The Sons of Odin

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I'm playing Kal-El's 140x140 map. 31 civs, Warlord difficulty. Corruption is on. Domination (99 %) and Conquest victories. Preserve random seed. Accelerated Production. Normal aggression. I'm playing as the Vikings.

I get a start in the middle of Spain, next to wheat and wines, with game in sight.
Cha-ching!



I meet a Russian scout, well, scouting.



Also, Bergen is founded north of the Pyrennes.

I aslo meet an American scout. Am I the only non-Expantionalist civ here?



I am the eight largest nation.



I beat the American settler to building the city in Northern Italy. Take that!



Pachacuti comes from, where? But I accept his trade.



The English are where I'm supposed to be.



The Mongols and the Netherlands have loitering warriors in Northern Europe.





The Koreans are near the Balkans.



Russia trades Masonry and Ceremonial Burial for Alphabet and Horseback Riding.



Germany is found by the crew of the RVN-Bergen on the Western Saharan coast.



Moscow completes the Colossus, the first wonder.



Oslo is founded on Gibraltar, and thus named in its honor.

Viking diplomats enter the American city of Washington and propose a deal to President Lincoln. Mysticism for Writing. He agrees. But afterwards he calls it "highway robbery".



The Zulu city of Zimbabwe completes the Oracle, which puts about 7 civs back one step.



Spain is met on the western Congonese coast.



The Incans finish the Pyramids in Cuzco, causing the French city of Paris to finish the Great Wall.





The Indians are near Spain in Africa.



And here's an empire and world map.





That's the end of Chapter 1. In the next chapter the Viking-American war shall start.

lurker's comment: Subscribing to another one. Good luck!

Hey cool, we played on that map for the Bowsling 1 SG.

Good luck!

is the Carthage one dead?

Well, umm... yeah.

I'd build a city northwest of RL Carthage; that way the Wheat on Sardinia can be tapped into.

The Koreans are already near there.

Well, someone's getting crowded in then! So. Let's cut to the chase. Who will you decimate first?

The first war is always the hardest, but it's also what makes or breaks the game for the human.

Well, I'm working on America. They have Washington and Chicago, which is in the tundra of Siberia. Then either Russia or Korea.

It does look like they only have a two-city core to fight your five-city core... yes, they would be a great choice.

They originally had 5 cities. No Chicago. Atlanta was built on Ireland. I razed it. I took Philadelphia (Alps), Boston (France), and New York (North of Balkans. The thing about Washington is that it's almost completely surrounded by rivers.

Ch. 2: The Viking-American War

Update.

Russia trades Code of Laws for Construction.



Why are the Aztecs in Siberia?



Ooh, the Mayans!



The Americans have long been neighbors of the Viking Empire. But Ragnar can not tolerate them anymore. So, he declares war. The first objective is capturing the cities of Atlanta and Boston.



Atlanta falls to the 1st Swordsman division, after many weeks of fighting. The 2nd Swordsman were sent on the first assault to weaken the defenders, and succeeded with their lives



Philosophy is discovered, causing the entrance of a new era- The Middle Ages.



Sumeria is in Northern China.



Boston falls to the 1st and 2nd Swordsmen.



The Temple of Artemis, Great Library, and Hanging Gardens are all completed.







Philadelphia falls after many weeks of resistance. It took 4 Swordsmen to take it.



The Greeks have a city in Japan.



Sun Tzu's Art of War is completed in the Mayan city of Chichen Itza.



China offers Literature for Polytheism.



New York falls to the 15th Swordsman.

Washington has been stubborn. It has not fallen like its American counterparts. They have killed many of my sword divisions, and still stay, undefeated.

Moscow finishes the Great Lighthouse, its second wonder.



Hello, Xerxes.



Washington finally falls! It only takes 7 Swordsman and 2 Medieval Infantry. But America isn't dead because they have a tundran city in Siberia.



In other news, the Incans complete the Knights Templar.



The Americans negotiate peace for the knowledge of the Republic.

Thus ends the first Viking-American War.

Kill all the Americans

I think it's safe to say you'll be able to take on Korea and Russia at your leisure, now that the Americans - who look to have been the most condensed rival in Europe - have been vanquished.

I'd suggest crushing Russia. Do they even have another city besides Moscow? More importantly: Do they even have a navy (despite building the Great Lighthouse)?

I've destroyed Russia, and am now taking out the Koreans with a cavalry army. But they aren't too far behind me, since they also have cavalry. I'm fresh into the Industrial Era.

Nice stuff keep it going.
Now I've gotta play few turns myself ->

Going to start a story?

I will try to post sometime this week, but no promises.

The New World! I'm met by the Byzantines.



And the Hittites. Btw, Invention is in 6 turns.



Cuzco finished the Sistine Chapel. That is its fourth wonder.



And Hiawatha.



The fourth new world civ, Portugal.



Karakorum completes Leonardo's Workshop.



Arabia is found with troops in South America.



The people of Scandanavia are tired of being a despotim. So, they have a revolution.



The Monarchy is started after many turns of revolution. But there is a new problem. By declining a Persian threat for iron, it declares war.



Cuzco's fifth wonder, Copernicus' Observatory.



The Greeks get Magellan's Voyage in Sparta.



It is the Viking desting to kill the weakling Russians. So, they get invaded.



The 3rd Marines put our civilization into a Golden Age.



Moscow falls. Now the spoils of war come.



Then comes St. Petersburg.



The Zulu are met.



The Russians trade peace for Education and the city of Rostov. My economy: 106 gpt.