Cromagnus
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I wanted this achievement so much I was unwilling to wait for it to happen naturally. (The odds are astronomical imho)
Don't get me wrong, I tried. I put Egypt and Germany into a standard game and tried about 3 times to get it to happen naturally. (8 players, standard, standard, emperor)
On the third try I realized that the odds were highly against Germany ever sending an archaeologist to Egypt, let alone both of them surviving or dipping into Archaeology early enough to have it happen before an AI won. The only way to reasonably make it happen in one playthrough is a 4-player map, America/Egypt/Germany/etc, or quickly eliminate/weaken the other 5 players via conquest. And turning off Time Victory... it's still incredibly unlikely.
So, finally, I just gave up and did this:
I picked a dig site right between two of my cities, and planted an archaelogist on it, and worked the tile right up until the point where the dig would complete. I planted a second archaeologist right next to him, in the other city's borders. I ensured through tile purchase that the borders for one city included the dig site, and the other borders reached just up to the dig site. Then, I sold one city to Egypt in exchange for open borders, and the other to Germany for open borders. In the same turn, I gifted the second archaeologist to Germany. (Which works since he's in Germany territory)
I then completed the dig immediately to get the achievement.
Pain in the butt. I think having it ever happen otherwise would require insane luck.
Don't get me wrong, I tried. I put Egypt and Germany into a standard game and tried about 3 times to get it to happen naturally. (8 players, standard, standard, emperor)
On the third try I realized that the odds were highly against Germany ever sending an archaeologist to Egypt, let alone both of them surviving or dipping into Archaeology early enough to have it happen before an AI won. The only way to reasonably make it happen in one playthrough is a 4-player map, America/Egypt/Germany/etc, or quickly eliminate/weaken the other 5 players via conquest. And turning off Time Victory... it's still incredibly unlikely.
So, finally, I just gave up and did this:
I picked a dig site right between two of my cities, and planted an archaelogist on it, and worked the tile right up until the point where the dig would complete. I planted a second archaeologist right next to him, in the other city's borders. I ensured through tile purchase that the borders for one city included the dig site, and the other borders reached just up to the dig site. Then, I sold one city to Egypt in exchange for open borders, and the other to Germany for open borders. In the same turn, I gifted the second archaeologist to Germany. (Which works since he's in Germany territory)
I then completed the dig immediately to get the achievement.
Pain in the butt. I think having it ever happen otherwise would require insane luck.