I tried this as my first immortal "clean" game (I did play some scenarios on immortal/deity but I did consider them as proper immortal/deity games).
I had a nice start, went tradition with 3 cities. I settled on the SW gold next to the mountains, and bought access to the oasis with money got from discovering CSs. The second city was next to the hill in the middle of the desert (NE of the capital), surrounded by flood plains, the 3rd was west of the capital, on the coast next to sheep. I managed to build NC at turn 91, a little slower than I wanted.
Had the luck of getting a culture ruin first so I did not build a monument. The build order in capital was scout, scout, shrine, worker, settler (at 4 population, I also got a population ruin), settler, (bought a granary), chariot archer, library, chariot archer, chariot archer, NC, Oracle . In the two other cities the intial order was granary, library, caravan in one, and chariot archer in the other.
After Philosophy I beelined Civil Service which was a mistake, I had to waste a SP because I finished tradition and was not in medieval in order to start commerce so I opened honor with the intention to win a domination although i did not want that particularly. I should have researched Theology first. After Civil Service I beelined Education. Send my first 2 caravans for food to capital.
DOWed the Zulu early to steal a worker, also stole a worker from a city state. With 4 chariot archers and a pikemen and the initial warrior, I captured and puppeted a forward settled Zulu city and made peace.
Eventually I became their friend because I DOWed the Assyrians on demand. I was determined for a domination so I beelined chivalry, then printing press (the AI beat my to renaissance era but I still managed to hard build Leaning Tower of Pisa). I was first in Industrial era (with Industrialization) and since then I did managed to get a tech lead at least in the lower part of the tech tree. I managed to get an absolute tech lead in early atomic era.
Conquered the capitals for the Assyrians and Persians but the Zulu were the one to finish them off.
After the DoF expired, DOWed the Zulu, resurrected both Assyria and Persia and wiped out the Zulu in early modern era.
At that point I made the decision to go for science victory since I needed more than my camel archers and artillery to start the overseas war, and I needed to tech for my military anyways. The fact that I went order instead of autocracy helped me with the science since I had lots of coal.
Religion wise I was 3rd to pantheon but still got Desert Folklore. I was second to religion. I got Tithe, Religious Community, Pagodas and Itinerant Preachers. I used my massive faith to get 4 Great Engineers(Branderburg Gate, Kremlin and 2 spaceship parts) and 3 Great Scientists.
I hard built 3 of my spaceship parts and rushed the last 3, and finished the game on turn 333. Quite slow, but I am satisfied as this was my first immortal game and I did change my direction a few times during the course of the game.
I had a nice start, went tradition with 3 cities. I settled on the SW gold next to the mountains, and bought access to the oasis with money got from discovering CSs. The second city was next to the hill in the middle of the desert (NE of the capital), surrounded by flood plains, the 3rd was west of the capital, on the coast next to sheep. I managed to build NC at turn 91, a little slower than I wanted.
Had the luck of getting a culture ruin first so I did not build a monument. The build order in capital was scout, scout, shrine, worker, settler (at 4 population, I also got a population ruin), settler, (bought a granary), chariot archer, library, chariot archer, chariot archer, NC, Oracle . In the two other cities the intial order was granary, library, caravan in one, and chariot archer in the other.
After Philosophy I beelined Civil Service which was a mistake, I had to waste a SP because I finished tradition and was not in medieval in order to start commerce so I opened honor with the intention to win a domination although i did not want that particularly. I should have researched Theology first. After Civil Service I beelined Education. Send my first 2 caravans for food to capital.
DOWed the Zulu early to steal a worker, also stole a worker from a city state. With 4 chariot archers and a pikemen and the initial warrior, I captured and puppeted a forward settled Zulu city and made peace.
Eventually I became their friend because I DOWed the Assyrians on demand. I was determined for a domination so I beelined chivalry, then printing press (the AI beat my to renaissance era but I still managed to hard build Leaning Tower of Pisa). I was first in Industrial era (with Industrialization) and since then I did managed to get a tech lead at least in the lower part of the tech tree. I managed to get an absolute tech lead in early atomic era.
Conquered the capitals for the Assyrians and Persians but the Zulu were the one to finish them off.
After the DoF expired, DOWed the Zulu, resurrected both Assyria and Persia and wiped out the Zulu in early modern era.
At that point I made the decision to go for science victory since I needed more than my camel archers and artillery to start the overseas war, and I needed to tech for my military anyways. The fact that I went order instead of autocracy helped me with the science since I had lots of coal.
Religion wise I was 3rd to pantheon but still got Desert Folklore. I was second to religion. I got Tithe, Religious Community, Pagodas and Itinerant Preachers. I used my massive faith to get 4 Great Engineers(Branderburg Gate, Kremlin and 2 spaceship parts) and 3 Great Scientists.
I hard built 3 of my spaceship parts and rushed the last 3, and finished the game on turn 333. Quite slow, but I am satisfied as this was my first immortal game and I did change my direction a few times during the course of the game.
