Coming Home

[lueanne]

Wow!  This is a fun senario but dang I can't win it.   

Of course I'm not all that good at playing but it's fun none the less.

So....any pointers?

[Captain Carrrghter]

Well, in case you didn't notice, here's the thread from the competition on that scenario--the winners give brief synopses (synopsises?) of their strategies.
 http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~tropico/cafe/index.php?topic=8706.0

The common element seems to be this strategy:

Rake in cash from your hotels and tourist traps for a few years, get your alternative economy built, and THEN demolish the hotels.

For ridiculously high scores, high population seems key... I will probably abandon my current game and give it another go 'round.

[TeamStar]

I will probably abandon my current game and give it another go 'round.

Me too! In fact, i just did, managed to raise my personal best to 678. Not enough to beat MisterFrey's 866 points, though.

[Captain Carrrghter]

759--would have been good enough for 4th place in the actual competition. Probably should have bought in a few doctors earlier and went with the "contraception ban" edict, as my economy was very strong but I just didn't quite get the population (although at the end, over 500 of my 560-ish people were happy!)

[Coconut Kid]

..., here's the thread from the competition on that scenario--the winners give brief synopses (synopsises?) of their strategies.
http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~tropico/cafe/index.php?topic=8706.0
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Updated link:
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tropico/cafe/index.php?topic=8706.0