Hi,

I wanted to see how a game going for a cultural victory would play out, as it looks like you have to do some heavy planning ahead to achieve this, unlike other victory types like military or space race which you can go for anytime. Additionally, I wanted to learn more about trading and diplomacy, so I limited myself to having no more than three cities for the whole game, forcing me to trade heavily to keep up in tech and to improve relations.

I played this 3CC (three city challenge) on Monarch on a pangea map to emphasize diplomacy even more. If you'd like to read about how it went, here (http://www.compoundeye.net/civ/legendarythree/) is my report.

Comments welcome! :)

-Kylearan

That was a great read, thanks!

Great job! Very interesting. :)

That was great read.

good read and well done, although I fear a more warlike civ closer might have hurt you, when I play I end up being harrassed a lot and improvememnts being destroyed in minor wars if not losing cities... maybe I should be nice to the AIs :D

Bloody well done! Most impressive! :goodjob:

Hi,

good read and well done
Thanks! :)

although I fear a more warlike civ closer might have hurt you, when I play I end up being harrassed a lot and improvememnts being destroyed in minor wars if not losing cities...
I had played another 3CC culture game and indeed got attacked several times. A little bit of land got pillaged, but you can avoid damage if you improve lands in your cultural borders but outside the 21 tiles of your cities. This way, the attackers are busy pillaging tiles you cannot use anyway, and you gain some time. :)

I can fend off one attacker with a 3CC. It's getting hairy if a second civ smells blood and attacks at the same time... :eek:

-Kylearan

Great job! It is great to see that it is still definitely possible to get a cultural victory even if you do miss a few wonders. Do you plan on doing another report any time soon?

Hi,

Do you plan on doing another report any time soon?
Most probably, yes. I'm in the process of completing my first emperor game (a winning position at the moment), and since it's a war-heavy game and thus a good contrast to my other two reports, I think I'll write a report about it as well. Could take a week or so, though. :)

-Kylearan