How not to?

Strategy games have a big fan following. Are you too a gamer? What do you think about strategy games? If you have never played a strategy game before, now is a good time to start. If you already play such games, these tips will polish your skills.

Never Defend.
Some people take "Sometimes, offence is best defense" as "Offence is best defence" and keep on attacking. This way, they get their economy down and if by chance, enemy survives their attack, they are gone. Enemy will obviously be searching them and these "attackers" will have barebones defense and will easily fall. So, always remember to have a good line of defense. At least have some good units as backup even if you attack. This will help you to survive counter-attacks. In games like Age of Empires where you can build defensive structure like walls and towers, consider spending a bit of your resources on these structures. It is always wise to place towers inside walls. They will be able to do some damage to foot units till they cross the walls.

Be dependent on one unit type......
And die.
Depending on a single unit type is suicidal. Always have a good combination of ranged and melee units. Send your melee units first to engage enemy in combat and attack with ranged units from some distance. This will win you battles easily.

Never use healers.
Players who are not using healers to support their army should not expect to win big battles. When you outnumber the enemy, it is always easy to win but when two equal armies collide, healers can make large difference. Keep healers right behind the front line. Be aware of ranged units from enemy as they can easily kill healers.

Diplomacy! What?
In games like Age of Empires and Civilisation, diplomacy can be an easy way to win. Focus more on diplomacy than war. Get your economy strong. With stronger economy, you can easily raise a big army within seconds in case of attack. Keep diplomatic relations with other players good. An ocasional gift will help.

Plan B?
Strategy games are never won by a single strategy. They are won by a series of successful plans. Once you start your plan successfully, never get excited in middle of game. Work on your strategy. And always have a plan B ready. It will always be helpful in case of counter-attacks or natural disasters. It is always a good idea to have more than one base. These bases should be well defended and at a suitable distance.

What? You have never played a strategy game. Start now and have satisfaction of becoming world leader/king/emperor/whatever. A god game to start is Wesnoth. It is free turn based strategy game. Here, by free, I do not mean demo or trial! It is full game. To download, click Here. Do not worry if your system is a bit old. This game will run fine even on P3 700 MHz with 64 MB RAM. I have tested it on such configuration. It runs without any problems. That`s all for this time.