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Originally posted by A Black Falcon
I just get to Communism and stay in it for the rest of the game... Despotism, Monarchy, Communism. :)

And I said why I don't like Fundamentalism... I do like being able to get science discoveries, and have trouble enough getting them on my own (as opposed to capturing them with cities -- another thing missing in Civ III)... that limitation really hurts. And as I said Communism does quite well in war.

I like to play 'smash my neighbor' too, but I don't bother with it early on. Early units are slow and weak. What I do is jump to Republic and Democracy as soon as I possibly can. I use the big increase in production and commerce to fuel very fast scientific production, and then, once I get modernized, I build up a huge army consisting of Armors and Steath Fighters on Carriers (faster, thanks to Democracy's increased production). Then, I switch to Fundamentalism, unleash the dogs of war on the enemy, and have them almost completely smashed within three turns. It hurts my reputation, sure, but reputation doesn't matter when you're the most powerful in the world. Until this point I make nice and friendly with everyone, unless I know I can quickly take someone out.

Honestly, to me, Communism is a total waste of time unless you like playing with spies... and I don't.