Here's a log of my first 100 turns:
2 - ruin barbs, found mt kilimanjaro
11 - ruin map
14 - ruin 70 gold
15 - ruin pop
16 - ruin culture
21 - ruin prophet
29 - ruin writing, stole worker from hiawatha
33 - stole 1st worker from bratislava
34 - peace with hiawatha, gave him copper for money
38 - war with egypt, stole settler into worker
41 - finished temple of artemis
54 - founded city next to mt kilimanjaro
59 - founded city on river coast SE of capital
72 - finished hanging gardens
90 - finished petra and completed tradition
95 - found shaka
100 - 1st golden age, national college finished next turn
When I found the island SW of Antwerp I was like, yay, that seems like good lands, crabs, pastures, fish, deer, natural wonder. Then like 2 turns later I found shaka on that island and the joy evaporated. Not sure if I will settle that island, maybe I will on a hill and then immediately send him a trade route. I will also get a great engineer in 9 turns, I might use it on chichen itza. I will probably also settle between bratislava and antwerp, buy the marble and try for the gems. I kept war with bratislava so far, got a few workers from them. Since they are hostile i figured it wouldnt be worth to make peace early.
Still thinking about the policy strategy going forth. I really like commerce cheaper buying, and maybe patronage opener + forbidden palace.
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- What did you think about before starting the game, what was your approach to this game?
Get petra and desert folklore and play a bit with external trade routes. So after warring nearby civs for worker steals make friends and send trade routes.
- Where did you settle and what did you build first?
On the copper like I said in opening thread. Build scouts first of course, because with fractal I feel I need good scouting
- How did the terrain and map settings affect your early decisions?
Sailing was not initially on my prio, because I wanted to get some key wonders, but I just needed to buy a trireme sooner then later because I found I was stuck with 2 civs on a big plot of land.
- What were your initial priorities?
Want to get key wonders temple of artemis, hanging gardens and petra. Also want to play a bit with the UA external trade routes. Stealing workers.
- What tech path did you follow and why?
Granary, because of 2 wheat. Then focused on getting wonders with a side step to calendar. I was lucky to get writing from a ruin. Now I will focus on civil service. Then I will see if full science or I take chivalry for kasbah early.
- What Social Policies did you choose?
Full tradition.
- What Wonders did you try to get and did you get them?
temple of artemis, hanging gardens and petra, got them all.
- Did you get a religion? What religious beliefs did you pick?
Yes, got tithe, pagoda, desert folklore. So far i bought 1 missionary to spread to city states up north, one of them had a quest for it. Bought 1 pagoda so far.