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My recall was that I wasn't troubled by the Persians at all (they seemed satisfied to sit in a bloc on the mountain pass and just watch me), nor did they try to settle on my north coast by boat, although I did do so myself fairly quickly.

Presuming you mean Greece rather than Aztecs... I decided early on to have a stab at a Domination win (the 'sort of...Pangea' hint tempted me). Perhaps luckily, I peacefully blocked ingress by everyone else into what turned out to be a huge lush peninsula, which became my happy hunting ground...

I'm pleased with just about anything except Sid levels (but once a year would be fine). I like being forced to accept the starting conditions, otherwise when I play alone, I'm in danger of cycling through 'random' multiple restarts till they suit me. I also like required VCs as I have never...

I suspected I was doing too well as I was rapidly approaching a 100k cultural victory in the early 1500s (CivAssist predicted a 1590 win). I'd avoided war with the main opponents (Sumerians and Babylonians) and had mutual protection pacts with the two of them and a common enemy. I wasn't...

I think it's my first time attempting this victory condition; pleased to say I made it, but only just (1962). I almost lost it not noticing Ottomans creeping towards a domination victory so had to launch my first war to put them in their place (and then avoid the temptation to wipe them out and...

Alan - so sorry to hear about your wife. Bless you.

Amazingly easy Conquest for me! :king: Was it the Regent level and small land area? My first ever Middle Ages win and under 1,000AD (920AD). Just cranked out Keshiks (70 at the end), benefited from Ancient Cavalry, and ploughed up civilizations... Didn't bother with great wonders beyond...

I thought it would be clever and quicker to expand beyond my own main island and the little one to the north. I just wasted time and money researching on my own in Monarchy because I fell behind with the fighting and then nobody would help me; money that I could have gained in Republic and used...

Suprisingly friendly bunch, when I have right of passage agreements with everyone except Iroquois - must be the Regent level despite their heightened agression. I'm going towards Monarchy rather than Republic, as I want to rely on building advances myself, and will soon be at perpetual war. I'm...

Hi too to bbrady413. Never having attempted a 100K victory, I expanded as rapidly as I could, building quasi-rings approximately 4 and 8 squares out, keeping the peace with everyone, and getting a temple and library into everywhere. As for 'some' little tent cities, my strategy is to take...

The wrong one :(

I continued to be nice to everybody I could in the first couple of centuries AD, with rights of passage for everybody. Expanding into gaps left by neighbours attacking each other, I constantly traded to keep techs advancing whilst staying just ahead. Cultural conversions to me were spontaneously...

By 'speed bumps' do you mean belching volcanoes, mountain ranges, jungle, and swamps in seemingly never ending amounts? Anyway, I decided from the moment I started, to go for a peaceful victory (I'd had my fill of blood in a recent conquest game), and found the starting valley very comfortable...

I took out the Romans as soon as I had horses and before they could link up their iron. The Russians got reduced easily to a ghost of their former selves not too long after that. But I'd taken too long by now and was slipping behind everyone around me on techs, size and culture. In fact, one of...

Sorry to post here after starting the game, but I wonder if the new Broadsword Unit has not been fully registered, as I have got the following error message; or maybe it is another problem? Either way, my game just keeps crashing C3C now. (NB: I have restarted the game both from a save made the...