[BTS] spy economy

[phillip1882]

for a fun little game, always peace, after 12 cities mass up spies, 100 percent of gold to espionage.
large map, pangea 18 civs.

Moderator Action: Moved to Stories & Tales Forum, as there's not much in the way of strategy here. Cheers - lymond

 

[BornInCantaloup]

Sure thing. But espionage tech stealing will never get you ahead

 

[phillip1882]

so since it is always peace, conquest and domination arn't really options, i can't out tech the cpu, so space race isn't viable, i doubt i'll get diplomatic with the amount of espionage i'm making, which leaves me with culture.

 

[phillip1882]

my first map gen gave me a bad result, but the second one shown here is decent.

 

[phillip1882]

met mansa right next to me, awesome, he's usually the highest tech . got scouted by julius, and popped mysticism from goodie hut.

 

[phillip1882]

met several other civs, warrior scouted lots of jungle

 

[phillip1882]

founded my second city, be lining for alphabet

 

[phillip1882]

met about 2/3 of all civs

 

[phillip1882]

only two civs not scouted yet, have alphabet but no one seems willing to trade, well we know the "cure" for that.
founded my third city

 

[phillip1882]

founded my 4th city, looks like can only get 2-3 more. i got archery for writing from Isabella and sailing for writing from Peter.

 

[BornInCantaloup]

Well, espionnage can have its uses, in combination with the science slider. It is, after all, cheaper to steal a tech than to research it.
I believe you can win Space with Always Peace but Culture certainly is another possibility.

 

[phillip1882]

founded my 5th city, mostly a throw away city

 

[phillip1882]

now that i have iron, its time to tech steal, starting my first spy, traded cheap tech for some gold.

 

[phillip1882]

and now we have spy

one more city founded, last one on the way

 

[phillip1882]

first spy failed gold steal, second one ready.

 

[phillip1882]

hmm seems i ran into a snag, it not letting me tech steal

 

[phillip1882]

 

[phillip1882]

he has math, and i've been putting 70 percent in to spy for the past couple dozen turns, I wonder what the problem is

 

[phillip1882]

ok im not sure what the problem is i've stolen a couple techs now.
construction, and monotheism

 

[phillip1882]

got calander and code of laws in exchange for construction