A Brief Guide to Civilization V

One Principle: Handle things well with money, try to avoid situations where payment can't be made. Having a few extra cities doesn't hurt, some for the frontline, some to accelerate technology or restore satisfaction. 1. Defend the Homeland - Tutorial video, no pressure; city building and defending operations. 2. Battle of Two Cities - Tutorial video, still no pressure; production and technology operations; army and combat (ranged attacks cause damage, melee takes cities). 3. Hidden Knives and Swords - Tutorial video, initially pressured due to army level differences; open multiple iron mines, surround the city with heavily armored troops for a quick push. 4. One Against Two - Diplomacy chapter, essentially a rogue strategy; occupy a weak side's city, give money to maintain peace; quickly produce troops, then occupy another city from the weak side; finish battles in one turn and then negotiate peace to prevent the opponent from moving first in the next turn; station troops at the border, if no money is given, quickly wipe them out; leave troops in the original city to prevent the strong side from taking it, then fight the strong side head-on, accumulate superior forces, and push quickly. 5. Land is King - Development chapter, rapidly grow the population to 7, satisfaction to 7; a restriction is that satisfaction cannot drop below zero, build multiple arenas, and at the right time leave a few cities' production idle; don't worry too much about army quality because as long as satisfaction doesn't drop below zero, there won't be wars. 6. All or Nothing - Stimulus chapter, sprint to develop technology to gunpowder to pass; war begins immediately, so don't spread your initial troops too far; build many cities, rush to produce troops to protect them, that's the meaning of 'all or nothing'. 7. Challenge Innovation - Combat chapter, purely about battling and conquering countries, no technical content; at full condition, infantry can KO cannons, artillery can KO cavalry, pay attention to formations. 8. Enlightenment Period - Peace chapter, when fighting becomes boring, pursue peace; use force to subdue opponents, they will automatically negotiate; ensure sufficient money, maintain troop strength; avoid capturing cities and going for total destruction, otherwise it continues the long battles from the previous chapter. 9. Railway Tycoon - Construction chapter, focus on building high-speed rail to resist bandit disruptions; simple task, build railways connecting 7 cities; but don't rush to complete the railway network, leave the last segment of every railway first, accumulate superior forces in each city; once the railway network is connected, bandits will appear in empty spaces between cities, use superior forces to eliminate them. 10. World War - Grand Battle chapter, with the goal of ending the war; one against three, initially use forests and mountains as shields, start with cannons, then use artillery, tanks, and planes to repel the enemy.When the enemy's living forces are reduced to a certain extent, they will come for peace talks; initiating peace negotiations yourself can also succeed; otherwise, the city will be captured and the nation destroyed. 11. Nuclear War Crisis: The nuclear war chapter has the bloodiest plot design, aiming to eliminate enemy personnel; First, focus on construction, especially railways and uranium mines, and do not rush to launch nuclear bombs, otherwise you will be at a disadvantage; Launch nuclear bombs from five cities at the same time, targeting cities that have just recovered from previous nuclear attacks; the scenario is completed once 100 units of casualties are first achieved. The seven grids in the centers of the three front-line cities will repeatedly be attacked by nukes, so do not station units there or attempt repairs; Army units positioned adjacent to each other will trigger nuclear attacks, so block the only middle passage and, when appropriate, create a gap to rush through and capture a city. 12. Unknown Enemy Situation: The Pressure chapter has significant level differences between armies; eliminating 30 enemy units of a higher level will complete the scenario; Surround one mechanical transport vehicle with three tanks, one main battle tank with five tanks; Construct a few more cities, as some being captured is inevitable, and use nuclear bombs to compensate for the army's level gap; Ensure satisfaction levels do not delay production. 13. At the Gates of the City: Upgraded Nuclear War chapter, eliminate 5 waves of doomsday mechas; The main goal is to capture a few city-building points rich in resources, but they are guarded by tanks, so troops are needed to seize them; Doomsday mechas appear at the four corners of the map—use nuclear bombs to weaken them, then finish them off with tanks, transport vehicles, and rocket artillery. 14. Alpha Star: Future chapter, the scenario is completed once a spaceship is built; Deploy doomsday units as soon as possible.