Tips ageofinnovation

2025-06-19T09:56:32Z

HinagamiAyako: A basic stategy for beginners who have learn the rules.

'''''Drafting'''''

'''For factions you choose from this tier:'''

# inventors
# philosophers moles(if late spade scoring tile better) Omar(if not best four colors)
# navigators necromancers gobins psychics felines
# lizards illusionists
# blessed
# *monks are not weak, but you should get two workers bonus & 2 spade competency tile at good position.

'''For colors you choose from this tier:'''

# green black red yellow
# others

<nowiki>*</nowiki>if green black red yellow presents, you'd better take from these, otherwise, take from three of these, or take a color that is near to the banned color .

<nowiki>**</nowiki>if you take blue, you should get somehow get 1 sailing track in early stage(through bonus is best)

<nowiki>***</nowiki> for starting workshops, (toggle Display map indexes in preference to show index)

* green take B4 G4 and upgrade B4
* black take C6 F6 and upgrade F6
* yellow take D4 H5, use color ability spade C5 and upgrade C5
* red take D5(H6) E8 and upgrade E8

'''For palace tile you choose from this tier:'''

# num 10 (6c income + 12pw + 2books)
# num 3,7,11(if you are felines better) ,13,14,16
# num 1,2,4,5,9(if you are going to be surrounded),15
# num 6,8,12

'''For first round bonus tile you choose from this tier:'''

# 2workers&1disipline or 1spade&1book
# 1worker&4pts or 1spade&1bridge or sailing (if you pick black or blue)
# 4pw2c if you want to get power action and you don't have enough(other than black, green, Omar you cannot get 2workers/1spade in first action)
# others

'''''Begining'''''

There are four main target at the begining in this game:

# '''get palace + 3~4 workshops.'''
# '''get college + 3~4 workshops.'''
# '''get an innovation tile.'''
# '''get palace + three extra workshops and upgrade 1 to tradestation to found a city'''

due to 5 credit cost reduce of innovation tile while you have a palace, sometime you can get 1&3 at the same time, that is very powerful.

you will need extra resources to get to these target(s) from drafting and later.

To get palace + 3 workshops you will need at least two workers and two spades. these are the common source of them:

* bonus tile 2workers / 1spade
* power action
* some palace
* faction psychics/goblins
* color red

To get college + 3 workshops you will need at least two workers, because there is a competency tile provide 2 spades. this is the most easy opening.

To get an innovation tile you will need 5 books and a palace to reduce 5 credit cost. these are the common source of them:

* faction philosofer
* bonus tile
* red
* some palace (5 ,10 ,11 ,13 ,14 ,15)
* upgrading spade tech (you will need a priest)
* college and get a two-books competency tile

So palace(2books) + red/bonus + upgrading spade tech is the most common and pursuable way.

Remember try not to use college + upgrading to get your 4 books, because this will cost you 13 credits and you innovation tile still need 5 credits.

<nowiki>*</nowiki>professor, neutural workshop, steam machine, neutural college are better innovation tiles for begining.

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To get a city you will need a good position and some spades. (green and yellow are the easier ones)

Here is an example that only need 6pw and 1 book action to get two cities in round one:

You take felines, green, 2workers bonus, city tile palace(11) , i got total 15credit, 8workers, 2 at banking and 2 at science, power is 4/8/0

# sacrifice 4 power to get power action 2 workers. have 15c 10w, 8/0/0
# upgrade B4 to tradestation, have 12c 8w
# get 2 pw because of yellow C5, 6/2/0
# upgrade B4 to palace, have 6c 4w
# get palace ability to found a city, get two spade city tile and terraform B3 A6, build B3, have 4c 3w,
# get felines ability have 3 disipilines to bank(somewhere you need and get 3pw), and 1book 3/5/0
# get 4 pw because of yellow C5, 0/7/1
# use book action 1 book to 5pw, 0/2/6
# build B2, have 2c 2w,
# build A6 have 0c 1w
# use bonus tile 1 disipiline to science get 1pw, 0/1/7
# quick action use 6 power to get 3c1w, have 3c2w
# upgrade to tradestation and found a city.

'''''Middle game (round 2-4)'''''

your main target is to get 2 cities, 3 colleges, 1 income innovation tile, and the rest are workshops(4~5).

or you can expand, get less college and more workshops

for 3 colleges competency tiles, you take 2 spades if necessary, 3 point 2credit if in round 1 or 2, '''priest to dicipline 2pts''', pass:low dicipline pts, pass:city pts.

'''''Late game(round 5-6)'''''

your main target is to transform your resouces to pts.

there are some ways:

# scoring tiles, especially spade/disipling/workshop
# factions: navigator, moles
# place: priest 5pts, workshop 2pts, downgrade college, tradestation 3pts
# competency tile:'''priest to dicipline 2pts''', pass:low dicipline pts, pass:city 2pts, border workshop 3pts.
# innovation tiles.
# cities(simply found cities is not an efficinet way, you should build with scoring tile)

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2025-06-19T09:20:57Z

HinagamiAyako:

to show how round 1 city

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