GOTM 92 Pre-Game Discussion!

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I'm running a little behind right now. We'll have the game up in about 24 hours. You'll be playing as India against only 5 Monarch level AI's. Should be a lark, right?

The saves will be available >>here (http://gotm.civfanatics.net/games/index.php?month=92&game=92)<< on June 17.

Civilization: India
Rivals: 5 preset
Barbarians: Roaming
Difficulty: Monarch
Land Form: Pangaea, 80% ocean, Standard map.
Geology: 3 billion years old, Normal, Warm


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Conquest-Class Bonuses:

Free Pottery
Extra 100 Gold
2 Free Spearmen


Open-Class Bonuses:

None



Predator-Class Challenges:

No Ceremonial Burial
AI Bonus Support per City increased 1 (to 2)
Each AI gets 1 Enhanced Defender (mostly Pikes) and 1 Bonus Unit Support


A reminder: do not post any game information to this thread after you have downloaded the save file. Absolutely no spoiler information for this or any GOTM is to be posted in this thread!

I played as India on a Pangaea in a Regent level game a few weeks back. I wonder how having fewer rivals will impact the game.

Should be an interesting one. I don't know about a walk in the park though. ;)

Bet me that there will be no nearby Iron? Or you'll be island-bound?

Something's definitely suspicious about that, but should be fun.
I'm thinking of a race - first person to have ivory and 100 elephants wins?

Those conquest class bonuses look awfully significant to me, and the lack of visible shields is troubling. If we have no shields and are surrounded by jungle and aggressive AI, it'll be an unpleasant start.

Our location suggests we're not on an island, and war elephants don't require iron, so I expect there is a different catch to this game.

And the saves are available! Good Luck!

Wow, this looks really promising. Everything one would wish for except BGs. But despite the whale I agree there must be something fishy.

Megalou et al - what do you think about a predator "fair play" challenge for either fastest conquest or domination (i´d prefer conquest) ? ;););)

Fog Gazing... there may be one BG NW,NW of the settler, but I cannot spy anything else.

I've not played as the Indians for a long time. Can you upgrade Horsemen to War Elephants?

Scratcher

Yes, you can. And War Elephants upgrade to Cavalry. They've always been a bit weird in genetics, those Indians.

I guess that makes the elephant an Indian horse...

those beasts must genetically be very close to each other, as this works the other way around, too. think of KT turning eles into horses... :)

Megalou et al - what do you think about a predator "fair play" challenge for either fastest conquest or domination (i´d prefer conquest) ? ;););)Possibly, but I doubt that I'll have time for this game and the outside chance of a BC win (are you sniggering, civ_steve?) will always have top priority with me.

Megalou et al - what do you think about a predator "fair play" challenge for either fastest conquest or domination (i´d prefer conquest) ? ;););)

I really enjoyed GOTM91, so I'll try this one as well, depending on how much work COTM61 still is... However, after the "Celtic Conquest" I'll try something different this time. Doesn't seem right for peaceful Gandhiji to conquer the world... :king:

think of KT turning eles into horses... :)

You mean SoZ, don't you?!

Right. SoZ.

Must be Freudian that Knight Templar came to my mind ;)

templar_x

I really enjoyed GOTM91, so I'll try this one as well, depending on how much work COTM61 still is... However, after the "Celtic Conquest" I'll try something different this time. Doesn't seem right for peaceful Gandhiji to conquer the world... :king:

i won´t be able to take that challenge myself either. i got a corrupt save and had to start all over :(

gandhi is not at all peaceful in MY games. when the AI plays him, i always perceive the Indians as one of the most aggressive civs.

templar_x

Ok, I started the game, but I don't qualify for the first spoiler yet, so I post my question here: when I started the game, it said "Brennus of the Indians" :confused:

Is there something wrong here, civ_steve?! We had the Celts last time. Should be Gandhi this time, shouldn't it?

But anyway, if Gandhi is not ruling the Indians in this game, I might as well go for Domination/Conquest... :D (Time constraints don't permit anything else anyway.) So count me in for the "fair play challenge"! (Which means "no RoP rape and no connect/disconnect", if I understood this correctly, right? Anything else?)

Cheers, Lanzelot

Leader names are just ... names. Have you never heard of Mahatma Gandhi's infamous evil uncle, Mahatma Brennus?

Everything published about this game says the player race is India. Trust me, it's India!

AlanH - yes, that´s the guy who ALWAYS leads India in my games!

Lanzelot - quite yes, those techniques (or better, the sacrifice of them) are what made Megalou call them my "fair play rules" - i guess ;)
however, they are merely my own playing preferences. and there i´d add "fake peace deals" to your list.
i´ve already finished and posted my game, but you´ll see only an inofficial templar result for the challenge, as i had to start over with an invalid save. good luck with your save - and have fun with this game!

templar_x