The Deity Challenge Lineup - Game #8 - Mongolia

I started this game last night; going full Honor, then either Commerce or Patronage. Not sure what turn I'm on, but I didn't find any culture ruins and my policies so far are Discipline, Military Caste, and Warrior Code. I settled on the hill across the river. My first expo is south in all that salt, 3 tiles due west of the silver. I'm tempted to try building Petra there.
Spoiler :
Liz forward-settled me almost immediately. I waited until she sent a worker to improve the wine (which didn't take long) and I declared war and stole it. Fought with her a bit, and stole a settler (it was escorted by a warrior which I overpowered.) Eventually when I got chariot archers and a khan I took York, and I annexed it right away because it had a library already. I offered peace because I saw a swarm of jaguars and catapults on my doorstep. I tried to pay him to attack the Huns or the Incas instead and he wouldn't go for it.
Liz has since built the Great Wall. It will be a come in quite handy when I steal it from her (which will be easy because York is so close.) And I didn't really want to take London just yet because I still need a trading partner; that's the only place I can safely send a caravan.
Monty declared war, and so far I've only lost one scout who was fortified in a citadel (the citadel held, BTW), and I've killed tons of jags, archers, and a few horses and catapults -- wish I had the Honor finisher already. All of his units except the horses have Cover promotions, which is annoying. I bribed Attila to attack Monty, and Monty doesn't seem to be sending many reinforcements my way anymore although the Military Advisor still says I should "sue for peace immediately!" (I don't think so)
I can't remember if I've built the National College yet or if I've been too busy building circuses and chariots -- my happiness is in the toilet cuz Monty pillaged all my luxes and I can't repair them yet.

In between the wars with the neighbors, I had a chance to steal a CS worker that was just wandering around by himself in the desert. I thought that was weird. I didn't take it cuz I had 3 captured AI workers already, also even tho' I am G.K. I don't want to antagonize the CS's (yet.) I was kinda hoping a barbarian would nab it and I could liberate him for 45 influence.

I'm not a deity-level player, so this game is a challenge for me.
 
I quit on turn 190.
Spoiler :
I waited too long to take care of Alexander; he is allied to every CS in the game. (I couped one of them and he dumped several thousand gold on them to to get them back and 200 more influence than me.) He is at least 10 techs ahead of anybody else and 15 ahead of me, and he's discovered flight (and oil, apparently.) Poland has the largest military. Both of them just declared war on me. I do have the Great Wall (captured from Monty) but that doesn't help against GW bombers.

It took me too long to conquer the Aztecs because chariots suck in rough terrain. Should I have built more chariots and sacrificed them all to take Tenochtitlan earlier?
Spoiler :
While I was beelining Chivalry, Greece and Poland (especially Greece) ran away with the game.

Or should I have paid Attila to take care of Greece early? My plan was to declare war on the strongest CS on my border; one that could hurt me, and capture it. Then coup a CS right next to Athens and declare war on Greece the same turn. Take care of the CS's first when they all declare on me. Then press on to Athens. I had just killed the CS with lots of knights and G'guns and rifles when Greece and Poland double-teamed me.

I'm going to reload from 10 turns back and see if I can bribe Poland to declare war on Greece. I don't think he's go for it tho' because he hates me.
 
Top Bottom