Recent content by King Jason

Ambition wins are the primary mode of victory for winning OCC games since it takes much longer to actually win off of points or conquest. Generally I think the timeframe for an ambition win is going to land around 120 turns regardless of your empire size so yea, going tall works just fine. You...

From what I can tell of the two screenshots you posted, your science rate isn't great. You had 32 science on turn 40 and then only 36 science nearly 20 turns later around turn 60. A strong science rate will make the game smoother. I think most games can be won within 150 turns. Sprinting...

Use your spymaster to slander

Discontent doesn't cause rebels, having negative family opinions is what creates rebels. If you look at the second screenshot up from your post, you can see their family opinion situation is stable with all families in the green. Manage your families well and discontent won't be a problem...

This is a fun read, I miss threads like this. Though, you accidentally forgot to toggle on Realistic Mortality. Shouldn't matter since you already got the Achievement. Map looks fun.

play very very poorly.

A physical manual would become a collectible real quick given how much they update the game.

- Ballista are very strong - Towers are almost insurmountable - 6 cities is all you need to win an ambition victory So if you want to turtle it up you can focus on diplomacy and defensive build up while shooting for the ambition win. This will alleviate any of issues you might face with undo...

As far as community, the discord is pretty active

The issue is often times these characters don't even exist. When a tribal leader dies, the character that replaces them is created immediately. OP is correct that characters seem to appear out of nowhere because exactly what's happening. The game randomly generates characters whenever there's a...

Discord is usually where people talk about the Gotw and other challenge games. It's basically the most active place for Old World stuff. Next up is probably reddit.

I do think that this tactic rears it's head a bit once you get catapults. Combat is tougher and more involved than civ though. You need to get used to the different counters and the ways terrain can completely kill an advantage. A dozen archers in the open can be super strong but if they end...

Or, they could have made the computer good at it. People discuss 1upt like it's impossible to get right. Old World is right over there... and the number one complaint from new players who go to try it out is that it's too hard and the computer kicks the crap out of them on the battlefield. This...

Glad you came back / stuck with it. New players hit a few speed bumps at first but a truly amazing game is waiting to be discovered if you stick with it.

It's a bit niche. Clergy have a 30% chance to become the new religion head when the current one dies so you can use it to put people in the position that will be highly favorable of you or your heir which helps boost opinion. Clergy themselves contribute some of their own positive opinion to the...