You’ll need to wait for your first city to grow before you can get a settler out so build a scout and send your military unit off for a look. In the early part of the game you need to expand as fast as possible and it also pays to explore and reveal as much of the map as you can. This is probably the most general guide of the bunch and as such these Civilization 5 tactics should serve you well whatever you intend to do. You’ll find Civilization 5 tips and tricks to help you win on points and in the next four articles we’ll focus on the other specific victory conditions. The civilization with the biggest score wins the game. We are going to kick off with the high score victory which comes about when the game reaches the year 2050 AD and no one has managed to achieve any of the other Civ 5 victory conditions. There are basically five different victory conditions which can lead you to a win in Civilization V. For an overview of the game check out our Civ 5 Review. Every game plays out differently, and you have the option to pursue various paths to glory, and this is part of what gives Civ 5 such amazing replay value. In this Civilization V victory guide we take a look at all of the victory conditions and explain how to achieve them. Civilization V is rich in possible strategies and there are many viable paths to success.

Guiding your chosen people from basic beginnings as a small group of settlers through to world domination is a major challenge. Editor’s Note: This article was originally written in 2010 and has not been updated since its original publication.

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