I just had my first ever HOF game accepted, and I figured I might as well keep a running tab on my accomplishments here. I've played [civ4] for quite some time now but my highest win ever is only Monarch. I've been more of a modder than anything, and I actually put down [civ4] for a while, but it called me back.

First HOF (http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ4/game_info.php?entryID=6186)

Duel Map (Pangaea)
Warlord Difficulty
Conquest Victory
Epic Time Setting
Ancient Start
Huyana Capac (Inca)


I kind of feel like this is a cheap win. I basically wanted to get something in here to get a feel for it, and this did that. I Quechua rushed Saladin on a pangaea map, declared as soon as I found his border. I could see right into the city, it was unguarded. Easy win.

HOF-2 (http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ4/game_info.php?entryID=6211)

Small Map (Pangaea)
Prince Difficulty
Space Race Victory
Epic Time Setting
Ancient Start
Victoria (England)
One City Challenge


I like this win a bit better than my first entry, but it's still not my best (My best is a 50,000 + point conquest using Prae rush, but it was before I ever thought about HOF.) The fact that it's Prince is big for me, since I pretty much always have trouble with this setting. I was shooting for a diplomacy win, but apparently the Civ gods did not approve. Qin and Isabella were both friendly toward me, but refused to vote. Abstain can be quite the bother. I think it has to do something with the fact that both of them were mad at me for talking to the other. They had about 8 wars over the course of the game. *sigh* Oh well, diplo will have to wait.

HOF-3 (http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ4/game_info.php?show=general&entryID=6268)

Standard Map (Continents)
Noble Difficulty
Diplomatic Victory
Epic Time Setting
Ancient Start
Ghandi (India)
One City Challenge


I finally got diplo down after a few tries, this was really a case of backdoor diplomacy, I had to gift everything to Frederick and get everyone to go free religion before I could secure Cyrus' vote to win the game. I was quite proud of the win date, it's rather early for diplo for me.

HOF-4 (http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ4/game_info.php?entryID=6285)

Small Map (Archipelago)
Settler Difficulty
Time Victory
Quick Time Setting
Ancient Start
Hatshepsut (Egypt)


Another cheap win, with a bit of a surprise. I basically set everything up then kept hitting enter. Bad choice. I had to scramble at the end to arrange a permanent alliance with Cyrus around 2010 to avoid losing the time victory to Mao and the Chinese. Damn azns with their gaming skillz.

-----Machiavelli-----
2 away from completion
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X- Conquer
-- Cultural
X- Diplomatic
-- Domination
X- Space
X- Time

------Map Quest------
8 away from completion
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X- Archipelago
X- Continents
-- Fractal
-- Great Plains
-- Highlands
-- Ice Age
-- Inland Sea
-- Lakes
-- Oasis
XX Pangaea
-- Terra

-------Inferno-------
5 away from completion
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X- Settler
-- Chieftain
X- Warlord
X- Noble
X- Prince
-- Monarch
-- Emperor
-- Immortal
-- Deity

-----Tempi Trophy----
2 away from completion
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X- Quick
-- Normal
XX Epic
-- Marathon

---League of Nations--
14 away from completion
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-- America
-- Arabia
-- Aztec
-- China
X- Egypt
X- England
-- France
-- Germany
-- Greece
X- Inca
X- India
-- Japan
-- Mali
-- Mongolia
-- Persia
-- Rome
-- Russia
-- Spain

------Gauntlet-------
2 away from completion
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-- Major
-- Minor

--------------BEST CASE----------------
33 slots away from completion
81 slots away from full grid
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I stole this layout from Hyppy. Apologies if it offends anyone, I just like it.

I will be adding more and more to this as my games are accepted. Any comments at all are welcome, look forward to getting to know you all.

I kind of feel like this is a cheap win.

good luck on your quest!

my goal atm is to fill my boxes, perhaps someday be the worst QM! cheap/cheesy wins don't bother me atm, see my thread about fastest quickest way to get a time victory if you want proof of that! personal jiminy cricket thresholds may vary of course.

Heh, right now I'm working on an OCC diplo win on prince... It's going well, I'm building the UN as I type this. I have kissed enough butt to win, I hope, atleast. Diplo victories almost always find a way to piss me off. We'll see.

I just posted my newest approved match, comment are welcome, it is the result of the OCC I mentioned in my last post. Didn't turn out quite as planned.

Got my diplo win up, feel free to comment or ask questions... Any suggestions are nice, too.

Other people can only see your games after they've been published, so it's hard to comment :p

Ah, didn't know that, heh... Thanks for the heads up, I've tried to write notes for myself in each game but it ends up ending rather horribly... I tend to get too involved in the game to remember to take notes when I need to. I just got a culture win in 2020 AD... Do I need to say anymore about my culture "skills"? *sigh* got it out of the way, atleast.