It ain't what you don't know that gets you; it's the things you know that ain't so - Attributed to Mark Twain

I've just learned Monarch (look at my first learning game (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=305450)) and I really wanted to begin a new series, that will both be a learning experiment and (hopefully) an entertaining read.

So, the theme of this series is this famous quote. Here are the settings :

Monarch difficulty
Fractal map
Random climate
Random sea level
Unrestricted leaders
Random personalities

Other settings are the default ones. I play BTS 3.17 without any additional patches or mods.


Our glorious leader :
http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo348/photobucketgm/Catherine%20Twain%20of%20the%20Khmer/Civ4ScreenShot0181.jpg

And the start :
http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo348/photobucketgm/Catherine%20Twain%20of%20the%20Khmer/Civ4ScreenShot0183.jpg

I'll try to play every 24/48h and post detailed reports. Rounds will be between 20-50 turns long. Feel free to attempt shadows, but please post them in spoilers. Information about opponents, events and stuff that I have no knowledge of at the time of my latest save should also be in spoilers.

PS: does anyone know how to change the text above my avatar picture ?

Settling 1 South is obvious nets one more/two more hills and the sheep
You shouldnt have gone with unrestricted it makes the game boring atleast you don't get to play Russia and own with cossacks the Khmer UU needs Ivory which is a rare resource

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You shouldnt have gone with unrestricted it makes the game boring

Well I didn't mention it, but both my leader and my civ were randomly chosen. I didn't pick either of them. I agree that overpowered (too synergistic) combinations would make for a boring game, so I'll reject those in future installments of the series. But for now, let me enjoy while it lasts :mischief:

PS: thank you for the avatar info

I played this and gave up I popped 4 techs + 300 gold with my scouts
Techs : Min/AH/BW/Pottery
I also snagged a heavy commerce location and just quit it the game became exceptionally easy after that also it was Normal Speed :D