What I tend to do sometimes is ally with everyone and then get them to attack each other by convincing them "Hey uh X is winning right now, do you want to attack him together? I can't because I've made peace with him, but I'll gift you my share of drillers [from an outpost no-one else can see]. You can take any mines you capture. [X usually ends up taking it back, and both players start losing lots of Np]" . Usually they're pretty happy to do that (because they don't want X to get 1st place) and they don't suspect I'm actually the one controlling the game pretty much. And basically X starts attacking the attacker and not me, and I end up winning (well thats the idea).

I've only played 2 games so far, and I've used that strategy in both games. I think a more substantial version of that would be that I get everyone to attack each other so that all the pairs of players are engaged in war with each other, and in the meantime I'll just buff up my defense.

Nice guide ! Great work here, it will help a lot new players