my approach

[Montana Grizz]

I didn't look at the "score" in a game I was playing because it was obvious to me that my opponent would have to capture a bulk of my concentrated towns for a victory and I concentrated on defending those VP's.

I discovered, after 10 moves that he already had a major victory and hadn't taken but two or three towns on the outskirts of my major concentration of communities.

I failed to grasp the victory requirements for both myself and my opponent and just glancing at the map proved fatal for me in this particular scenario.

Pat