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Welcome to the 72nd edition of the Lonely Hearts Club for BTS. In the Lonely Hearts Club we explore strategies to cope with one of the most dreaded situations in Civ IV ( possibly the main reason for reloads after the military collapse one ): starting in isolation....
Our next leader is Wang Kon of Korea.
Traits: Financial & Protective
Financial will prove its worth here. There are lots of coast tiles when on an island and a lot of the food will come from the sea. Not to mention boosted cottages
Protective may be of use if you decide to do a gunpowder invasion. But that's all I can think of ATM.
Techs: Mysticism & Mining
Mysticism, sigh. Well, Stonehenge may not be terrible here, but I hate the GPP pollution from it. It does open up the path to Oracle, so there is that.
Mining is good, nuff said.
Unique Building
The Seowon
A University which adds an additional 10% to research, for a total of 35%.
Unique Unit
The Hwacha
A Catapult which enjoys a 50% bonus against melee units.
The Start
For those who are new to total isolation, you may want to take a peek at r_rolo1's guide, You, Yourself and your shadow : Some lessons on isolated starts
You will find the zipped saves below. Choose your level then choose your level (more precisely) then choose your speed and get underway. For Monarch+, don't forget to add Archery to the barbs. No huts & no events are selected.
Suggestions for updates are:
Checkpoint 1 - when we have explored the island and are aware of what resources it has. Its not so important when this is, but this is a time to discuss city sites etc. Don't look into a checkpoint 1 spoiler until you have reached this point yourself.
Checkpoint 2 - first contact - when we have met all the other AIs. At this point we can discuss our strategy to get to this point and our plans for dealing with them.
Checkpoint 3 - when we are committed to a victory condition (or at least think we are).
Checkpoint 4 - Victory (or defeat).
Finally, a thank you to r_rolo1 and all those that came before him in this series' initial run and to TheMeInTeam for the map creation guides, and to everyone else who co-hosted this series. Enjoy!
Our next leader is Wang Kon of Korea.
Spoiler :
Traits: Financial & Protective
Financial will prove its worth here. There are lots of coast tiles when on an island and a lot of the food will come from the sea. Not to mention boosted cottages
Protective may be of use if you decide to do a gunpowder invasion. But that's all I can think of ATM.
Techs: Mysticism & Mining
Mysticism, sigh. Well, Stonehenge may not be terrible here, but I hate the GPP pollution from it. It does open up the path to Oracle, so there is that.
Mining is good, nuff said.
Unique Building
The Seowon
A University which adds an additional 10% to research, for a total of 35%.
Unique Unit
The Hwacha
A Catapult which enjoys a 50% bonus against melee units.
The Start
Spoiler :
For those who are new to total isolation, you may want to take a peek at r_rolo1's guide, You, Yourself and your shadow : Some lessons on isolated starts
You will find the zipped saves below. Choose your level then choose your level (more precisely) then choose your speed and get underway. For Monarch+, don't forget to add Archery to the barbs. No huts & no events are selected.
Suggestions for updates are:
Checkpoint 1 - when we have explored the island and are aware of what resources it has. Its not so important when this is, but this is a time to discuss city sites etc. Don't look into a checkpoint 1 spoiler until you have reached this point yourself.
Checkpoint 2 - first contact - when we have met all the other AIs. At this point we can discuss our strategy to get to this point and our plans for dealing with them.
Checkpoint 3 - when we are committed to a victory condition (or at least think we are).
Checkpoint 4 - Victory (or defeat).
Finally, a thank you to r_rolo1 and all those that came before him in this series' initial run and to TheMeInTeam for the map creation guides, and to everyone else who co-hosted this series. Enjoy!
. Sometimes it goes ~1800 BC or even a bit sooner if REALLY unlucky.
BEFORE rep. Plenty. With that we just fill in on the special tiles, cottage spam because we're FIN, and mash end turn...
. I obviously got JC to pleased and sury didn't mind so I took him for the ride too (civic bribe to keep caesar in rep for shared until I could get him friendly w/o it, used defensive pact there too). Sury likes OR so i just ran NSR OR.
. So, I bribe them both on Qin. JC takes a city, so does sury, Qin caps. I then bribe them both on hammurabi and JC takes another city.
