How to keep the borders safe?

[NTJedi]

apoger has listed most of them.

Another important tactic is setting traps for the AI.
Example= Leave an undefended territory on the front lines for one turn. Move your units into that territory for the upcoming turn. Lots of the time the AI will move its units to attack the territory... and because your moving into that territory on the same turn you've caught him.

Also from what I've seen the AI only responds to what it sees... it doesn't try to plan on what you will do. So if you have 150 troops on territory_A and 2 troops on territory_B the AI will only try to attack territory_B. (Unless it has a more powerful army then territory_A.)

[ November 19, 2003, 04:45: Message edited by: NTJedi ]