I've been playing a few games on large worlds, but I keep forgetting how close everyone are.
I met the Aztecs just a few turns after I started to move my first warrior. My first building
que was warrior --> warrior --> settler --> granary --> many settlers...
I wanted to settle my second city fairly early and this was a good move in my opinion, since
I managed to link the spices quickly so I was in no need of increasing the luxuries. I also built
the second city quickly because I wanted MP in my capital and military to scout and protect
my lands. If I don't scout my land thoroughly I tend to place my cities without thought, or
perhaps I'll lose important resources/luxuries, which I'm hunting with passion
I have played quite a few games with multipel fronts before, I know the outcome of such
a game. Even if I win, it's always better to take out enemies one by one. At this time I
found the Americans to be a greedy lot, though they managed to build lots of spears
early on, so I figured I needed an allied to bring them down quickly. It was not hard to
convince Spain, that the Americans in fact was looking for world domination. The deal ended
up pretty good actually, and I decided to spare the Spaniards for now. Spain was able to
limit the amount of American reinforcement to their more distant towns, while the mighty
Mayans captured them one after another. Finally the fearsome JT stood outside of Washington,
but they decided to wait for the some Swords before they started the attack. At this
time, not surprising at all, the Aztecs demanded at tribute. They wanted silks and the
Mayans decided that this was something they could afford, for now. So there was no
war against the Aztecs at this time, who had grown quite powerful.
Highlights:
* Mayan was able to capture all American towns and keep the Spaniards at their peninsula.
(Except one town north of the Spanish border).
* They also manage to build quite a few AA wonders, even though this was not exactly a goal,
but a bonus.
* Big tech lead
Failures:
* Failed the slingshot to Republic, another civilization manage to get Philosophy before the Mayans.
* Failed to make an early contact with the other civilizations, which rendered the GL less profitable.