Settlers 2  -- More Hints

                          From Sue

Scenario 6 - A Divided Country
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The hardest so far and I didn't get the hang of it until my third
go.  The first time I had to stop because of a bug - all my ships
collected at an island in the far southeast, one on top of the
other, and I couldn't get them to move. Another time, they
collected at two points.  All you can do in that situation is
destroy the relevant harbour buildings. Try destroying one, and
that may move the other ships - check first to see where all the
'stuck' ships are heading.

Anyway, you and the Reds start off on a U-shaped island, you at
the top left, them down the left side and at the bottom. The
Yellows are on the other side of the U - for a long time I thought
they were on a different island. There is also a large uninhabited

land mass on the southwest side which has large deposits of gold,
iron and coal. The Yellows guard the gateway.

I found the only way to survive was to start fast and be
aggressive towards the Reds. Move east as quickly as you can, but
stop gold coins being delivered to the soldiers who aren't near
the 'front'.  As your front line advances, remember to continue to
stop gold deliveries.

Send your first ship to the northeast and start building. Send the
second to the southwest for gold etc. Then go to the bottom of the
U (it looks like the far southeast on the map. Build north from
here. I found any other settlements built on the Yellows bit were
quickly overrun. Whittle away at the reds; if you run out of
soldiers and they aren't being produced quickly enough, destroy
some outlying barracks etc, preferably ones with experienced
soldiers.



Scenario 7 - The Snake
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Exit from your starting point, the north tip of the single large
island, is down two valleys to the south.  The Reds are left and
the Yellows right. After 20 hours, I had destroyed the Reds'
castle and progressed as far as I could in both directions.  There
was no more iron, coal or gold and I had few soldiers. In the end,
I took a chance and demolished all the barracks etc at the Red
side (since by then I'd decided the Yellows had the gateway). I
then piled my soldiers into attacking the Yellows' castle. An hour
later, I restored and went the other way since it was the Reds who
guarded the gateway ... ah well ...

Scenario 8 is still causing me big problems ... I hope I'll have
something to report by next issue!




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