Raze Damascus (captured from Arabia) because you can not raze the Crusader States. This takes much too long though and Georgia is an unnecessary distraction… In my first attempt to the Rise of the Mongols scenario I captured Georgia and send some troops north through the Caucasus towards Russia. So I had to take the Abbasids eventually (and you can not liberate City States), but at least it saved fighting too much Arabian and Abbasid units. Arabia attacked them soon after, spend some units on it and captured them.

In my game I allied with them (just in order not to have to fight them). Befriend later if you have left over money (which you can’t or don’t want to spend on Keshiks anymore).Ĭontrols 1-2 tiles of the Silk Road pass, so you don’t want to be at war later to not slow down your units on their way west. But then again this increases population growth and unhappiness…ĭeep in the Himalayas. Unlike them you might want to befriend them in the late game to get the food bonus. Nice decoration to make the Rise of the Mongols Map more realistic, but otherwise useless. You will only get to know them when China allies with them and they declare war on you. Otherwise you shouldn’t conquer more city states than necessary. So it must fall quickly.īeing friends with them is nice, so see if there’s barbarian encampments around to wipe out. Korea wouldn’t be worth conquering if it wasn’t your only way to Japan. Mainly because it provides a good position to attack North-China. Western Xia will be the first city you conquer. The general advice is not to bother with them as that will only slow down your mongol hordes in their conquest. Here’s a list of all City States on the map including comments on their impact on the game or recommendations how to deal with them. Seems like they expand when not threatened by the phantom menace in the East.ĭownload the high resolution (3871x1692x24b) version of the “Rise of the Mongols” scenario map by clicking the image! City States on the Rise of the Mongols Map I never had that while conquering the map.

Please excuse some of the glitches on the map – I had to start another game and patch some fields where Russia and India founded additional cities. Most parts of the map were created of only about 15 screenshots of the strategic view. Barbarian encampments provide a steady source of income (50G each) and quickly the map unveils. It’s pretty easy: If you’re not the warmonger you used to be, all civilizations will agree to Open Borders. I took the screenshots in a game of Rise of the Mongols on settler difficulty to easily discover everything. Or look at the resources and plan which cities to keep and which ones to raze. This scenario in Civilization 5 is pretty straightforward: On Deity you have to conquer EVERYONE! The Rise of the Mongols Map is not dynamic, so you can use this to plan your conquest.

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