Science Victory T266
- How many cities did you settle or capture? Settled the upper Continent with tightly spaced cities, then conquered the lower (Shaka) in the early/mid game (15 cities). Late in the game I liberated another 7 from the Mongols over the 30 or so turns preceding the science victory.
- What did you prioritize for research and policies? I went for Chemistry, then Industrialization, then Steel, then Satellites. By then I had so much science and so little competition, I just researched whatever.
- Did you bother with Religion? Nope. Didn’t even look.
- How did you pump your Culture? Theatre Squares, Colosseum, Suzerain of Kumasi.
- Did you instigate any major wars? Ended the reign of the tyrant Shaka.
- Were City-States helpful? Yes, as usual. Late in the game I sent 6 envoys to a couple of the gold city states which helped with the cash flow.
- How did the new features help you? n/a
- Any surprises you ran into, how did you deal with it? None.
- Did you enjoy the game? Yes. I think I enjoyed the 6otM39 more with the Mapuche, but all-in-all, a fine time! I annexed most of the Mongol territory with a couple of Modern Armor armies after he declared a surprise war at the end of the game, which spiced things up a bit. I had the idea of vertical integration with Magnus instead of the hitting the usual goto “Buy The Spaceport” button with Reyna. I also spent 20 turns on the Rhur Valley, which probably ended up at no loss, but also no gain to the timeliness of the finish. The building as opposed to buying the spaceport was not a bad idea per se, as I could allocate the gold for Theatre Square buildings, but it is definitely slower. This was probably a bad idea relative to timeliness of the finish, but a good idea for creating Modern Armor armies and stadiums to support the war weariness necessary to take over the Mongol. A final note: Spaceports certainly do take quite some time to build without chopping anything. I don’t think I will ever straight out build one ever again.
Anyway, here’s a play by play…continued from the opening actions thread…
Turn 128
- War reparations from Shaka expire in 1 turn. My 2 Hwacha and knight in the area should make short work of Shaka. I have also enlisted the aid of Abu Al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi for healing should anything strange happen. I have another knight on the way, and another in production. Republican Legacy is 12 turns away. I plan to knock Shaka completely out of the game.
- I bought 2 galleys and sent them out to explore. Just this turn one of them stumbled on to Kumasi, so I dropped 3 envoys to augment my trade routes. My suzerain status @ Kumasi lit Geneva up and I dropped 3 envoys there too.
Turn 135
- Circumnavigated the globe for +3 era score. Unfortunately I was 76/66 score needed for a golden age already.
- Have conquered 2 of Shaka's cities...Looks like he was kind enough to build us the pyramids, A BONANZA!!!
Turn 147
- Will change to a Merchant Republic next turn (after waiting 2 turns for era score). Am also waiting 1 more turn to knock Shaka out of the game for era score as well.
- Dedicated monumentality golden age turn 148. At present I generate +10 faith per turn, shrug.
- Of note, the Colosseum is still available. I figure, what’s the worst that can happen? I need an entertainment district anyway.
Turn 150
- Well, that was quick. I had Magnus in the city already, bought a few builders with gold, 1 with faith, and produced one in Jinju, and wallah! The Colosseum. Note: This does bode well for the present management of Kabul.
Turn 157
- Kabul falls.
- Present status of Korean kingdom: 15 cities, with 6 working on ResearchLlabs, 1 Intelligence Agency, 1 Library, 1 University, 1 Campus district, 3 Granaries, and 2 Water Mills.
Turn 175
Tomyris and China declare joint war on me. No units in site.
Turn 179
I’m not sure how, but the Petra was still available, but I managed to build it using Isidore of Miletus @ Nodwengu (shake head). Tomyris and China still MIA.
Turn 186
Captured a settler being escorted with an archer from Tomyris using a galley then made peace with both China and Sythia. Yippee!!!
Turn 195
Finally got around to playing the Rationalism card. Whooops
Turn 202
Finished the Spaceport this turn. I suppose I could have bought it, but I’m not in a particular hurry. I’ve been buying Theatre Square buildings instead, and have a respectable 207 culture. I decided to build the Rhur Valley to expedite the rest of the space projects. I lost a mine but will get +20% production, which can add up when I divert all the trade routes to the area with the Ecommerce policy card (which I’m beelining). It will add +2 production / +5 gold for each trade route. I think I may declare a few wars going forward as well for a +20% Warlord’s Throne boost.
Turn 219
Rhur Valley complete. 9 turns for a Launch Earth Satellite Project.
Turn 231
A am beginning to think I should have built more than 1 Spaceport. Just upgraded 2 Knight armies to Modern Armor Armies this turn. Plan to then them towards Chandragupta to acquire +20% production bonuses from the Warlord’s Throne.
Turn 238
As I was about to attack Chandragupta, Tomyris and China declared a surprise war against me again, so I redirected the 2 Modern Armor Armies toward them. I managed to liberate Xian on turn 238 (and there is no flashing RED FIST)!!! I think I will annex (or raze if amenities are scarce) the Mongols.
Note to self: I think Pingala’s +30% space race projects ability beats Magnus’ vertical integration.
Turn 246
Globalization and Ecommerce policy card hit.
Turn 266
Continued the offensive against the Mongols. By the end of turn 266, when the Scientific Victory screen flashed I had captured all but one of their cities and had a respectable 250ish production level in my Spaceport city.
After action reflection: I will sometimes have to wait to launch a space project until I have researched the technology, so I went for Chemistry 1st before Industrialization. Not such a wise idea relative to timeliness. I should have gone Industrialization, bought a factory (not Theatre Square buildings), then built Rhur using the Great Engineer I burned on the Petra, immediately BOUGHT a Spaceport, then begun to work projects shifting all my trade routes to augment Spaceport production. Shrug. Such is life. A win is a win ;-).
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, using my Holy sites as Theater squares alternatives that provided more than just culture.
so when the emergency showed up the next turn Korea immediately answered the international call to liberate their former vassal ... and was alone to answer. Some brand new frigates made short work of the Indian Varus, allowing our brave knights to liberate the City State. We quickly made peace after that without even trying to take the Indian city located on the same island as we are not invaders and Chandragupta even returned to his previous friendly attitude once Buenos Aires was once again standing between his lands and ours.
. Honorable Tomyris immediately denounced him but she was far away and he didn't care, confident his large army led by Impis would make quick work of our remaining forces. He wasn't expecting our double-trouble counter.
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