Wodan
Deity
Just for kicks I started a game with Roosevelt to see how fast I could get gunpowder. Got it in 815AD. I get the feeling I could do it even faster, but that's not too bad for the first attempt. Based on lightbulb limits what I figure is you need either GMs or GEs (doesn't matter, though for some reason it "hurts" more to use a GE on a lightbulb ). 3 or 4 of them would be nice but based on GPP income I don't figure it's possible to get 4. You could, however, go for the Oracle which I didn't but easily could have. (I didn't want to dilute my GPP with great prophet points, though the free tech might make that worth the gamble.) The other drawback is I don't think you can get Writing (if you do that, then the GMs will take you down the Currency path, which prohibits the lightbulbing where you need it). I did build the great lighthouse and colossus to get my GM points, plus the pyramids because I didn't have anything else to do and had stone, and if I tightened it up I could have skipped that.
There might be another solution that relies entirely on GE points, using the great wall, pyramids, and forge, then using 2-3 GEs to lightbulb. That's probably the most efficient route, plus you could get Writing if tech trading would help out.
Wodan
There might be another solution that relies entirely on GE points, using the great wall, pyramids, and forge, then using 2-3 GEs to lightbulb. That's probably the most efficient route, plus you could get Writing if tech trading would help out.
Wodan