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Turn 270 Culture Victory Probably my first attempt at deity culture victory - certainly the first recent one (and I didn't really play deity until recently). Handling city states and the world congress was challenging (and not successfully accomplished). I only made two proposals and wasted...

Similar to my DOW against Gustavus. Not the actual war part - he offered peace quickly (no army involved from either side except the single settler steal). He offered DOF 1 or 2 turns after peace, so I accept. I don't feel safe (he's also friends with Bismark and Washington).

Early game complete (National College on Turn 96) ... Initial Scouting (opening policy based on planned expansions) Was considering Liberty with six unique easily available (plus a seventh if I rush a settler and buy Panama City's spices). Couldn't really find five expansion locations that I...

No idea how to handle deity culture victory. I suppose full Aesthetics isn't needed until the end game, but it's still six additional social policies I normally don't consider. Maybe only Rationalism 2 or 4? Skip Rationalism entirely?? Of course, Piety is good for Ethopia, but when and full...

Final update ... T181 Venice T228 Palenque T250 Seoul T255 Delhi And then there were two. And I'm good with that. Together with the last AI, we can rule the world! Despite two failed DOWs (Pacal early, Gandhi after taking Venice), I think I could win the game if I choose to continue. Just...

Responding to Norlan's post ...

Thanks - especially for production penalty and expo location advice (the trireme is a work boat for the crab, I think). Easy to see the usefulness of your first expo - something I'll keep in mind for later games. T164 Update: Saw that Enrico was marching against me (with the "largest" army...

Liberty comp bow fail - hoping to convert to arties (and later). I haven't yet figured out Liberty + early war on Immortal yet, so this isn't a surprising result on Deity. Thought I had it here, but no. The spoiler has indirect information pertaining to the theme - so, you know, spoiler...

Today? Yes - or, at least, we're most of the way there.

T185 Domination Victory That was rough. Same turn I researched metal casting (T99), I chose berserkers, crossbows, and trebuchets as my endgame. Built markets and temples. Intentionally stayed in Medieval as long as possible for cheaper faith buys (T66 initiation rites and monasteries, T94...

Probably spoiler safe for me to read other posts in this thread, but still holding off for a bit. Want to update though ... Turn 80 Update First war done. No capital, but Shaka offered Umgungundlovu for peace. Looks like Caesar will finish Shaka completely though (paid Shaka to war Caesar...

Ugg. Accidentally lost my post by navigating away (rather than opening a new tab). This will have to be an abbreviated post. Before Turn 63 Turn 63 About 2 turns before I DOW Elizabeth (was waiting for Optics), I see a Zulu settler. Shaka was already hostile criticizing my army (was 7th but...

Turn 264 Science Victory! First, thanks to valadaz and everyone involved with GOTM (including the players - would be pointless if no one posted). Another mediocre win that can't compete with top times, but I'm happy with that since in general, I still can't compete at the top and it wasn't too...

Reasonable practice with Freedom. Went Order this game and somewhat surprised with the result given my lack of experience. Wasn't much slower than a typical Freedom game for me despite having no idea how to manage the timing (tech tree was complete - first part completed the next turn). Took...

I did not - was way too poor to do any when it mattered. By the time I could afford one (and only one), my science per turn was already first by a mile. They would have been nearly worthless even with the Rationalism finisher, so I figured it was better to try to save gold for schools as best...