Here are some threads I've collected on the economic path to victory. I've included a brief descriptive phrase of each thread. Good Stuff Maynard!
1. Trade
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Civ 2 Economics approach
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When to start sending caravans
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contains the formula to calculate the value of a trade route
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Two Continents Trading Strategy (plus formulas to calculate the caravan bonus)
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Repeated Commodity Trade Strategy
2. Managing your finances
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Science vs. Taxes
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Demanding Tribute -- a symposium
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Demanding Tribute 2
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Luxuries
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Large Cities or Small Cities?
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Building improvements
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Tribute vs. Alliances OCC
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Extra trade bonus from allies
3. Now you've got it, how to use it?
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Bribery
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Keep money or spend it?
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Colosseums - how often are they worth it?
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Should you buy city improvements?
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All about rushbuilding
4. Miscellaneous topics
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Getting to Republic Early
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We Love the _ Day: what exactly are the benefits?
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Fast Growth Strategy
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Faux capitalization (building improvements just to sell them)
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Republic first?
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Mostly about the ICS strategy, but contains some excellent suggestions for figuring the payoff of building improvements.
If you know of a thread that isn't on this list but should be, let me know!
[This message has been edited by valmont (edited October 20, 1999).]