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Old June 6th, 2001, 10:19 PM
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Default Re: Anyone tried The Barbarian Horde strategy?

I've been forced to use this on a small scale in a solo game vs. an AI race. I was roleplaying my peaceful scientists, who hadn't researched beyond Ship Construction 2 or any weapon technologies when the Xi-Chung blew up an unarmed scout and declared war. I spent a couple decades losing two frigates for each of their destroyers that I killed or crippled, then 2-3 destroyers per light cruiser. By the time I got LCs I had a slight tech edge overall, so things got more balanced, but it took a couple more decades before I could take the war to their territory.

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