Heh. Point well taken, especially your real-world analogy.Jorunkun said:3. Clever trick, but I would say this is an exploit. Interesting parallel to how the first world handles "development aid" to the third world irl btw.
Thanks for the correction, that's now fixed.patagonia said:Nice article.
One slight correction for point 5 is that you'll need to research Writing as well if you want to choose CoL as your free tech from the Oracle.
The Riverside Ironworks strategy is particularly powerful in space race victories, or if you simply want to monopolise the late game wonders.
Sisiutil said:7. Fat Cross Overlap
Overlapping tiles in neighbouring cities’ fat crosses are not always a bad thing. One of the best types of tiles to have in more than one city’s fat cross is a commerce resource such as gems, gold, or silver. This is because these tiles yield high amounts of commerce but relatively low amounts of food and production.
Hmm, I'm going to try this in my next game as Louis, as it seems to be perfectly suited for him (Industrious for all the great wonders you need for this strategy to work and UB giving you one free artist specialist).4. Specialist-Powered Cultural Victory
1. ALC #7 (Frederick)cabert said:very nice article, easy to understand yet precise
One minor thing you could add it a reference to the ALC # where it was used (if there is one! I can't remember Riverside Ironworks, but would like to see it done [easy 3 gorges dam + easy space elevator = easiest Space Race ever IMHO] )
Sisiutil said:1. ALC #7 (Frederick)
2. First used in ALC #3 (Qin), and in each subsequent ALC, IIRC, but especially in ALC # 5 (Victoria)
3. First discussed, IIRC, in ALC #4 (Hatshepsut)
4. ALC #5 (Victoria)
5. Surprisingly, I have never done this in an ALC, though I've done it several times in my off-line games.
6. Best exemplified in ALC #3 (Qin)
7. Best exemplified in ALC #7 (Frederick)
True, but in the early game, your cultural borders are going to only consist of your cities' fat crosses for a very long time (the capital being an obvious exception).Clownfish said:Contains some useful stuff, but I object to #7! The use of sharing and flip-flopping is only something that makes overlapping not-necessarily-always-bad. I can't see that it's an advantage. If every city has its own stuff, it can still micromanage according to present needs. For protection from barb animals, culture is needed, not fat crosses, right?
Sisiutil said:On Prince level and especially higher, it is difficult if not impossible to achieve this. The AI will usually beat you to completion of the Oracle if you delay finishing it until you have researched Code of Laws.
Someone who posts regularly in the All Leaders Challenge threads.HannibalBarka said:sorry but what is an ALC poster?