Hate barbarians? I promise you'll hate them even more if you try this little challenge I've prepared.
Settings
Difficulty: Deity
Map: Continents (2 landmasses)
Speed: Normal
Leader: Churchill of England (Cha/Pro)
Special Settings
-No huts
-No events
-Raging Barbarians
-You are alone on your continent, no helpful AI to help you fogbust
-AIs will not settle on your continent, they are locked away by a strange mountain barrier
-The Great Wall is disabled
Victory Condition
Domination Victory only, all others are disabled.
Your landmass is large enough to win... you just have to fill it out.
Alternate Victory Condition
Since Domination can be very long to achieve, you can declare yourself victor upon these conditions:
-no barbarians left on your landmass (this includes those pesky barb galleys!)
-entire landmass fogbusted to prove your superiority on barbarians (this means you see every square, this is not spawnbusting 5x5)
The start
Post your results and let's see how early someone can win this!
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Below are my tips. They're spoilers obviously but they can help you a bit.
Mild spoilers
#1
#2
#3
Spoilers
#4
#5
#6
Large Spoilers
#7
#8
#9
#10
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Regarding worldbuilder save:
-The Great Wall has been given by default to a foreign AI (founded a city and put it there, removed a settler... not that it changes much)
-you must add Hunting, Archery, The Wheel and Agriculture to barbarians in worldbuilder. Otherwise you won't have much of a challenge compared to the real die hards out there
Settings
Difficulty: Deity
Map: Continents (2 landmasses)
Speed: Normal
Leader: Churchill of England (Cha/Pro)
Special Settings
-No huts
-No events
-Raging Barbarians
-You are alone on your continent, no helpful AI to help you fogbust
-AIs will not settle on your continent, they are locked away by a strange mountain barrier
-The Great Wall is disabled
Victory Condition
Domination Victory only, all others are disabled.
Your landmass is large enough to win... you just have to fill it out.
Alternate Victory Condition
Since Domination can be very long to achieve, you can declare yourself victor upon these conditions:
-no barbarians left on your landmass (this includes those pesky barb galleys!)
-entire landmass fogbusted to prove your superiority on barbarians (this means you see every square, this is not spawnbusting 5x5)
The start
Post your results and let's see how early someone can win this!
~~~
Below are my tips. They're spoilers obviously but they can help you a bit.
Mild spoilers
#1
Spoiler :
Don't settle in place.
#2
Spoiler :
Only settle hilltops.
#3
Spoiler :
Use border pops for fogbusting.
Spoilers
#4
Spoiler :
You don't have easy access to Copper.
#5
Spoiler :
You don't have time to wait for Copper, Archery is mandatory.
#6
Spoiler :
You need several level 4 units to expand.
Large Spoilers
#7
Spoiler :
You have 13 turns to be ready.
#8
Spoiler :
Don't bother building warriors.
#9
Spoiler :
You have Horses and Iron nearby.
#10
Spoiler :
Settle on the Wine and start expanding in only one direction. Your crab is safe from galleys.
~~~
Regarding worldbuilder save:
-The Great Wall has been given by default to a foreign AI (founded a city and put it there, removed a settler... not that it changes much)
-you must add Hunting, Archery, The Wheel and Agriculture to barbarians in worldbuilder. Otherwise you won't have much of a challenge compared to the real die hards out there