Recent content by vcdragoon

To follow up on the Civ 2 line, Horseman rushing is strangely reminiscent of the great "chariots across the world" strategy from Civ 2. ;)

Horses. Domination. /shrug Turn 90, probably would have been sub 80 if the RNG had not placed 3 civ capitals deep in the "Great Forest." Started in the NW corner, mountain area. Had 4 horses next to capital when I was done researching AH. Honor tree down to double xp. First 2 horses went...

Ship launched in 1847. Lost about 40 turns due to extreme unhappiness because I forgot to cap growth in cities. I'm an idiot. Marble start, but no other civ on island with one military CS. Crap. :( Tried something new, went straight 3 into patronage for scholasticism then saved culture for...

Round 2 went smoother, mainly from what I learned from my first attempt. More Cultural CS, less Maritime. Seems like a tossup in the end. Only had 21k culture by redento time, so had to wait 22 turns to start Utopia. /shrug Fun times, going to try to break the 1700 barrier.

Long time lurker, first time posting. :) I enjoy this sort of challenge, and decided to actually try one for submission to celebrate the release of CiV. Well, got to Telegraph in the 1500s, then realized that I only had 12k culture stored. Only having 2 cultural CS hurt my game, and only 1...