A theo start up or a reppy start up?

There is no conclusive answer, because it is dependent on reset length, land goal, how you plan to stock/destock (public or private), whether you have tag protection, and about 20 other factors.

Tyranny

and rat-boy could enlight us how.

thx. i've sorta figured this out for what i need. i do reckon gaining acres faster is better, since if you only use theo for a start up, eventually you'll need to spend turns in regaining the CS's that you destroy. it's a trade off between saving turns on early CS building or post-startup exploring, and while CS building will have similar effects anywhere in the set, while exploring will be significantly less later on.

though if you're starting as an indy, you might gain a good boost from a theo indy start up, given that you'll be able to grab earlier, if you grab at all, though grabbing early is a two edged sword in itself.

For casher?

I think a Rep Casher will win out anytime. You can even cash all ur turns and not stock properly and switch to a theo and come out ahead.

thx TDA, havent seen ur TheoCasher country nick for some time. =P

How does this build work? as a returning player I'd like to try this strat.

tda's post was joke.

theo casher is viable strat and rep casher to theo (when restocking starts) is normal but not what tda said.

So how do you do a tech start anyway? Do you tech at a low acre amount like 2-5k, then swap to casher?