Spain ICS

Plasmawolf55 · Nov 25, 2013

I lost this mp game due to friendliness and lack of science until late-game, but, this is my first attempt at an ICS. From what you can see, what should I improve? I know that this won't work in Brave New World, but my friends don't have it, so I can still do this.

Replay

Link to video.

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Endgame demographics

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black213 · Nov 26, 2013

I think only Mayans are viable at ICS anymore due to the science penalty per city. Did you get any natural wonders? If not then Spain was a quite bad choice.

Browd · Nov 26, 2013

In my view, ICS is not an efficient winning strategy in G&K. You can win playing ICS, but it will be despite ICS, not because of ICS. Among the problems, as you have seen, is lagging science because of slow (or nonexistent) population growth and too many hammers sunk into extra libraries, universities, etc. That said, it can be interesting.

Plasmawolf55 · Nov 26, 2013

black213 said:
I think only Mayans are viable at ICS anymore due to the science penalty per city. Did you get any natural wonders? If not then Spain was a quite bad choice.

I didn't get any NWs, sadly. I only picked Spain because I never played it before.

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Plasmawolf55 · Mar 13, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trvoNt4MfgY

Here's an actual link for the replay, it seems that the top one doesn't work.

Silverman6083 · Mar 13, 2014

The worst is when you load up Spain and plan to ICS, but then the only natural wonder you can find is Lake Victoria. Well I guess that isn't an issue in G&Ks but still :gripe:

Plasmawolf55 · Mar 13, 2014

I never expected you to reply to my thread, Silverman6083. I love Arab Conquest. :crazyeye:

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danaphanous · Mar 13, 2014

wow. That's pretty cool. Never tried that much.

It seems your workers kinda lagged though. was there a reason you weren't making city connections and improvements? I'd think the city connections would have paid for themselves with a tight grid like that, probably made money in the long run. I understand minimizing growth for the unhappiness, but a high production tiles probably would have been worth it. I see +400 gold in the end so you probably had plenty of room to work on buildings and troops.

Plasmawolf55 · Mar 13, 2014

This game was quite awhile ago, want me to try and post a save?

Plasmawolf55 · Mar 13, 2014

Also, back in Gods and Kings, ICS was a viable cultural victory, as you can see from my culture.

Silverman6083 · Mar 13, 2014

Plasmawolf55 said:
I never expected you to reply to my thread, Silverman6083. I love Arab Conquest.

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Wow thank you so much! I'm actually working on an update and homework as I type :crazyeye:

I didn't even realize you wrote this so :wavey:

danaphanous · Mar 13, 2014

Plasmawolf55 said:
Also, back in Gods and Kings, ICS was a viable cultural victory, as you can see from my culture.

yeah, sure! I'd love to see the save? Was it MP though?

Plasmawolf55 · Mar 13, 2014

danaphanous said:
yeah, sure! I'd love to see the save? Was it MP though?

Yeah, and the only save I have is from turn 172... I'll get the save tomorrow when I have access to my computer.

Plasmawolf55 · Mar 28, 2014

Sorry for taking forever to upload this save, life isn't great!

Spain ICS

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