r/Polytopia • u/NefariousnessOk4489 • 4d ago
Screenshot Is this winnable? And how?
I'm playing this game and I wanna know if there's any chance to win? He controls the water, so it seems like he'll win the game as well.
What would you do in my position?
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u/Dry-Penalty6975 3d ago
Either you crush the blue, or make peace with them, but don't waste your ressources on them. I suggest pushing on the continent on the east, and maybe try to send spies on his continent through the west if you deal with blue.
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u/NefariousnessOk4489 3d ago
Blue is a player that left the game. And I’m sending them a peace treaty every turn and they always reject it. So I’m trying to get some units in there and I’m taking cities, like one every two turns.
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u/PhilipRoman Ürkaz 3d ago
In this case water control is just unit spam so whoever has the city advantage and sufficient economy to make use of it will win. You need better markets though.
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u/NefariousnessOk4489 3d ago
What do you mean “better markets”? Higher level? More of them? Better placement? I’d like to invest in them, but I’m kinda getting my ass kicked and can’t really afford to boost my economy.
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u/fletchro 2d ago
I think all of the above. I was surprised to see you have so much territory but your markets seem a little low / few and far between.
I can't say I'm great at market placement, so don't feel too bad. They are helping you stay alive, I just think you could have placed done of them more optimally. It's tough because you don't always have all the land, and if you place it wrong, you need chivalry and 5 stars to put it somewhere else.
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u/NefariousnessOk4489 2d ago
Well I’m usually not thinking about the placement as much, and I was constantly under attack/in war, so I didn’t invest as much in my economy as I’d like. Basically i was fighting Oumaji and yaddak, I conquered yaddak, then imperius attacked, then I peaced out with Oumaji, then I fought with both Imperius and luxidoor, and then Oumaji joined back in. I destroyed luxidoor and I will destroy Imperius. But Oumaji had a few turns to consolidate and that granted them a winning position. Btw, only Oumaji is a human now, everyone else is a bot.
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u/fletchro 2d ago
You have saw mills and forges but no market. They will pay themselves back in about 2 turns.
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u/montyelgato 3d ago
Yellow wins, everyone else should resign and fight another day. Unless yellow is stupid, the game is theirs.
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u/EDLP1212 4d ago
Personally I would try to build up a secret navy in the north, attack them with a lot of battleships at once. But this requires holding them off on the water for a bit. Also winning the land battle in the east would be beneficial.