Hi all,
Making a photo journal to show a fun way that I like to play as Carthage - I haven't seen this type of game play on any recent threads (not sure though I didn't check that much). Basically I pick a map that allows for all civs to start on 1 continent, and then play as normal. This allows for much more interesting games as there is less room initially for all civs leading to more wars and city captures, and adds a very cool mid and late game dynamic in which all civs try to grab up all the new land once it is discovered.
I chose Carthage to play as, as their UA - all cities spawn with a lighthouse and their UU - a boat that gains experience from exploration - lend themselves to this type of gameplay and gives you very strong naval units. Other civs that are good for this challenge:
England - +1 movement to all naval units
Spain - Conquistadors ability to settle
Basically any maritime civ would work (except Polynesia as I find their UA ruins the type of game I want to play - they are fun to challenge as the AI as they get a good head start on everyone else).
I normally play on Emperor difficulty, however this type of game gives certain advantages to the player so have upped the difficulty by 1 to Immortal.
Haven't done a photo journal before, mainly doing it as I lack commitment to complete games. Feel free to give advice on actions I should take in game, and let me know if I am giving enough detail or too much.
Settings
Only major change is the "Players Start In" Section.
Raging barbarians on as it makes the colonisation all the harder.
Mods
No game changing mods, only QoL - Infoaddict and Greatest Cities (This adds the Triumphal Arch Wonder but that doesn't change much).
T000
Spawned in with a pretty amazing start - 2 gold and 1 whale, as well as potential for Petra. Normally I reroll my starts until I get a sea resource monopoly, but I'll go with this one as it's so good.
I settled and using Carthage's gold bonus for settling, rushed production on a monument.
See below my research route. given I am on a good production location and have a mining resource monopoly, I start with mining and will aim to get pyramids (normally I would leave this tech til much later but it works in this situation).
I will then fishing ASAP to get my UU, and from their go straight for sailing to get the Great Lighthouse. I understand that part of this wonder is wasted on Carthage as the free lighthouse is useless, but I would like to get the best navy possible, and the free movement and sight promotion is too good to pass up. Paired with my boats that get experience for exploring, this will create some really beefy units.
After sailing I will go for writing. I expect to fall behind in science initially due to delaying council and library.
T014
I finished the monument and began working towards shrine, but will switch and invest in pyramid once unlocked next turn. Also through a ruin containing gold I purchased a worker to immediately start working on the Gold once I have mining unlocked
I find Morocco below me and Atilla somewhere to the East.
T020
Pretty sure I'll get the pyramids, projected T034 to get it, which is usually quicker than the AI on immortal. Normally in this game I would rarely settle inland, however the spot in-between Carthage and Jakarta looks amazing, with the Grand Mesa too (+2 food, +4 culture, for some reason my yield icons are bugged).
A common issue using Communitas map type in which all players start in the same continent is that it is way too cramped, with capitals less than 10 tiles from each other, thankfully this doesn't seem to be the case, and there is a decent amount of room to settle. Using the Terra map type solves this issue (as it is modelled from Earth), however I prefer this map type.
T023
Policy time! obviously Tradition is out, doesn't match the play style and even if it did it's not great. Usually progress is what I go with as I intend to be settling a lot of cities rather than conquering them. However, given my aggressive settle that I plan, and how crazy barbs are in this new update, I'm going to go with Authority in this run.
T033
Got the pyramids as planned, and start moving towards settle spot.
Also all civs are now found, and it looks like this is going to be a war heavy game (Hiawatha, Atilla, Monty & the Mongols). Authority was probably the right choice...
I finish up the shrine, and will then work on a warrior, granary and another settler. I will also buy a warrior once I get the gold.
I'm thinking of crazy thoughts of forward settling Morocco too, south of my second city spot.
T036
Surveying what is explored it seems all capitals are reasonably spaced from one another, bar these two. My money is on Monty...
Looking at the map the continent is split by a narrow sea, making two sub-continents. My immediate neighbours are The Huns, Indonesia and Morocco. On the other side there is The Iroquois, The Mongols, Greece, Poland, The Aztecs and America.
T037
Get Utique settled, and with gold UA I rush monument and buy the Grand Mesa to work as soon as I have 2 pop. That culture bonus will help massively.
That's all for now, I have up to T100 played and will get to posting that ASAP, I'm limited to 10 files to attach (is there any way around this?)
Let me know what you think I've done wrong/right.
Thanks -A
Making a photo journal to show a fun way that I like to play as Carthage - I haven't seen this type of game play on any recent threads (not sure though I didn't check that much). Basically I pick a map that allows for all civs to start on 1 continent, and then play as normal. This allows for much more interesting games as there is less room initially for all civs leading to more wars and city captures, and adds a very cool mid and late game dynamic in which all civs try to grab up all the new land once it is discovered.
I chose Carthage to play as, as their UA - all cities spawn with a lighthouse and their UU - a boat that gains experience from exploration - lend themselves to this type of gameplay and gives you very strong naval units. Other civs that are good for this challenge:
England - +1 movement to all naval units
Spain - Conquistadors ability to settle
Basically any maritime civ would work (except Polynesia as I find their UA ruins the type of game I want to play - they are fun to challenge as the AI as they get a good head start on everyone else).
I normally play on Emperor difficulty, however this type of game gives certain advantages to the player so have upped the difficulty by 1 to Immortal.
Haven't done a photo journal before, mainly doing it as I lack commitment to complete games. Feel free to give advice on actions I should take in game, and let me know if I am giving enough detail or too much.
Settings
Spoiler :
Only major change is the "Players Start In" Section.
Raging barbarians on as it makes the colonisation all the harder.
Mods
No game changing mods, only QoL - Infoaddict and Greatest Cities (This adds the Triumphal Arch Wonder but that doesn't change much).
T000
Spoiler :
Spawned in with a pretty amazing start - 2 gold and 1 whale, as well as potential for Petra. Normally I reroll my starts until I get a sea resource monopoly, but I'll go with this one as it's so good.
I settled and using Carthage's gold bonus for settling, rushed production on a monument.
See below my research route. given I am on a good production location and have a mining resource monopoly, I start with mining and will aim to get pyramids (normally I would leave this tech til much later but it works in this situation).
I will then fishing ASAP to get my UU, and from their go straight for sailing to get the Great Lighthouse. I understand that part of this wonder is wasted on Carthage as the free lighthouse is useless, but I would like to get the best navy possible, and the free movement and sight promotion is too good to pass up. Paired with my boats that get experience for exploring, this will create some really beefy units.
After sailing I will go for writing. I expect to fall behind in science initially due to delaying council and library.
T014
Spoiler :
I finished the monument and began working towards shrine, but will switch and invest in pyramid once unlocked next turn. Also through a ruin containing gold I purchased a worker to immediately start working on the Gold once I have mining unlocked
I find Morocco below me and Atilla somewhere to the East.
T020
Spoiler :
Pretty sure I'll get the pyramids, projected T034 to get it, which is usually quicker than the AI on immortal. Normally in this game I would rarely settle inland, however the spot in-between Carthage and Jakarta looks amazing, with the Grand Mesa too (+2 food, +4 culture, for some reason my yield icons are bugged).
A common issue using Communitas map type in which all players start in the same continent is that it is way too cramped, with capitals less than 10 tiles from each other, thankfully this doesn't seem to be the case, and there is a decent amount of room to settle. Using the Terra map type solves this issue (as it is modelled from Earth), however I prefer this map type.
T023
Spoiler :
Policy time! obviously Tradition is out, doesn't match the play style and even if it did it's not great. Usually progress is what I go with as I intend to be settling a lot of cities rather than conquering them. However, given my aggressive settle that I plan, and how crazy barbs are in this new update, I'm going to go with Authority in this run.
T033
Spoiler :
Got the pyramids as planned, and start moving towards settle spot.
Also all civs are now found, and it looks like this is going to be a war heavy game (Hiawatha, Atilla, Monty & the Mongols). Authority was probably the right choice...
I finish up the shrine, and will then work on a warrior, granary and another settler. I will also buy a warrior once I get the gold.
I'm thinking of crazy thoughts of forward settling Morocco too, south of my second city spot.
T036
Spoiler :
Surveying what is explored it seems all capitals are reasonably spaced from one another, bar these two. My money is on Monty...
Looking at the map the continent is split by a narrow sea, making two sub-continents. My immediate neighbours are The Huns, Indonesia and Morocco. On the other side there is The Iroquois, The Mongols, Greece, Poland, The Aztecs and America.
T037
Spoiler :
Get Utique settled, and with gold UA I rush monument and buy the Grand Mesa to work as soon as I have 2 pop. That culture bonus will help massively.
That's all for now, I have up to T100 played and will get to posting that ASAP, I'm limited to 10 files to attach (is there any way around this?)
Let me know what you think I've done wrong/right.
Thanks -A
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