The Almighty Bob

Harmony Crystals, Ultra Spices, Frictionless Clothing etc. all help quite a bit when dealing with morale. Just last game I had a random event occur that turned nearly every uninhabitable planet into a class 7, after colonizing at least 40 of these planets, I had my tax rate at about 80%, with an approval rate of 100%. Evevn after a few turns, when all of my planets were at full population again, I still had 100%. Even when I declared war on the othe

I once won a game in a little over a year with a culture victory simply because none of the other civs expanded. I even obtained planets that were clear across the galaxy before the civs that were right next to it could approach. Once my influence began to expand, I was told I was about to win a culture victory. I wound up winning with about 2000 points or so.

First off, this is a TBS, not RTS (though I'm sure that was just force of habit that caused that ~_^). Second, early expansion is crucial. I cannot stress this enough. Buy a few colony ships to get yourself started. I also usually opt to not colonize Mars (or your race's counterpart) in lieu of using the initial colony ship to get a better class planet. The only possible exception would be the Korx, as their secondary planet is class 8,

Hey, couldn't hurt. Besides, acting like you're driing a ferrari around sure would be fun, no?

I get a fair amount of the events, and I usually put the point into luck. Try that and see if you get more.

I usually look around a bit first, if there isn't a good planet nearby, then I colonize it and just buy a few more colony ships to keep the colonization ocnstant, and also to make sure I don't get stuck with just the one world (which has happened). Just last game I got spoiled with a giant expanse of space that was next to my civ, while every one else had to either go through me, or travel a long way out of their system (which their range