Do you tend to play turn-by-turn or several turns in advance?

[TheGreatErenan]

I do plan ahead, but often the plan changes when I learn more about what my opponent is doing. Sometimes this means that the full extent of my plan wasn't necessary (opponent prepared more poorly than I expected). At other times (when my opponent planned better than i expected) it means that my plan isn't going to work and I have to formulate a new plan.

The other thing to keep in mind is that sometimes the big picture of the plan might still work, but the exact details of what units go in what precise position might change.

@SerPurpleWolf: that's the exact joke I was going to make until I saw that you had already made it.