As I'm not such a good player and I never took the time to really read strategies, I decided to play a smac game here - and each turn I'll take advice on what to do next turn.

Only I'll be playing all factions    SO we learn what they all need to do. If it comes up good enough, I'll summarize it and publish.  This should be educational for new SMACers, so please pitch in and help with comments.



settings:
Huge map
Average everything
Map visible
Blind research off

Ill present here all positions, and play all factions once every two days.

Here we go!

  

Hmm.  It would take you three turns to settle next to the river, four to settle on it...  Probably where you are is best, in the absence of more enticing terrain.

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And what will you do if there's fungus on the river?

Hmm.  I would say that, with the possible exception of the Spartans, you definitely ought to settle your first base on the spot - I can't see any terrain bonuses or any bonus stuff (Monsoon Jungle, etc.) on the map, so I'd recommmend heading towards rivers and or coast with all your second colony pods - although several are on small peninsulas, like the Believers, and getting something established on the adjacent larger body(s) of land is probably the first priority.

The Spartans may get a long-term profit from moving the first CP over one square to settle on the river next to it -for the energy and unit travel bonus alike.

believers its best just to build colony pods  and pinch tech as quick as possible (honestly there the only fraction ive ever won on transcendent with multiple times)

edit if you want i am happy too

That's something new, isn't it?  It's even better if we've come up with something new.

I'm kinda excited. 

I am using scient's unofficial patch, so if there is any change associated with that patch on alphax.txt, i have those too.  I have not any other modification.

And yes, if there is anyone that knows how to carry a democracy game, then we could be on our way to have our multifaceted game.