An Exciting Alliance Victory achieved at the last possible moment! Yipee!

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i pulled out my game last night. I was hopelessly behind the Torians as they warred with the Drengins and were finishing them off. I was spending all my money to try for a hopeless tech win. They were friendly with me, but never close, and i had 8 trade routes with them...i was going to lose..when all of a sudden..after i became "GOOD" ..a few turns later..they were CLOSE to me...and i became allied with them after giving them a star system..just 2 turns before the drengins were eliminated so i pulled out an alliance win! Yipee! :D very exciting.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
It was also the first game i played where i was so far behind militarily that i was researching all trade and culture techs and leaving the military behind.

I also was the Mercantile party with the trade bonus.

8 trade routes with the torians out of 8 possible routes and being GOOD allowed me to snag an alliance with the Torians and thus get in on their victory with
the alliance win.

Otherwise i'm sure they would have turned on me right after finishing the drengins off ..and a few of my planets were already defected to them by game's end.

Doug
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
After this win, I've decided this is my favorite space strategy game ever. It has passed Moo1.

Doug :)
Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I won EXACTLY the same way it was great! This is the first game I have ever played where even hopeless games are (or seem to be) win-able sp.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Yeah..I was at a stage where i was about to just hand over all my planets and end the game when i thought
"maybe i have a chance at a tech victory" and
"maybe i have a chance to pull out an alliance win".

smok-n-joe, yes, great game..hopeless games can be
winnable by things like this and random events.

-Doug
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Nicely done! My last game was just as neat... I was way behind everyone in just about every category. Drengin were just surpassing everyone, and my relationship with them was always cool. My strategy was to go for an alliance with them, as I had just no way of beating them otherwise. It took a lot of time, a lot of trading, a lot of gifting, but finally I got the alliance and won the alliance victory. What an awesome feeling to have executed that strategy just in time!

-Anx
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Excellent/congrats to you too!

I'll take some screenshots.

Doug :)