Elamites/Late CtW
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As in Rising Tide the Elamites continue to maintain a difficult position — stuck between Iran, Babylon and Assyria. This time, the danger is increased, for Assyria not only controls a heavily fortified capital region, but it also has some nasty Bonus Cards, as well as control of a Supply Centre therein, as well as the former Mitanni lands of Purattu, granting them a significant advantage, thanks to their control of Horses and the local Supply Centre. In addition, they now have a strong ally in the form of Iran, which now controls the Urmia territory — directly north of your starting region of Elam.
Although the temptation is fairly strong to use them early on, you should keep hold of your Sabotage cards, as they cannot be purchased using Tribute throughout this scenario until you begin attacking a heavily defended region (with Fortification level of 5 or higher). In the meantime, you have a single bonus objective: seize the Zamua heights west of you. You will be provided with two bonuses: a +1 Fortification level upgrade for your capital at Elam, and +2 for your Babylonian ally in Akkad.
With your three armies, you are now set and ready for global dominance. Your task now is to acquire your prerequisite eight Iron Ore regions, or control the other remaining five Supply Centres. It may be meet to simply just unite your home region, by seizing control of all of the Aegean and the Adriatic, then use the tribute you obtained to purchase other European Supply Centres whilst using your three armies to take neighbouring Kottinon from the Thracians, then move eastward into Western Asia via Anatolia to capture other Supply Centres, using the Tribute you obtain to purchase other European Supply Centres. For instance, you can purchase Ta-Temehw (the interior region of Libya bordered by Ta-Rbew and Sidra to the north) along with the Upper Tagus region in Spain (in central Iberia, between Karpetanion in the south and Minnuon and Astura to the north) after you have carved out your Asian empire by seizing Egypt, Assyria and Babylon for their Supply Centres and their Tribute. But should you find this too difficult to do, it may be wise for you to concentrate on your secondary objectives — that is, to recolonise Sikula to gain two Wealth Boom cards, and/or to conquer the Thracians to obtain one Military Eureka and one Mercenaries card. It may well be that you should do this, especially since your path into the Middle East is blocked off by the Lydians and the Phrygians.
CtW objectives[edit | edit source]
- Either:
- Seize control of eight Supply Centres, or
- Seize control of eight territories that bear Iron Ore.
- Secondary tasks:
- Secure the territory of Zamua to increase the Fortification levels of Akkad and Elam by +2 and +1.
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