Is there a strategy for events to happen? i know certain events are triggers by a civiliaztion reaching certain targets.

Has anyone developed a game play to use events to their own advantage? if so which events do you try to play for?

Just curious to try out new strategies.

Keep a few hundred gold in your treasury to buy the best result for each event.

Someone with more free time can tell you the max gold needed for each era. ;)

When going for a cultural win, build lots of coloseums and get the National Sports league then choose the +4 culture per stadium.

Early warmongering is helped when you get horses and then can get the horse whispering event.

All of the events are triggered by what is going on in the game and then it is still random so it is difficult to get them consistantly.