http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ4/images/greatgeneral.jpgWhile the general Hall of Fame is an ongoing competition, we are running a series of ten games called the Hall of Fame Challenge Series. Standard Hall of Fame rules (*) still apply, but any games meeting the settings of one of the games will be counted towards the Challenge.

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Settings:

Victory Condition: Cultural (though all victory conditions must be enabled)
Difficulty: Monarch thru Deity
Starting Era: Ancient
Map Size: Standard
Map Type: Any
Speed: Normal
Required: No Vassal States, No Tribal Villages
Must Not Be Checked: Random Personalities, One City Challenge
Civ: Any
Opponents: Any
Version: 3.19.003
Date: 19th September 2010 to 19th January 2011
Must not play as Inca.

The earliest finish date wins, with score as a tiebreaker.

Adjustments:
Turns
Emperor -25
Immortal -40
Deity -50

Well I just had an adventurous 1555 AD win as Gandhi. At times I thought it was my worst played game. Oracle went before it was in my dreams. Lost the Taj by 1 turn. No Mauso. Only won the lib race because Vicky went economics/corporation. WvO tried to backstab me and failed. Joao kicked my teeth some, taking my National Epic city. And yet ...

Well I just had an adventurous 1555 AD win as Gandhi. At times I thought it was my worst played game. Oracle went before it was in my dreams. Lost the Taj by 1 turn. No Mauso. Only won the lib race because Vicky went economics/corporation. WvO tried to backstab me and failed. Joao kicked my teeth some, taking my National Epic city. And yet ...

I was a little puzzled by your opponent choices in this game. Wouldn't you want to limit yourself to opponents who do not DOW at pleased? I focused on leaders with a low Wonder prob, atheistic tendencies and no backstabbing (Churchill, DeGaulle, Hannibal, Mansa, Wang Kon and Saladin). I didn't get a good finish date because I overpowered Delhi, which hit 50K :culture: way too quickly, but I REXED peacefully to nine cities and had smooth diplo the entire game.

I was a little puzzled by your opponent choices in this game. Wouldn't you want to limit yourself to opponents who do not DOW at pleased? I focused on leaders with a low Wonder prob, atheistic tendencies and no backstabbing (Churchill, DeGaulle, Hannibal, Mansa, Wang Kon and Saladin). I didn't get a good finish date because I overpowered Delhi, which hit 50K way too quickly, but I REXED peacefully to nine cities and had smooth diplo the entire game.
It would have been smarter but I have yet to memorize the AI tendencies. I did get revenge on Joao by bribing him to peace with less than 10 turns to go.

It would have been smarter but I have yet to memorize the AI tendencies. I did get revenge on Joao by bribing him to peace with less than 10 turns to go.

Ha! So I've been needlessly copying your leader starts for other challenges. :lol: However, you must be doing something right with your ridiculous finish dates. Admittedly, I don't have the tendencies memorized either, I have them printed out, but refer to the sheet constantly.:D

I person probably doesn't have to be too precise with AI choices at a lot of levels. Go with something familiar.