army
and your heroes. Use Paladin Cannons to take out the buildings. Your
Cavalry and Infantry will pack a massive punch. Your only real threat
will be the infamous Artillery, with its massive splash damage.
Once a hole is punched through the Russian lines, send Richthofen and
Holck through to the northwest corner of the map to meet with their
Prince. Enjoy the victory sequence.
+10 CIV POINTS upon victory.
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MISSION 2: Supply and Demand
Winter 1915-1916
EPOCHS: Atomic Age – WW1
Great Britain has blockaded the German waters and prevented any cargo
from arriving at her ports. Germany is now feeling the strain of this
blockade, and now seeks to break the blockade long enough for a few more
shipments to arrive, or else their campaign will be forfeit.
COLORS: Grey Germany (Germans)
Red Grand Fleet (British Navy)
Red British Navy (British Navy)
Aqua Denmark
Yellow German Supplies
Yellow German Ports
Red British Flyers
SPECIAL UNITS: Manfred von Richthofen (aka Red Baron, airplane hero)
Spy (Scenario-only unit)
German Officer (Mass-produced Strategist Hero)
WONDERS: Stadium (aka Coliseum)
Lighthouse (Scenario-only building)
CIV POINTS AVALIABLE: 25
OBJECTIVES:
- After you construct a Dock or Navy Yard, German Supply Transports will
start to arrive at the Northern and Southern Route entry points.
Northern ships will head for the German Ports at Kiel and Rostock,
Southern ships will head for Wilhelmshaven and Bremerhaven. You must
ensure that a total of 20 Transports make it to port safely.
- You may find it useful to trade with Denmark. Denmark will give you
Gold for Food and Iron for Wood. To make a trade, use the Alliances &
Tributes screen to give the resources to Denmark. They will accept
lots of 500 only, and you will get 250 back.
+ The Red Baron must survive.
+ Bring a U-Boat to a British Dock or Navy Yard to signal the Spy wait-
ing in Britain.
+ Bring the Spy to the British Capitol to shut down their air power.
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WALKTHROUGH:
- After you construct a Dock or Navy Yard[...] You must ensure that a
total of 20 Transports make it to port safely.
- You may find it useful to trade with Denmark.
Watch the opening cinema and then survey your base. You have your Cap-
itol and Town Centers in four different locations, spread from east to
west.
The easternmost Town Center has a large forest due south. This is your
wood harvesting area, and will probably never be attacked. The Town
Center west of that one rests due north of three Stone Mines. You will
want to build a Settlement down there and harvest the Stone.
Your Capitol rests north of a Gold Mine and an Iron Mine. Between the
Gold and Iron is a large empty space where you can build a Granary.
Your westernmost Town Center is where you will encounter the most fight-
ing, so I generally fortify it and move my Citizens away.
Your first action should be to build a Naval Yard at your westernmost
Town Center. This will start the supply transports coming in. If you
do it quickly, you may not have to worry about the rest of the mission;
Britain will not be able to set up the blockade fast enough.
Also build an Airport. Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, and his
accompanying planes will join you. You get a new objective:
===NEW MISSION OBJECTIVE===
+ The Red Baron must survive.
The Red Baron is practically immortal. He can shoot down tons of planes
and inflict decent pain on ships and land units. If you purchase any
Fighter Aircraft bonuses in the Civ Builder, they also apply to him.
Use your Airport to set Fighter and Bomber rally points and flex your
new-found muscle.
Now set up your base as I described earlier, and don’t delay. Seven
minutes into the game, the British Fleet will be granted an unlimited
amount of resources for building ships to blockade your ports and attack
your base. Hopefully, you’ll still get a good number of shipments in.
When you get six shipments in port, you get a side-quest:
===NEW MISSION OBJECTIVE===
+ Bring a U-Boat to a British Dock or Navy Yard to signal the Spy wait-
ing in Britain.
This is a worthy little task to undertake – not only because it makes
this mission easier, but for its comical value and Civ Points. First,
build an Observation Balloon and send it west to Britain, and find a
Naval Yard or Docks.
You will need to build multiple U-Boats. A squad of three can be sunk
by British Frigates. I also recommend building a few Battleships to
accompany your U-Boats to draw fire and sink enemy Frigates. Don’t go
overboard, just build enough to get one U-boat to a dock alive. Also
don’t build Frigates, as they are for the most part useless for this
suicide run.
Planes will come from above to fire on your Battleships and/or Frigates,
while the occasional ship or U-Boat will fire on you as well. Send your
U-boats on a beeline to the Docks you found earlier. Once they arrive,
you get control of the Spy in Britain. Now get your remaining ships the
heck out of there.
===NEW MISSION OBJECTIVE===
+ Bring the Spy to the British Capitol to shut down their air power.
The spy starts in the northern end of Britain, and the Capitol is in the
South. There is a Pillbox in between, as well as the risk of airplanes
firing on your spy. Send him straight to the Capitol – with 5235 HP, he
should not die if he moves fast.
Now watch the movie that follows. When control is restored to you,
take a look at the enemy planes as they all spontaneously fall out of the
sky in sync.
+10 CIV POINTS upon successful use of the Spy.
With no airplanes in the way, Britain becomes a pushover. Build the
Lighthouse to see where the British ships are blockading you – the
blockades are not very large. You can bomb them or send the ships you
have left over from your mad rush to get the Spy in Britain. If you
build the Stadium, you will hear a short speech about the Olympics.
When the ships are gone, your supplies will come in very quickly, and
you’ll win before you know it.
+15 CIV POINTS on victory.
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MISSION 3: The Red Baron
Spring 1916
EPOCH: Atomic Age - WWI
The Battle of Verdun has lasted three months thus far. Early offensives
from the Germans have failed, and now nearly one hundred thousand men
have fallen dead or wounded. Luckily, the German High Command has dis-
covered a weakness in one sector, and seeks to end this bloody stale-
mate. In order to do so, the Germans must raze three French strongholds.
Strong air support has been sent to the front lines.
COLORS: Gray Germany (Germans)
Blue French Forts
Yellow French Towns
Blue French Army
Blue French Flyers
SPECIAL UNITS: Red Baron (scenario-only Warrior Hero aircraft unit)
German Officer (mass-produced Strategist Heroes)
Artillery Spotter Balloon (renamed Observation Balloon,
1400 HP)
German Infantry
German Machine Gun
Prussian Lt Cavalry (renamed Imperial Cuirassier)
Prussian Hvy Cavalry (renamed Dragoon)
Engineer (scenario-only builder unit)
ENGINEERED: Pillbox (25 Stone, 19 Atk, 900 HP. Attacks land units)
Barbed Wire (4 Wood/tile)
CIV POINTS AVALIABLE: 25
OBJECTIVES:
- The French have three heavily defended forts in this sector:
Douaumont, Vaux, and Souville. Destroy everything within the walls of
these forts.
- The Red Baron must survive.
+ Shoot down all aircraft belonging to the “Anti-Richthofen Squad”.
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WALTHROUGH:
- The French have three heavily defended forts in this sector:
Douaumont, Vaux, and Souville. Destroy everything within the walls of
these forts.
- The Red Baron must survive.
Welcome to the bloody stalemates of World War I. You start out in a
tough spot – your base extends across the northeastern part of the map.
Your resources are scarcely adequate to cover your costs, so your first
priority is to gather resources and prepare your defenses. Resources
can be found in the middle of your base. I recommend you upgrade your
Settlement and Granary to give you more resources with fewer citizens.
You’ll need the space in your pop cap.
The map is arranged roughly like this:
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\ \ Your Base |
/ ‘~------. |
\ \ |
/ \____|
\ |
/ Douaumont |
\ Vaux |
/ |
\ |
/ Seville |
\______________________________|
All of that empty space on my ‘map’ is riddled and dotted with French
Barbed Wire, AA Guns, Pillboxes, Artillery, more Towers, and the occas-
ional military building for the French Army. They will attack you from
the west more often, so this means that your northwest area will quickly
find itself under attack.
Luckily, you have plenty of military buildings to take advantage of.
Build your army in the northwest fast – your starting army in
the east side of your base will cover your flank well.
Start churning out Infantry and Machine gun with AT gun support. Also
try and get a Hospital in the area to heal your men. Build an Engineer
and start fencing off your base with Barbed Wire.
The interesting thing about Barbed Wire is how ill-equipped the AI is to
deal with it. The only time I’ve seen it directly attack Barbed Wire
was when it was trying to attack my base, and I was completely fenced
in. Given the choice, the AI will go around the Barbed Wire, or maybe
not even approach the area at all. Use this to your advantage – create
a chokepoint! Leave a small funnel-shaped opening in the fence and the
enemy will send all his troops through it. The enemy is much easier to
defeat when you control the direction it attacks from. Bear in mind,
however, that Artillery can ruin your day. Since the shells they fire
damage everything in a certain radius, your barbed wire may be an
extra casualty that can open your flank.
Also set up Pillboxes – for the stone they cost, they are a bargain.
They are very effective for taking out troops and can be built
quickly.
Once the initial ground attack subsides, you will soon find yourself
attacked from the air. There is a problem here: You have no AA tanks,
cannot build more AA guns, and the Red Baron can only guard the sky
for so long, and only so much area can be covered. With this said, what
is to be your anti-air in this mission?
Partisan Infantry. With maxed out Range and Attack, they can gun down
planes with incredible efficiency in large groups. The drawback
is their bad habit of tending to die, and a certain weakness when
Artillery and Bombers fire into the mass of them. You’ll want
to keep them near a Hospital in your base, or bring German Officers
along for healing.
Once you’ve firmly established your control over your own base, double-
check your resource sites. Also build Barbed Wire in the shallow water
south of the mines, as a French attack here will expose your soft under-
belly and destroy your resource production.
While building up your army, NEVER waste money on Medics. Use German
Officers instead – for the extra time and money, you get healers that
may very well survive the entire mission. Also bring an Engineer
along. As you move your army, use the Engineer to build Barbed Wire
fences alongside your forces (this will prevent you from being flanked).
In fact, if you read nothing more of this mission, just remember these
two things: German Officers and Barbed Wire. They will save your
life.
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\ ATTACKING VAUX /
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With your base secure, it’s time to see some action. I recommend moving
in on Vaux first: it is the fort due south of your Capitol and Airport.
Build up a large force. If you want to use tanks, then make sure to
produce all ten at once--they will last longer in a large group like
that. When the tenth tank is built, your Tank production will be dis-
abled, leaving you with Cargo Trucks as the only producible units at
your Tank Factory. A good alternative to Tanks are Dragoons (Prussian
Hvy Cavalry)--they are fast and pack a good punch, and they
can be healed by German Officers and Medics for extra longevity.
Use the Red Baron and your other aircraft to provide air cover and
harass any French that come near. Do not bring them too close to Vaux,
however, or they will be shot down by AA guns.
Send your army across the River and approach the north gate. Use How-
itzer Cannons or Artillery to bring down the gate, while using other
units to raze Towers and AA guns. Also beware of any Artillery that may
fire on you. The Red Baron is the best counter you have to enemy
Artillery.
When the gate falls, send your army inside and promptly begin to raze
the buildings. The inside of the fort is rather poorly defended. Just
let your units loose on the buildings. Once Vaux falls, pull back into
your base and listen to the words of praise. Then get your men back to
base quickly to protect your buildings.
+5 CIV POINTS upon razing of the first French Fort.
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\ ATTACKING DOUAUMONT /
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Next on your list of targets should be Douaumont – the French Fort in
the north central area of the map. For this attack, you will want to
pull the majority of your forces to the northwest area of your base.
Reassign the Red Baron and your planes to an aerodrome (airport) in
the northwest; if there is no aerodrome there, build one!
Rebuild your army. At this point, I typically leave the Cavalry
behind in favor of Infantry. Bring 7-10 Partisans, 2 or 3 Officers,
and a large mass of German Infantry and Machine Gunners. The Engineer
should tag along with (at least) a pair of Howitzer Cannons and a couple
of Artillery.
This time, as you move south from your base to Douaumont, build Barbed
Wire fences to the west of your men, connecting with the northern walls
of Douaumont. This will force the French Army’s units to walk all the
way around their own city before attacking you. Use the Red Baron to
scout out the area, and be sure to check for Artillery piled up on the
cliffs. The AI likes massing its Artillery near Douaumont, and nothing
hurts worse than all your Partisans being killed by a shell and leaving
you open to air attacks. The Red Baron can take care of errant
Artillery guns easily.
As you approach the fort, raze the Towers and other structures in your
way. Make sure your units are hotkeyed, especially your Partisans and
AT guns to deal with planes and tanks, respectively. You should wind up
facing the north wall of the fort. The only problem is, the gates are
on the East and West sides of the fort. But who needs gates? Bust a
hole in the north wall with your Howitzers and let yourself in.
Securing this fort will be a bit harder – the ‘French Flyers’ will have
become a large thorn in your side, and French Artillery will enjoy
shooting over the walls into the fort and killing your units en masse.
The Red Baron should be very busy running air cover for your men.
Now raze the buildings. You will get even more praise.
+5 CIV POINTS upon razing of the second fort.
Douaumont is actually the perfect place to establish a base for the
attack on Seville, but Citizens are far too weak to build what you need.
Instead, use your engineers. Once there is a break in enemy fire, make
sure your Engineer is still alive and then scroll back to your base and
select a random Citizen. Now order that Citizen to build a Barracks,
Aerodrome, Hospital, and Siege Factory within the walls of Douaumont.
Once he starts walking towards the foundations, turn him right back to
harvesting resources. All your citizens should be busy harvesting.
Now hit the Tab key. You should be sent automatically to the Engineer.
Right-click him onto a foundation and he will build the buildings your
Citizen mapped out, even though he cannot naturally create them himself.
This will prove very useful, since he is already in the fray and has
higher Hit Points than a Citizen.
One big downside to this fort is that the French have gates that they
can use, and you can’t. Instead of wasting time destroying these gates
and leaving yourself more vulnerable, build Barbed Wire fences around
both gates to prevent the French from walking in on you.
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\ ATTACKING SEVILLE /
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Send the Red Baron and the other planes to the Aerodrome you erected in
Douaumont. They will play a much more active role in your assault on
the final fort, Seville.
Order up a mass of Partisans and use siege equipment to bust a hole in
the South wall of the fort. Build a barrier of Barbed Wire in the area
between your original base and Douaumont in order to force the French
into the small hole you’ve opened to the south. The barbed wire should
essentially take the form of a tunnel, with no side entrances or exits.
Now use the Red Baron to scout out Seville. Between your base and your
target lies two Barracks and a few Towers and AA guns. Make sure your
ground forces can handle whatever the French throw at you (Tanks,
Artillery, and aircraft), and send Gotha Bombers to begin clearing the
path between Douaumont and Seville of AA guns. Use the Red Baron to
escort these bombers for air defense.
Your prime target for aerial bombardment is the AA guns and the Barracks
nearby. Once they are razed (it won’t take long), go to the original
Airport you had (it’s near your Capitol), and find the Artillery Spotter
Balloon. Send it to Douamont, but be careful that it does not get shot
down on the way. Let the balloon repair at Douaumont’s airport, and
check to make sure the path to Seville is clear of any AA guns or enemy
aircraft.
This is the fun part. Send the balloon south into the fort, and then
select (left-click) any building in the fort. Watch the entertaining
barrage and enjoy seeing the fort come crashing to the ground. Easy, no?
===NEW MISSION OBJECTIVE===
+ Shoot down all aircraft belonging to the “Anti-Richthofen Squad”.
It’s not over yet! The “Anti R. Squad” consists of about seven fighter
planes with unlimited flight time and only one target: the Red Baron.
This is what your Partisans are for. Wait and the Squad will come from
the Northwest. The Red Baron could probably take them all out single-
handedly, but that would take a long time of boring aerial dogfighting.
Instead, lure the Squad into your base at Douaumont, and let your
Partisans open fire on each plane.
Once all the planes named “Anti R. Squad” are out of commission, you’ve
won.
+15 CIV POINTS on victory.
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MISSION 4: The Somme
1918 AD
EPOCHS: Atomic Age – WWI
Russia has withdrawn from the war, but now America has become a looming
threat. The German High Command recognized the danger and has decided to
launch a massive assault on one of the Allies’ weak points: the Somme
River Valley. They hope to crush the Allies before America enters the
war.
COLORS: Gray Germany (Germans)
Red Great Britain
Yellow French Town
Gray Germany
Red British Flyers
Cream Unguarded Building
Blue Roye Defenders
Blue Montdidier Defenders
SPECIAL UNITS: The Red Baron
German Officer
Engineer
German Infantry
German Machine Gun
CIV POINTS AVALIABLE: 25
OBJECTIVES:
- Build the largest invasion force you can without being detected.
Prepare quickly – once the battle has been joined, resources will be
scarce. If anyone blunders across your troops, they must be caught
and killed before they reach their superiors with the news.
- Destory the enemy town centers at Peronne, Roye, and Montdidier.
Build a Barracks on each site.
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WALKTHROUGH:
- Build the largest invasion force you can without being detected.
Prepare quickly – once the battle has been joined, resources will be
scarce. If anyone blunders across your troops, they must be caught
and killed before they reach their superiors with the news.
- Destory the enemy town centers at Peronne, Roye, and Montdidier.
Build a Barracks on each site.
You start the game with a town center, a few houses, an Airport, a Siege
Factory, a Tank Factory, two Barracks, and more resources than you could
ever need. You also have a few citizens hanging around. Do not start
collecting resources yet; any resources you gather in this time period
will be wasted once your army is built. Instead, set up some buildings
you will need once your resources disappear – Granaries, AA guns, extra
Town Centers near other resource nodes, or whatever else suits your
fancy.
To keep these resources of yours, you must prevent yourself from being
discovered by the enemy. The game gives you a three game-minute grace
period to let you build up your army. After that, the AI will send
individual Doughboy infantry or Sopwith planes that will “discover” your
base. You will have to chase down and kill these units before they
return their base. Fortunately, they will have a long way to go before
they return with the news – the bases they go to are near the western
edge of the map, although some planes will fly straight to Peronne
across the southern river.
Anyhow, to deal with these bunglers who will stumble across your base,
the best counter is to send the Red Baron and the other Fokker airplanes
to chase down the doughboy/Sopwith that discovered you. You might also
find snipers (upgraded range) useful to handle doughboys and massed
Partisans or AA guns to shoot down the Sopwiths.
Now let’s get down to business. Build yourself an army. Be sure to
balance it out, with tanks, infantry, and AT guns in decent proportions.
If you want to bring medics, think again. You have more than enough
resources and time to invest in a large number of German Officers who
can heal better and last longer. I also advise bringing a few Engineers
along for building, and Partisans to help take out the bombers you are
going to meet along the way.
Build your forces up to the population limit and avoid being discovered.
Make sure you have some AA guns to defend your home base, as the British
will send planes to harass your citizens. If you are discovered early,
you’ll have to start collecting all your resources from nothing.
+10 CIV POINTS upon completion of army.
ALL RESOURCES set to ZERO.
+1000 FOOD GIVEN after resources set to zero
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\ ATTACKING PERONNE /
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WARNING! -- Any buildings you build (except, oddly enough, Barbed Wire
and AA guns) outside of your initial base must be guarded
by your troops. If your troops desert a building, it
will be handed over to a neutral computer player until your
troops return to reclaim it.
BUG WARNING! – I have noticed when only one unit is left behind to
guard an airport, it will sometimes switch over to the
neutral control for a split second. Although it
immediately switches back into your hands, all aircraft
inside/landing on the airport will be destroyed. The
easiest remedy is to have two guards instead of one.
There is a large river to the south that you will need to cross to get
to Peronne. As you don’t have the resources or space in your population
limit to build transports, you will have to go around to the west.
Send your army out the southern exit from your base and head due west.
Your army will come across a bridge near the far western edge of the
map; across this bridge your army will have its first exercise in target
practice. The British stationed here consist of several Doughboys and
about a half dozen Artillery, so lead the charge with infantry and
tanks, and take out the Artillery first. Then allow your Officers to
heal your infantry. Your men will also be destroying the British (red)
buildings in the city from which these troops came.
There is a British airport north of this city that you could destroy,
but it isn’t really a threat. Instead, heal up and prepare to move
south. A Tank Factory waits immediately across the bridge, guarded by
a huge load of tanks and a couple of Doughboys. Lead the charge with
your AT guns, and keep your Officers right behind them for healing. I
advise using snipers to take out the Doughboys supporting the tanks, as
they can’t be seen by the enemy units except at close range.
As you head east to Peronne, you will be assaulted by British planes
from every direction (but most notably the south). You will need to
keep your Partisans constantly vigilant for the huge Gotha Bombers. One
volley from these guys can really ruin your day. Your Officers will be
very busy healing if one of these guys manages to hit your men. Since
the British Flyers have an infinite amount of resources, they can pretty
much churn out fresh airplanes nonstop. Your odds are better just
making a dash for Peronne instead of taking it slow and cautiously – at
least moving targets are harder for planes to hit!
If you were hoping to send your own planes south across the forest to
strike the British planes at their source – the airports – think again.
The forest to the south has “high winds,” and any attempt to fly across
these trees will automatically defuel your planes (ouch), leaving them
vulnerable to British planes that can pick them off very easily.
Peronne’s biggest threat to your army is the airport next to its Town
Center. Your Howitzers, Mortars, and Artillery should immediately take
it out; you will have enough trouble with airplanes as is. Raze all the
buildings ASAP. The ground forces should be either weak or nonexistent
if you move quickly.
Now you are faced with a choice. You are directed to build a Barracks
at the site of Peronne’s Town Center. However, once you do this, you
will lose the Red Baron and Jasta 11, which means you will no longer be
able to produce Fokker airplanes – the only hybrid fighter/bomber planes
you get. Therefore, I highly recommend delaying the building of a
Barracks for some time – at least until you’ve gotten to Roye, as the
next push southward will cost you much time and money. I hope your
citizens back home are harvesting all the resources you can get.
Once you are ready to say good-bye to the Red Baron, or if you allowed
the Red Baron to be shot down earlier in the mission, order a citizen
from your home base to build a Barracks on the colored ground. Once you
see the roped-off foundation, send the citizen back to harvesting more
resources and order one of your Engineers to build the Barracks instead.
+1000 of all resources upon capture of Peronne.
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\ ATTACKING ROYE /
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During this time period, blue troops called “Roye Defenders” will walk
around and attack with isolated groups of Doughboys. They may even
reach your home base – but a single pillbox can deal with them well
enough.
Before you even think of moving south, I advise that you regroup your
men at Peronne, which you just destroyed. Use the Citizen-Engineer
trick I described above to build yourself a base. Especially important
will be the building of an airport, as you will need as much air cover
as you can get; the computer will continually spawn planes to harass
you. To bring the planes you already own in your home base, you will
first need to clear out the AA guns between your initial base and
Peronne – four tanks are more than strong enough to clear out the guns
and the random Doughboys guarding. Bring your planes to the new
airport for closer and quicker air cover.
In case you’ve forgotten, scroll back up and read the bug warning
above. Always leave two guards near your airports or the Red Baron
goes bye-bye.
Now rebuild your forces and stock the base with AA guns (again, via
Citizen-Engineer switchovers). Then send the Red Baron south to scope
out the path you will take to Roye. There will be Artillery staked out
on the cliffs on both sides of the path-- have the Red Baron destroy
them. There will also be a group of British land units standing by a
wall of barbed wire, behind which lays the city you’re after. All of
these guys are valid targets to destroy. Since the Red Baron is
virtually immortal, being shot down shouldn’t be too big of a worry.
In the Red Baron’s flight, you may have noticed some “French Towns”
(yellow buildings) in the forest in the east central region of the map.
Use an engineer to build a wall of barbed wire around the entire forest,
stretching from just north of the northernmost house to the southern
cliffs. There will be a flanking ambush that will come from this forest
later, but the barbed wire will effectively trap it in. Of course, you
will first want to make sure that your engineer can safely wall the area
off – you may want to wait until your army is at Roye, and still bring
a tank or couple of Machine Guns as escort, as Doughboys like to spawn
in that forest.
Anyways, once the artillery were removed and the infantry at the barbed
wire wall eliminated, send your army on a straight run to the barbed
wire and use artillery and howitzers to eliminate the barrier. Again,
you will be bombarded by Gotha Bombers, so the faster you move, the
easier this part will be. If you cleared the path right, it will be
an open run to Roye right behind the barbed wire.
When attacking the city, take down the airports ASAP! Since there are
four airports total that are still in service at this point of the game,
destroying these two will halve the potency of the British Flyers. Also
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down ASAP. Once this town has been razed, I would consider it a safe
time to build a barracks on both Peronne and Roye, as the Red Baron is
not so useful for the final attack. You also get enough cash to rebuild.
(Bug warning: Build the barracks on Peronne first. I have trouble with
my mission objectives when I do it the other way around – hopefully you
won’t, but it pays to be safe.)
+5 CIV POINTS upon capture of Roye.
+500 of each resource awarded.
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\ ATTACKING MONTDIDIER /
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It’s an open run to Montdidier. However, halfway there, you will be
notified that your forces are being cut in two – you are getting
ambushed from the forest in the east central area of the map, and the
AI is heading straight for Peronne (actually, they are sent to any spot
on the map you have expanded into, but Peronne is most likely to be
attacked). Did you build the barbed wire fence I told you to? The AI
here is not equipped to be cut off in such a manner – and all it can hit
you with might be a couple of artillery volleys, depending on how close
to your bases you built the fence.
If you didn’t build the fence but still wish to avoid the ambush, you
can try to walk around the invisible tripwire. If all of your units
hug the cliffs on the north side of the path, you may be able to slip
by. However, as the tripwire is invisible, you run a good risk of
hitting it anyways – it only takes two ground units in the wrong place
to set off the ambush!
Now destroy Montdider with extreme prejudice, after the same fashion
you destroyed the first two towns – but this time you won’t have to
worry about rebuilding afterwards.
+10 CIV POINTS upon victory.
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MISSION 5: Lightning Warfare
1939-1940 AD
EPOCHS: Atomic Age - WWII
Germany has built its forces up in spite of the Treaty of Versailles.
Taking an example from the Spanish Civil War, it is ready to initiate
the Blitzkrieg, by applying massive force at incredible speeds.
COLORS: Gray Germany (Germans)
Red Great Britain
Blue France & the Benelux
Cream Poland
Aqua Denmark & Norway
Maroon Soviet Union
SPECIAL UNITS: German Officer
Reichstag (Building)
German Infantry
German Machine Gun
WONDERS: Coliseum
CIV POINTS AVALIABLE: 25
OBJECTIVES:
- When you are ready to fight each country, use the Alliances & Tributes
on Poland, Norway & Denmark, and France & the Benelux in turn. To
win, you must destroy the Capitol of each of these groups and replace
it with a Town Center or Capitol of your own. You can win with only
Town Centers, but Capitols will give you a greater reward.
- Do not let the Reichstag be destroyed or Germany will be forced to
surrender.
- Europe must be seized with all speed. If victory is not achieved before
Fall of 1940, an American-Russian alliance will make victory
impossible, spelling Germany’s defeat. Until then, the German-Russian
Non-Aggression Pact of 1939 will prevent hostilities between these
two nations. The Reichstag is able to keep you up to date on the
passage of time.
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WALTHROUGH:
- When you are ready to fight each country, use the Alliances & Tributes
on Poland, Norway & Denmark, and France & the Benelux in turn. [...]
- Do not let the Reichstag be destroyed or Germany will be forced to
surrender.
- Europe must be seized with all speed. [...]
This can either be a very easy game, or a very difficult level. You
can choose. The situation seems simple: Take over three neighboring
territories in 80 minutes. You are initially blocked off from your
opponents by huge walls of Barbed Wire, but once you declare war, you
can cross a nation’s borders and destroy its capitol. However, you might
find taking France to be problematic – the ridiculous fortifications
along the border might stop you, or the planes. Or perhaps Denmark’s
battleships make crossing the sea difficult, and you waste your time
trying to rebuild another attack force and lose.
Well, there is an easier way. You are barricaded by land from your
enemies, but not by sea. Amusingly enough, you can instead
send your troops by boat around the barricade and set up a town center
literally right next to the enemy Capitol. After that it’s a simple
matter to have six or seven Howitzer Cannons lined up and ready to raze
the other capitol as soon as you declare war. Within thirty seconds,
you have the country defeated.
A word of warning for you cheapskates out there: Even if the AI player
is defeated, any units left alive will still attack you if you get too
close; therefore, it’s still a good idea to send some troops to accompany
your Citizens and Cannons to clear the opposition.
Whether you choose to win cheap or honorably, the first country you
should attack is Poland, to your east. It has resources you will need.
Note: Sometimes doing it the cheap and easy way may result in bugs in
the game. For example, you might cut off the newscaster guy’s
speech and not gain Civ points. Beware.
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\ ATTACKING POLAND /
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You start out with the basic unit production buildings and the Reichstag.
Build a Granary and get some Citizens harvesting wood. Now use the
resources you have to build yourself a strike force. A few tanks will
be able to handle Poland’s backwards technology – they still have
cavalry units in use! Bring some Flakpanzer AA tanks to counter
their planes, and plenty of Howitzers for building demolition. If you
do this the cheap way, that small force will be all you need. If not,
you won’t need much larger – Poland is a pushover, regardless of how you
choose to do it. Declare war and plow straight to the capitol. Your
Panzer tanks will demolish their weaker tanks.
45 (in-game) seconds later, Britain will declare war on you. The Brits
will harass you with airplanes and ships from the northwest corner of
the map. There’s no point in attacking them; they can’t be killed, and
would waste your time.
Now use the resources east of the former Polish capitol to harvest more
Gold and Iron. Also train ten extra citizens to populate the Town
Center built and make your Polish Town Center a Capitol.
+5 CIV POINTS upon construction of first German Capitol.
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\ ATTACKING DENMARK /
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Now turn your interests northward. Denmark will be a pain, with an
excessive number of battleships able to pick off your land troops. Do
NOT try to move north to the capitol by land – if you do, these
battleships will kill your army as it crosses the shallow water.
Instead, send your men across the ocean on the eastern side of Denmark.
You will want plenty of Howitzers to deal with the battleships (they
are good anti-ship as well as anti-building cannons), and bring a well
rounded force. Try to stay as far away from the shore as possible to
prevent the Battleships from firing on you and giving Denmark and
Norway and unfair advantage.
Once it is safe, try upgrading to a Capitol for the Civ point bonus.
+5 CIV POINTS upon construction of second German Capitol.
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\ ATTACKING FRANCE /
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France might be tough. The Maginot Line (those rows of towers and Pill-
boxes due west of your buildings) will be tough to breach, and heading
north means British planes and ships may fire on you. Move quickly
through France to the capitol – bring plenty of AA tanks for air defense.
It’ll be a bloody last push, but so long as you get the town center built
quickly, you should be able to pull through and bring the rest of Europe
under your heel. You might have to load a few saves to do it, though.
(You can’t build another Capitol, though).
+15 CIV POINTS upon victory.
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MISSION 6: Preparations for Invasion
1940 AD
EPOCH: Atomic Age - WWII
Britain is now reliant on supply transports from the U.S. Cut off their
ports and prevent them from getting more supplies, then destroy the
powerful Home Fleet to allow Germany an express path to invasion.
COLORS: Gray Germany (Germans)
Red Great Britain
Red British Convoys
Maroon Home Fleet
Yellow Iceland
Yellow Ireland
Red Home Guard
SPECIAL UNITS: Ship Under Construction (Immobilized Battleship: Bismarck)
Bismarck (14 speed, +800 bonus to Attack, +3400 HP bonus,
+4 Range bonus)
Lighthouse (Building: Illuminates water)
Espionage Center (Reveals enemy buildings)
CIV POINTS AVALIABLE: 25
OBJECTIVES:
- Weaken the British by sinking their Transports. Each enemy Transport
sunk will provide you with additional resources and remove resources
from the British.
- Destroy all British Docks located in Britain. Each time a Transport
gets through, the British will be able to rebuild their docks.
- Destroy all ships belonging to Britain’s Home Fleet.
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WALKTHROUGH:
- Weaken the British by sinking their Transports. Each enemy Transport
sunk will provide you with additional resources and remove resources
from the British.
- Destroy all British Docks located in Britain. Each time a Transport
gets through, the British will be able to rebuild their docks.
This level can be a pain. You have a low population limit (50), low
resources, and an enemy who continually re-spawns units ad infinitum.
This is not a mission that is won by patience and gradually wearing
down your enemy – if your forces are broken for even a short period of
time, your rival Britain will be able to recover as good as new.
Your job is simple: Keep all of the supply convoys from reaching the
British Docks. Each convoy you sink will give you 250 of each resource;
each convoy that slips through will raise Britain’s resources by 1000
of each, to a maximum of 3000. There are five distinct convoy units
that come from the far west of the map towards Britain, and when a
convoy either is destroyed or makes it to Britain, it will have a 33%
chance of respawning every ten seconds until it does. In other words,
they will never stop coming.
The starting cinematic sequence will get you oriented. You’ve got a few
Frigates and Cruisers by the Docks in the middle city, citizens and
resources at the bottom, and two Naval Yards and the “Ship under
Construction” at the top, plus your three submarines that you saw sink
the “convoy.”
Try to move fast – it could prove much easier if you start early. Get
a few citizens to build a Granary at first, but since the only thing
you will need to spend food on is other citizens, don’t go overboard.
Also get to work immediately on harvesting stone, gold, iron, and wood –
especially iron and wood. You want to build U-boats, as Britain will
mainly strike with Battleships – but keep battleships of your own nearby
to counter any stray Frigates you may meet. Also try to build the
Espionage Center quickly so you can identify where the British Docks are
and destroy them. Try to move fast because after one half-hour, game
time, the convoys get a lot stronger. Also, build a Lighthouse on the
far western peninsula of your home territory – being able to see the
convoys approaching will prove invaluable.
The “Ship under construction” should be quietly repairing in the north.
Soon you will get the Bismarck given to you. Upgrade his range and
speed, since his attack and health is already ludicrously high; he will
help settle any disputes you have quickly. With increased range, he
will also be able to fire deadly shells from a good distance, and speed
should help him flee the fray to live another day. With such ludicrous
attack, he is the ideal for dock destruction. Keep him alive – this
mission becomes much harder without him!
(I saw an interesting documentary saying the captain of the Bismarck
insisted that the great ship be referred to as “he” instead of a “she”
in the normal fashion. Had something to do with the power of the ship)
+5 CIV POINTS upon successful construction of the Bismarck.
30 minutes into the game, convoys will become better defended, and will
be accompanied by larger fleets that include Frigates – which can
fearlessly counter your U-boats. To remedy this, focus on the enemy
Transports that you see – once the transport is destroyed, the warships
that accompany them will turn back and disappear.
You should be regularly sinking convoys. After sinking eight of them,
a German officer will comment on your skill.
+10 CIV POINTS upon sinking of eight convoys.
Mass a fleet of Battleships and U-boats – frigates are rather point-
less here - and of course don’t neglect the Bismarck. Head up Britain’s
west coast. Destroy all Docks you cross and reduce the number
of places the Convoys can go. Until you sink one, the British
Citizens will keep rebuilding. Leave one U-boat at each of your home
Docks, however, as Britain is fond of producing Battleships and sending
them after your buildings en masse. Once one convoy is sunk, keep an
eye on the minimap for any more red units coming from the sea (you’d
better have the Lighthouse by now). Start taking out docks system-
atically – use your Espionage Center to keep track.
Once you’re established, two good points to blockade would be the north
side of Ireland (there is a neutral Dock there that can heal your boats)
and the entry to the English Channel. If you destroyed the northernmost
Docks, most convoys should come by those two paths. If one or two slips
by, don’t worry too much – you should have some naval dominance in the
area, plus a large number of resources from your effective U-boat
blockade. Be constantly alert, checking for new docks and new convoys
coming in, and always destroy the Docks on the western side of Britain
first, then the northern ones, and lastly the ones in the English
Channel, that way you will be able to have the easiest blockade against
the British Convoys.
Once all the Docks are destroyed, you may not even get notified that
you have crippled Britain. The supply convoys will stop coming, and the
hardest part of the level is over. All that remains is the Home fleet.
- Destroy all ships belonging to Britain’s Home Fleet.
Use the quiet time to rebuild and repair. Let your ships recover by
some Docks, and send a lone airplane out to scout for Britain’s Home
Fleet somewhere in the Atlantic. Its size depends on how long you let
the British build ships, as the Battleships Great Britain has produced
will have occasionally joined the Home Fleet. However, there is an
Aircraft Carrier – the HMS Arbiter – at the center of the fleet, so you
might want to respond with your own. Besides that, lean heavily to
building Battleships and U-boats. Britain has no U-boats of her own, so
this fleet will actually prove quite strong – in my own game, I had
around ten U-boats and three battleships (plus the Bismarck) and an
Aircraft Carrier, and the Home fleet hardly stood a chance. If you’re
low on resources, you should be able to get away with sending much less
against the Home Fleet. Anyways, move your fleet to Britain’s when you
are ready.
On your first run, it might be a good idea to sink the HMS Arbiter. The
Arbiter is ordered to move north and south, and the rest of the fleet
simply follows the Arbiter, so sinking the Arbiter will keep the Home
Fleet in one place. Go in guns-a-blazing and sink as much as you can.
If you built an all-Battleship and U-boat fleet with Aircraft Carrier
backup, you should be able to smash the fleet in one blow. You don’t
have to sink all of the ships, just most of them; once a certain amount
of ships are sunk, you have defeated the fleet.
Of course, there is no law requiring you to attack the Home Fleet AFTER
destroying the Docks. You could try to destroy it first, but I think
it would be harder.
+5 CIV POINTS upon destruction of most of the Home Fleet
+10 CIV POINTS upon victory.
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MISSION 7: Operation ‘Sea Lion’
1941 AD
EPOCHS: Atomic Age - WWII
This is it – the final assault against Britain. You finally have the
chance to avenge yourself against that island nation which has antagon-
ized you for so long! The Luftwaffe is ready to clear a landing zone
for your men, and soldiers have been brought to France from all across
Europe to invade. Although Operation “Sea Lion” never became a reality
(the British planes destroyed the Luftwaffe), you have a chance to
do it right.
COLORS: Gray Germany (Germans)
Red Great Britain
Cream France
Green United States
Blue Free French
Red RAF
Green 8th Fleet
SPECIAL UNITS: Erwin Rommel (Strategist Hero, +5000 HP bonus)
Drop Plane (Renamed C-47 Cargo Plane scenario-only unit)
Flakpanzer (Renamed Flak Halftrack)
Paratroop (Renamed Sniper)
Reconnaissance Plane (Renamed Sopwith Triplane
+300 Flight Time bonus
50% Line of Sight bonus)
CIV POINTS AVALIABLE: 50
OBJECTIVES:
- Build Transports to ferry your units to England. You will not be able
to buy any other military units, so use the rest of your resources to
improve your forces.
- Use the Luftwaffe to clear a landing site for the invasion force.
- Destroy Buckingham Palace, one of the symbols of English defiance, and
build a Town Center or Capitol on the site.
+ Destroy any buildings the Americans manage to produce in England.
+ Use spies to infiltrate buildings in England. Barracks, Tank & Seige
Factories, Airports, and Docks can be captured to produce units in
England. Hospitals can be captured to provide healing. Town Centers
and Capitals provide additional Gold and Iron.
+ To infiltrate a building, move a Spy next to it an select a building.
Each infiltration removes on Spy.
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WALKTHROUGH:
- Build Transports to ferry your units to England. You will not be able
to buy any other military units, so use the rest of your resources to
improve your forces.
- Use the Luftwaffe to clear a landing site for the invasion force.
This map starts out seeming a bit disorienting. Your Luftwaffe, which
is your air forces, is spread across continental Europe. The best
thing to do first is to find the small green Reconnaissance Planes and
use them for what their names imply – get recon of Britain’s shoreline.
They have outrageous amounts of fuel, and might be able to fly for a
longer period of time than it will take for them to be shot down. On
your aerial surveillance, keep a sharp eye out for any RADAR stations
on Britain’s mainland. These will have to come down if you are to lead
a ground invasion of Britain. Also try to find Buckingham Palace, and
scope out the area to the east of Buckingham. You will find there is a
strait of water chock full of land mines in the sea east of Britain, but
should you destroy it, you will have one potential route to invade that
should not hinder your landing too badly. You will also find nice
open areas in the central and west areas of Britain’s shore, although it
is still pockmarked with RADAR stations. You want to take these out,
but as you do, be sure to send fighters to escort your bombers – your
bombers WILL be attacked.
Your ground forces will be arriving at this time. It takes 14 game
minutes for all your troops to arrive, and General Rommel is with the
last batch. Now back to the task at hand – destroying the RADAR.
The reason these RADAR stations are so threatening is that as long as
Britain has 5 or more of these buildings standing, the enemy forces will
be able to see your planes and ships as they cross the Channel. Any
bombers you send will be attacked by a few fighters, and ships will be
bombed by the RAF. Britain has somewhere in the realm of 8-10 RADAR
stations, but you will know once the grid is no longer potent. General
Rommel will notify you himself.
+10 CIV POINTS upon disabling Britain’s RADAR grid.
While you are disabling the RADAR grid, you will occasionally be warned:
“The French Resistance has staged an ambush!” These piddly blue troopers
pose no threat to your army at all; however, if they find some citizens
or unguarded buildings to pick on, it might be slightly unpleasant. Be
prepared for attacks in any of your bases on the mainland.
- Destroy Buckingham Palace, one of the symbols of English defiance, and
build a Town Center or Capitol on the site.
Once the RADAR is down, your bombers and transports should be attacked
less by the RAF, although the enemy will still attack your shores. Now
comes the time to clear yourself a landing spot. I personally prefer
going to the northeast edge of the map, past the naval mines (Hint: it
helps to shoot them first) and in the backside, as British forces won’t
be able to respond as effectively. Of course, there are some British
Artillery on the southwestern peninsula of Britain that might fire on
you as your Frigates are destroying mines.
Once you’ve picked a good landing zone, run another brief recon run to
find any enemies near your destination area. You don’t want your troops
to be smacked around by six Artillery shells while they’re still unload-
ing, so make another few bombing runs on the enemy units you deign a
threat. If that RAF Airport bothers you, smash it into rubble. If you
don’t like the look on the face of those British Machine Gunners, bomb
‘em.
You’ve had your fun, now load the transports – you’ll find it takes a
lot of them to get your entire army across. A bit of advice – load the
Artillery, mortar, and AA tanks first, as a French ambush would find
these sorts of units ill prepared to defend itself. Cross the channel
and unload at a decent location; your men will almost immediately get
involved in a skirmish. Don’t forget about the “Drop Planes” that are
waiting in the northeast base. They will drop “Paratroopers” (snipers)
that can help out your invasion. 45 seconds after your land units have
landed in England, you will be notified that you have “established a
foothold.”
+20 CIV POINTS upon German forces establishing a foothold in England.
Move to Buckingham palace. So long as your recon was good and your
troops usage efficient, you should be able to reach it. If not, you
might have picked a bad landing zone. As you move in, your Flakpanzers
will prove invaluable to take out the RAF bombers. Sooner or later,
you will be surprised by a sudden cinematic sequence.
==NEW MISSION OBJECTIVE==
+ Destroy any buildings the Americans manage to produce in England.
Why did these Americans come? There are four actions you can take to
trigger their arrival:
-Your troops saw their ships (they stay near western Britain)
-You have destroyed ALL of the RAF’s airports
-Your army is approaching Buckingham Palace
-Buckingham Palace is destroyed
All this means is that the aircraft carrier you see here will launch
some Fighter/Bombers of its own to hassle you.
Maintain your siege on Buckingham Palace. For all its AA guns, it won’t
stand long against a few Artillery and Tank shells being launched into
its rear. Once the palace falls, you get five Spies and a speech.
Once a Settlement is built, you also get free citizens.
+ 500 of every resource upon razing of Buckingham Palace
==NEW MISSION OBJECTIVE==
+ Use spies to infiltrate buildings in England. [...]
+ To infiltrate a building, move a Spy next to it an select a building.
Each infiltration removes on Spy.
Now is the time to bring a few citizens across the English Channel,
accompanied by your Spies, and set up that Town Center you needed. Also
scope out London’s buildings and pick your targets for infiltration.
Note that Siege Factories will ONLY allow construction of AT guns, so
you can’t build more Artillery to destroy America’s buildings. I like
the idea of infiltrating a Hospital, personally--the healing is much
welcomed.
You should be able to see some of the US buildings already. Move your
forces to destroy them. The RAF and the US aircraft carrier’s aircraft
will be a large threat here, so it would be wise to keep your Flak-
panzers around.
This part is deceptively easy, actually. Just raze the buildings you
see, keep your Flakpanzers on constant air watch (try Ctrl+Right Click
to have them automatically attack any air units they see), and you might
find you have won rather quickly.
However, should you choose to sink the Carrier sitting there...
+20 CIV POINTS upon sinking of the Carrier-Enterprise.
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C. Legal Stuff and Credits
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