Thought I'd try to set me an interesting challenge, and here's the scenario:
- Win as early as possible with space victory.
- On Emperor difficulty, with latest version of the game.
- With 7 civilizations in the game. Adds chances for trading tech, but leaves you having to play a bit of offense/defense too.
- Earth map, with any of the resource/hut layouts created by the game itself.
Testing the space conquest linked below, I managed to get to Alpha Centauri by 3080 BC, but that felt like cheating, as it was on chieftain where happiness is a non-issue, and spaceship was prebuilt so you didn't need any production, so one just needed to pop huts for tech and then one is finished. Will take more time in a normal game. And it will be harder to know how much to invest in expansion to get enough production. Early attempts have gotten me to J.S.Bach and Democracy by 3000 BC and RailRoads invented before 2000 BC, but I've restarted finding room for improvement. Trying to figure a way to play as optimal as I can.
If anyone is interested I may post game details of my own attempt.
How early have you managed a space victory?
- Win as early as possible with space victory.
- On Emperor difficulty, with latest version of the game.
- With 7 civilizations in the game. Adds chances for trading tech, but leaves you having to play a bit of offense/defense too.
- Earth map, with any of the resource/hut layouts created by the game itself.
Testing the space conquest linked below, I managed to get to Alpha Centauri by 3080 BC, but that felt like cheating, as it was on chieftain where happiness is a non-issue, and spaceship was prebuilt so you didn't need any production, so one just needed to pop huts for tech and then one is finished. Will take more time in a normal game. And it will be harder to know how much to invest in expansion to get enough production. Early attempts have gotten me to J.S.Bach and Democracy by 3000 BC and RailRoads invented before 2000 BC, but I've restarted finding room for improvement. Trying to figure a way to play as optimal as I can.
If anyone is interested I may post game details of my own attempt.
How early have you managed a space victory?