GOTM #12 *Spoilers* Thread

Let's begin. The map looks like the Pangee. The fast conquest is very probably. But I don't go this way. I'm trying to build more cities first. I'm around 2000BC only but I'm first in this thread and don't see other players map. I'm leading in histograph and science and think the game will be easy. On this map the deity level looks better.

I go away about 2 weeks. Happy civing!

Well, I finally traded my territory map with France. There are a few gaps between Civs, but I have seen most of the l-o-n-g contenent.

Two things I have yet to discover:
1. Does the land mass connect between France and China?
2. Is there anything out there beyond this great wide contenent?

We shall see.

huh, this was one huuuuuge continent

Finaly a Gotm I think I can beat!
I'm already around the early AD and Ive seen all the land masses ( I think).
Ive been refining my tactics over the last few weeks and I think ive made some break throughs- like for instance what to do with game forests (in my opinion the best terrain in the game, good for all governments- a city with a few game filled forests can build any of the early wonders) and if the game is on a plains forest, late industrial mining can give you a highly productive food boost.

Ive already got my first great leader, after I refused to give monarchy to japan for nothing they declared war on my, I then gave every one else monarchy as an incentive to declare war on the japanese and their persian allies. The japanese managed to swing the weak chinese over to their side of the war (which I intentionaly dragged out to provide the opertinity to get my elite troops in to war) I quickly banished the chinese from the first island and rush built the forbiden palace on my north east border.

Now my fedgling empire has little or no corruption, Ive got the hanging gardens, the collossus (in the city to the south of my capital) and Ive just captured the pyramids from the chinese in Bejing.
Ive got loads of horsemen to upgrade to knights and legions of Impi to upgrade to pikemen (better try to build leonardos workshop, the use of horseman--->knight--->cavalry upgrade path will be essential to my consolidation of the first continent). As always you can never be certain of the existance of oil, coal or rubber on the first island so its important to get control of as much territory as possible before I have to rely on oil to fuel my war machine. Going to also start to be nice to the people on the second island (avoiding the possibilty of losing by diplomatic loss).

here is my current situation;

And now My plan of action! I cant see the date on lemmings screen, but I guess I'm way behind.

I don't much like attacking my imediate neighbours, Keep you friends close, but your enemies even closer! The indians have been most acomadating so far, no hostilities at all, I think they will be the easist to manipulate in to attacking my enimies. The babylonians however have a high culture and must be stopped before they can blossom! The japanese will be the second to fall, with luck I can get more great leaders and move my palace into japanes territory in order to develop that land and exert better control over the second island.

finishing off the Indians will be very sweet, facing a war on all fronts, even an advanced strong india will be easy prey to my cavalry hordes and with little jungle of forest in thier territory the indians will be least likely to have any rubber, if war on the first continent is dragged out that far, they will be denied Infantry to defend thier cities. (also the A.I. has an aversion to developing jungle, so the sooner I can apply my workers to the task of gardening japan and babylon the better!

Well, I finally got a good start! A hut near the Chinese gave me my first settler in the game and I was able to kill the Chinese very quickly.

Then the Indians were almost completely wiped out (with a little help of the Babylonians), then the Babylonians were wiped out by me and Japan.

And then the trouble came: Japan declared war with me, but they were much stronger! And of course we were just in de era were Japan could use it's Samurai. Luckily I was able to get France and Persia involved in the battle, on my side. Now the Japanese are not doing well. Only, I did have my science rate at 0% for a while to be able to build cavalry (which I just discovered before the Japanese attacked), so now I'm a little behind in tech.

But this is a fun game!

Even I started this one.Not sure if I'll finish,but I started.Must be bored

I left the Chinese alone to build cities for me for awhile and was even hoping for a wonder but no such luck.I originally started fighting the other direction and now am on the Babs doorstep.Culture flipping could become a pain as I have almost no culture.Hope not.

Impi's suck.They really do.Who in the heck would give the Zulus a 2 move defensive unit?

I've played twice now, and couldn't complete the Great Library either time - it's harder than I thought to get Leaders...

This is a funny game...
I decided to build another 2 scouts and probably popped 90% of the huts on the map, which gave me:
2 settlers
6 techs
1 map
2 nothin
3 warriors

I'm leading the histograph in the ancient era without fighting... haven't had this situation before.

Chinese are weak with only 3 cities in the jungle, india has 4 but no tech as well, so I'll take them out soon and see what happens

On further examination I realised that the two islands are actualy joined together! that will increase the utility of all continetal wonders (pyramids and art of war).

Well phase one of my great plan is going the way I hoped, the baylonians are history, I managed to get the indians to take the brunt of the babylonians attacks, while those idiots in india declared war on Japan

The japanese and indians have wasted thier golden ages attacking each other agross the babylonian wasteland with thier UUs, samuri and war elephants tearing great chunks out of each other with little result (the indians managed to capture a single babylonian city). Everyone has expanded thier culture to fill all the gaps and my early building program has paid off with a huge culture base with which to secure my new territories.
Unfortunately I have yet to get a second great leader (perhaps I should have made an army with my first GL, it would have boosted the chance of getting another GL through the Heroic epic, thats how I'm going to do it from now on- the forbiden palace idea was just a experiment.

The japanese used thier golden age to build leonardos workshop in a city close to my new northern border, once I get cavalry it will be a good attack point and I can upgrade all my knights.
The other civs are edging ahead in techs, I'm going to have to switch to a better government to catch up, the persians and french have spent all this time in republic while the japanses and indians have been enjoying a golden age.

Next step, build temples in all the babylonian cities and use republic to gain cavalry. then recruit the indians in an attack on the japanese;

This is my first GOTM. Just got through my first almost complete round of the game.
Are we allowed to replay the same GOTM more than once and still submit... didn't see anything in the rules about this, but it's deffinatley an advantage...

You can replay as often as you want but you can only submit your FIRST attempt.

By 1000 BC, how many cities do you all have? Right now I have 4...unfortunately, India went right past the two cities I constructed as my border - oh well. China did too, but not as much. Both will probably be easy to destroy when the time comes, but for now it's a pain.

Has the barbarian uprising caused anyone else to lose the production on the settler? It happened to me, and I even had an Impi garrisoned in Zimbabwe.

I start this game at 0500 hrs tommoro, Judging by what you all just said I beleve I will go for Conquenst. This is my first GOTM so wish me luck.

Any tips would be helpful in anyof these forms:-
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Considering that I'm still fairly new to Regent (trying to finish off first win by conquest, 7 civs), I think I'm doing pretty good in this game. I'm around 1100s, just finished off the Chinese after leaving them alone for so long. Babs are practically dead, Indians killed off a while back too. Ominous Japan is probably my next target, but I'm guessing with all those Samurai, killing them will be a pain...

Incidentally I got this message just as I quit today. Obviously Babylon isn't the capitol anymore (razed it a while back), but still kinda funny if ask me.

Originally posted by King_Lewis
I start this game at 0500 hrs tommoro, Judging by what you all just said I beleve I will go for Conquenst. This is my first GOTM so wish me luck.

Any tips would be helpful in anyof these forms:-
Here:
PM:
E-Mail

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King_Lewis, reading the spoiler thread before playing the game long enough to get the world map is considered cheating.

Play it out once, then ask for tips, and replay it.

Cheers,
Shawn

I finished this GOTM on the 1st and already submitted it.

This was another unlucky GOTM for me. I popped like 6 goody huts in the beginning and all of them gave me useless things like maps and puny warriors... I didn't get even one tech!

I killed off the Chinese and Indians relatively early using veteran archers and swordsmans. Three Babylonians cities, Babylon included, were also captured soon after. Then I stopped warmongering completely and started to focus on building the empire -- the deadliest mistake I made in this GOTM. The Persians managed to build the United Nation and they won diplomatically in 1808 AD, when I was about to start warmongering again with those 60+ tanks I built.

Well I decided to try something different for a change. So after I researched Bronze Working for the UU, and then straight for Monarchy. It took 5 turns of anarchy to make the switch to Monarchy but now things are starting to take shape. I started a war with the Chinese, which started my golden age and will let them survive in the jungle as a pet civ. I have about a 1000 gold and will start upgrading warriors to swordsmen and turn on the Indians when our current treaty runs out. I want to keep each of the civ's through to the end unless they are eliminated by one of the other civ's. I will keep them each under control every now and again and hopefully generate a few Great Leaders on the way. I don't want to build any wonders, I want to rush them with Great Leaders or gain them by conquest only. Then hopefully win by diplomacy at the end.

Sorry everyone this is my first GOTM so I wont readem' next time, I'll check the rules again.

Doh!

TF, you're fast!! But good to know you're 'back'.