Since puppets dont count toward policy cost but get the french culture bonus my overall strategy will be to only found about 2 cities and
then conquer the rest of my side of the map. I will also take up liberty to maximize the per city culture bonus to 3 and plan to delay
researching steam as long as possible.
T0: I decide to not move my settler, looks like a nice spot. Normally i dont bother with early wonders but in this case i think stonehenge
might be worth it. I will try take the marble and aristocracy first tho. This should also allow me to get a settler out first.
T39: I settle my second city down the river next to the sugar, so the elephants and wine are in 3 hexes reach.
T45: I complete stonehenge.
T56: I complete the pyramids.
T67: I discover iron working. There are 2 iron near paris, more up to the north in already egytain lands. i begin war preparations.
T72: I move on Memphis
T74: Memphis falls to 2 Spears and one Swords.
T79: I make peace for all of his gold and luxuries. (and i want him to settle more cities anyways)
T82: I get notified that my archer scouting/healing in the west died from bombardment. Horray for quick combat! Never realized he was under
attack.
T89: I complete the oracle and adopt piety. Hiawatha has 2 cities near orleans and almost no military. i declare war.
T91: I take Osininka.
T93: I take Awesasme (This is all too easy)
T96: I make peace with Hiawatha for the city of Grand River and his other stuff.
T100: I have 6 cities (4 puppets), currently researching civil service. I have adopted 4 policies in 3 branches. Demographics tell me i'm first in Crop Yield, MG, GNP and Land. Second in Population, 3rd in Soldiers and Literacy. I make 36 bottles of bubbly water 35 shiny coins
and 36 culture. Since there are no more nice city spots left i decide not to settle another city and attack belgrade instead.
T121: I declare on Askia.
T124: I capture Tomboucto.
T129: I capture Gao.
T130: Peace.
T134: I send my scout east.
T146: I enter the renaissance.
T157: I complete the Porclain Tower.
T158: Sistine Chapel
T159: Ramses has build up quite some units and declares war on Askia.
T162: I've updated by catapults and explain to Ramsess that he cant go around warmongering on this continent.
T164: I capture Thebes.
T164: I capture Heliopolis and make Peace (he has one city remaining)
T180: I complete Notre Dame and declare war on Hiawatha.
T183: I capture Brantford.
T184: Onondaga.
T186: I make peace (he has one city remaining)
T194: I complete the Forbidden Palace
T200: I have 11 puppets and produce 202science, 270 gold and 169 culture. Demographics place me in the first place everywhere except soldiers.
T202: I complete the Taj Mahal and decide i dont need Askia anymore.
T204: I capture Jenne.
T206: I complete the Oxford Uni and capture Tondibi.
T209: Taghaza
T211: Kumbi Saleh, Askia is gone now.
T213: Himeji Castle
T217: I complete the Kremlin and enter the industrial era. I adopt communism.
T223: It's Ramsesses time
T224: I capture Pi-Ramesses and Alexandria
T226: I complete the Lpuvre and capture Almaty by popluar request.
T227: I capture Elephantine, Ramsess is gone now.
T237: Hiawatha finally settles the last spot, i declare war.
T239: I capture Buffalo Creek
T241: I complete Big Ben and take the last AI city on my side.
T248: I'm forced to discover steam. It takes me from 475 culture to 407.
T250: I complete Brandenburg Gate
T259: Cristo Redentor
T266: Eiffel Tower
T257: I enter the modern Era
T268: Statue of Liberty
T270: Policies are complete. I cant rush Utopia with my Great Engineer
T282: Victoy Score 6853. 1824-AD
Fazit: Micromanaging research is very difficult with only 2 cities. When doing ICS one can stretch the output quite a bit, here avoiding
huge waste was very difficult and annoying. a kingdom for breaker overflow!
I dislike quick combat.
Was interesting going for a cultural victory, but the AI was not really present in this game. They never challenged me, all i did was sell them luxuries and take their cities.