Hard to know who has the clear advantage. French on the attack but chariots are unlikely to make it towards the Persians capital. Still holding out for some red coats from the English. Looks like Ottoman or HRE could become strong. See how the Greeks do too. Game is finely balanced for now.
AI tournament: Season 3
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I started this game as well and in my game Pacal was in a different religion from all the others. He is pretty much out of the game after wars with France and the HRE.
Diplomacy is certainly not one of the AI's strong points.
I was hoping that Victoria would start a war with Pericles after being boxed in but that doesn't seem likely anymore.
Diplomacy is certainly not one of the AI's strong points.
I was hoping that Victoria would start a war with Pericles after being boxed in but that doesn't seem likely anymore.
Group B Game 1 - 1000AD
Leading up to 1000AD...
Darius bites back and re-captures his two cities with a crushing tech advantage.
Darius wasn't lazy. He's been fighting Napoleon for around 40 turns, but that doesn't stop him from winning Liberalism.
Shortly before 800AD, "WW1" happens.
Charlemagne DoWs Pericles.
Charlemagne bribes Suleiman vs Pericles.
Pericles bribes Victoria vs Suleiman.
Darius and Napoleon are still going at each other...
Poor Pericles is facing off against the two toughest opponents on the map...
While Victoria is doing her share:
Needless to say, the Greeks suffered 300:1 casualties heh. Close enough.
Charley and Sulei are left with massive troop counts such as this:
And how about the 1000AD situation?
Pacal - nothing spectacular. He's stayed out of all wars but his tech rate or wonder whoring are not getting the job done.
Charlemagne - now with Grenadiers and a bucketload of other troops. A nice tech rate and things are looking up... only, Peace was signed with Pericles (???).
Pericles - ugh, this was a rough set. There are tons of units at his doorstep despite facing only Suleiman now. On the plus side, wonderwhoring was great and tech rate is still top notch.
Victoria - sighhhh.... what is she doing? Tech lead but not doing anything with it... troops? Don't need those. 2~3 Redcoats should be enough, right?
Darius - surprising performance from Darius, holding off Napoleon and still winning Liberalism. Close to the tech lead but with a lot more production available to him. A Friendly Charlemagne as neighbour is very good for diplomacy!
Napoleon - tech hole and no exit in sight. A (relatively) bad start and poorly played gets the worst showing from an AI so far.
Suleiman - is it the Ottomans? Or is it the leaders? Both have done exceptionally well so far. A lot of cities, good warring and nice tech rates. If he can get Pericles's capitulation and start moving on to other AIs, domination is possible...
Various demographics.
Land overview...
An interesting set with both bad and poor performances. Who are your top three AIs so far?
Leading up to 1000AD...
Darius bites back and re-captures his two cities with a crushing tech advantage.
Spoiler :
Darius wasn't lazy. He's been fighting Napoleon for around 40 turns, but that doesn't stop him from winning Liberalism.
Spoiler :
Shortly before 800AD, "WW1" happens.
Charlemagne DoWs Pericles.
Charlemagne bribes Suleiman vs Pericles.
Pericles bribes Victoria vs Suleiman.
Darius and Napoleon are still going at each other...
Spoiler :
Poor Pericles is facing off against the two toughest opponents on the map...
Spoiler :
While Victoria is doing her share:
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Needless to say, the Greeks suffered 300:1 casualties heh. Close enough.
Spoiler :
Charley and Sulei are left with massive troop counts such as this:
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And how about the 1000AD situation?
Pacal - nothing spectacular. He's stayed out of all wars but his tech rate or wonder whoring are not getting the job done.
Spoiler :
Charlemagne - now with Grenadiers and a bucketload of other troops. A nice tech rate and things are looking up... only, Peace was signed with Pericles (???).
Spoiler :
Pericles - ugh, this was a rough set. There are tons of units at his doorstep despite facing only Suleiman now. On the plus side, wonderwhoring was great and tech rate is still top notch.
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Victoria - sighhhh.... what is she doing? Tech lead but not doing anything with it... troops? Don't need those. 2~3 Redcoats should be enough, right?
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Darius - surprising performance from Darius, holding off Napoleon and still winning Liberalism. Close to the tech lead but with a lot more production available to him. A Friendly Charlemagne as neighbour is very good for diplomacy!
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Napoleon - tech hole and no exit in sight. A (relatively) bad start and poorly played gets the worst showing from an AI so far.
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Suleiman - is it the Ottomans? Or is it the leaders? Both have done exceptionally well so far. A lot of cities, good warring and nice tech rates. If he can get Pericles's capitulation and start moving on to other AIs, domination is possible...
Spoiler :
Various demographics.
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Land overview...
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An interesting set with both bad and poor performances. Who are your top three AIs so far?
with top 3 being friends with each other, i see a space or culture victory.
Who is in position for culture? probably pericles. how is pacal on that point?
If that goes to space i see suly wins after capping pericles and victoria.
If peri capitulate now he still have a shot for culture. else he will be brained dead
Who is in position for culture? probably pericles. how is pacal on that point?
If that goes to space i see suly wins after capping pericles and victoria.
If peri capitulate now he still have a shot for culture. else he will be brained dead
pomthom
Drive & Reverb
The South is doing very well, but my favorite is Suleiman who is in the most flexible position IMO.
And I think Nappy is in a good position to win Culture
And I think Nappy is in a good position to win Culture
Spoiler :
pomthom
Drive & Reverb
Vicky has a shot at culture too with all this cottaged land, but I doubt she'll survive that long
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If I counted right the Suleiman clobbering of Pericles was 23-9 casualties. Not exactly 300:1 
but he still got clobbered pretty good of course. Was surprised so many siege was lost. He barely lost a single normal attacker, though.
Libbing Astronomy on such a map... so sad
Looks like the Buddhists will win one way or another. Will be interesting to see if Suleiman and Charly will go head to head at some point, if one manages to vassal a pile of others, or if perhaps one of them go to space at some point - which could perhaps lead to Pericles snatching Culture, if he survives that long with enough cities. Right now my money would probably be on Suleiman, but it's still fairly undecided I'd say.
That land overview shows the AI's hard-on for espionage though. So many security bureaus and intelligence agencies going up.
Very interesting game, and I enjoy your thorough writeups
but he still got clobbered pretty good of course. Was surprised so many siege was lost. He barely lost a single normal attacker, though.Libbing Astronomy on such a map... so sad
Looks like the Buddhists will win one way or another. Will be interesting to see if Suleiman and Charly will go head to head at some point, if one manages to vassal a pile of others, or if perhaps one of them go to space at some point - which could perhaps lead to Pericles snatching Culture, if he survives that long with enough cities. Right now my money would probably be on Suleiman, but it's still fairly undecided I'd say.
That land overview shows the AI's hard-on for espionage though. So many security bureaus and intelligence agencies going up.
Very interesting game, and I enjoy your thorough writeups
Action! I love it, but why oh why did Charly make peace with Perry
Lol, Vicky attacking Sully with 1(one) knight
As my noob eyes see it now it's:
1. Sully for Domination
2. Perry for Culture, maybe as a vassal
3. Darry for Space (or who will grab Space if it comes to that?).
Charly being the dark horse here, but will he play on his oportunities. Maybe UN win?
Packers5280
Deity
Pacal is plotting and his worst enemy is Charles. 
If he declares on Charles, good luck.
I think Sulieman is the front runner, but he is facing a two front war. If Pacal declares on Charles and gets whipped, and Suli hasn't vasseled Pericles, Charles could take over the game.
Edit: Actually Suli and Vicky made peace. But everyone except Vicky and Charles is either at war or plotting. Should get very interesting.
If he declares on Charles, good luck.I think Sulieman is the front runner, but he is facing a two front war. If Pacal declares on Charles and gets whipped, and Suli hasn't vasseled Pericles, Charles could take over the game.
Edit: Actually Suli and Vicky made peace. But everyone except Vicky and Charles is either at war or plotting. Should get very interesting.
Group B Game 1 - 1600AD
Last week I was busy and I got sick the past few days. Feeling better now so here's part 1 of the ending of this game...
Leading up to 1600AD...
As we left off, we had war on Pericles. He's vastly outnumbered so it's not surprising he keeps losing cities.
Back on the French-Persian front, Darius is finally teaching Napoleon a lesson.
Pericles is surprisingly tough this game. Survives heavy assault from Charlemagne AND Suleiman... doesn't capitulate and finds time to build Wonders such as SoL.
As some had noticed, Charlemagne had turned his attention towards Pacal. Note the lack of siege units from Charlemagne.
The keen of eye may also have noticed that Charlemagne bribed Suleiman into war (he'd only just stopped fighting Pericles). His troops are still healing near Greece but he still manages to conjure up a few other stacks.
Over on Victoria's side of the land... a smart move at last. It's only 500 years too late but... better Oxford in a good city than never.
Back on the French-Persian side of the war... (Keep in mind this was has NEVER stopped so far). More brownie points for Darius.
Darius is really crushing Napoleon now! Airships vs. Longbows! How can he lose?
Fast forward a few turns, Charlemagne finally lowers the city defenses enough to attack. Attack!
A few turns later, peace is signed and Pacal is a happy vassal.
So... what about the French-Persian war, uh?
Some turns later...
Somehow, Pacal thought this could be a sound idea.
He didn't have long to be reminded.
Queue in former master. You can imagine the result.
Now, this is just too funny. Or miserable, I don't know anymore.
Various demographics.
No Land overview... not useful at this point.
Suleiman has built U.N. to prevent a backdoor win from a vassal.
Suleiman has denied most culture wonders to deny cultural victories.
Some stupid AI has built Manhattan Project without much thought about his southern neighbours.
Nobody really likes nobody.
Darius and Napoleon are pathetic - I don't know which more: Darius for not crushing Napoleon or Napoleon for being so stubborn. Over 100 turns of war for nothing.
I guess I have to say Darius gets the pointy hat award so far. He has about 4x times more power and production than Napoleon yet he's barely holding on to his starting cities.
Last week I was busy and I got sick the past few days. Feeling better now so here's part 1 of the ending of this game...
Leading up to 1600AD...
As we left off, we had war on Pericles. He's vastly outnumbered so it's not surprising he keeps losing cities.
Spoiler :
Back on the French-Persian front, Darius is finally teaching Napoleon a lesson.
Spoiler :
Pericles is surprisingly tough this game. Survives heavy assault from Charlemagne AND Suleiman... doesn't capitulate and finds time to build Wonders such as SoL.
Spoiler :
As some had noticed, Charlemagne had turned his attention towards Pacal. Note the lack of siege units from Charlemagne.
Spoiler :
The keen of eye may also have noticed that Charlemagne bribed Suleiman into war (he'd only just stopped fighting Pericles). His troops are still healing near Greece but he still manages to conjure up a few other stacks.
Spoiler :
Over on Victoria's side of the land... a smart move at last. It's only 500 years too late but... better Oxford in a good city than never.
Spoiler :
Back on the French-Persian side of the war... (Keep in mind this was has NEVER stopped so far). More brownie points for Darius.
Spoiler :
Darius is really crushing Napoleon now! Airships vs. Longbows! How can he lose?
Spoiler :
Fast forward a few turns, Charlemagne finally lowers the city defenses enough to attack. Attack!
Spoiler :
A few turns later, peace is signed and Pacal is a happy vassal.
Spoiler :
So... what about the French-Persian war, uh?
Spoiler :
Some turns later...
Somehow, Pacal thought this could be a sound idea.
Spoiler :
He didn't have long to be reminded.
Spoiler :
Queue in former master. You can imagine the result.
Spoiler :
Now, this is just too funny. Or miserable, I don't know anymore.
Spoiler :
Various demographics.
Spoiler :
No Land overview... not useful at this point.
Suleiman has built U.N. to prevent a backdoor win from a vassal.
Suleiman has denied most culture wonders to deny cultural victories.
Some stupid AI has built Manhattan Project without much thought about his southern neighbours.
Nobody really likes nobody.
Darius and Napoleon are pathetic - I don't know which more: Darius for not crushing Napoleon or Napoleon for being so stubborn. Over 100 turns of war for nothing.
I guess I have to say Darius gets the pointy hat award so far. He has about 4x times more power and production than Napoleon yet he's barely holding on to his starting cities.
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Still seems to hold true.
Great up-write kossin
There is not much to add but the astonishment at some of the AIs plays
Worst moves so far: (in no particular order)
Vicky not REXing. Did she think she was on an Island?
Nappys play in general. Especially early city placement.
Packy for not builing enough workers.
Darry not being able to focus his military efforts.
Charly for signing peace with Perry whilst winning.
Packy choosing to break vassalage from Sully
