Challenge-VIII-02

[Ozbenno]

While the general Hall of Fame is an ongoing competition, we are running a series of ten games called the Hall of Fame Challenge Series. Standard Hall of Fame rules (*) still apply, but any games meeting the settings of one of the games will be counted towards the Challenge.

(*) Please read the >> HOF rules << BEFORE playing!​

Settings:

• Victory Condition: Domination (though all victory conditions must be enabled)
• Difficulty: Emperor
• Starting Era: Ancient
• Map Size: Standard
• Map Type: Inland Sea
• Speed: Normal
• Required: No Tribal Villages, No Random Events
• Must Not Be Checked: No Barbarians
• Civ: Rome
• Opponents: Must include Arabia (Saladin), Carthage (Hannibal), Celt (Brennus), Egypt (Hatshepsut), Greece (Alexander), Persia (Cyrus)
• Version: 3.19.003
• Date: 8th June to 8th October 2012

Must not play as Inca.
The earliest finish date wins, with score as a tiebreaker.

 

[Ozbenno]

As suggested (with a couple of tweaks) by AutomatedTeller

 

[AutomatedTeller]

I like the tweaks.
I think every challenge should have a good old-fashioned stomp like this I'm having fun with it so far...

 

[Htadus]

I hope bcool don't mind that I used his setting to get a game started for this Challenge.

 

[Manco Capac]

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Wuz a nice fast return to HoF world.

 

[Ozbenno]

Looks like conquest/domination same turn there Tachy, how did you know you wouldn't get Conquest and ruin your attempt???

 

[cas]

Looks like conquest/domination same turn there Tachy, how did you know you wouldn't get Conquest and ruin your attempt???

I don't think Saladin is a vassal...

cas

 

[Ozbenno]

I don't think Saladin is a vassal...

Or Alexander even, my bad

 

[Manco Capac]

Yep.
I stopped waging wars with Alex because I had Saladin in mind as a vassal to boost my score and Alex to secure a 100% chance for domination instead of the dice roll 50% conquest or 50% domination.
Possible, if I managed my settlers better, I would have not won on 250AD by less than half of a percent over domination. Last city covered a single tile and tripped over domination.

BTW, there were three fake attempts before this attempt; that one is the only one that passed over the 1000 BC threshold. I had a nice attempt before, but I realized it would be more intelligent with a feudalism slingshot.

@Ozbenno

Remember of the odd start where I had gems below my starting settler and a made a visitor comment about it...well, in one of the fake attempts, Hatty had rice under her capital (not a new capital, but the original where the starting settler always SIP).

I think inland sea is a bugged mapscript.

 

[Ozbenno]

@Ozbenno

Remember of the odd start where I had gems below my starting settler and a made a visitor comment about it...well, in one of the fake attempts, Hatty had rice under her capital (not a new capital, but the original where the starting settler always SIP).

I think inland sea is a bugged mapscript.

Must be. Silly Hatty for not moving her capital

 

[Kaitzilla]

Domination with Rome? That's my favorite possible game