Anyone ever won a game without losing a unit?

[Pogel]

I played a game last night - my first attempt at a OCC (Peter/Pangea/Prince/Normal Speed). I won the game with a space race in 2008. When I looked at the stats after the game I saw that I'd only lost 3 units (all scouts, one built) in the entire game. Certainly a record for me but it got me wondering if anyone had ever got the whole game without losses?

The OCC was a lot of fun. At the end I was researching at 800+ beakers and 350 hammers per turn.

 

[Bast]

Well, the first and most obvious question is, how many wars did you fight? If you fought none, then I guess you could easily get away with losing none.

And I haven't played a game without losing a unit or even close. I usually have to fight a few wars.

Great stats with Peter. I think he'll be awesome for OCC games.

 

[Bast]

One thing I'm curious about Peter. People have been saying that they find the Research Institute a useless UB. I was looking at the tech tree and saw that you can beeline towards Computers to get that building relatively early. Did you do that? I'm quite keen to check it out. I love free great people.

 

[marioflag]

Well in one of my last games i was the best civ but was involved in a lot of wars so i was weakened.Peter was 4°-5° during all the game he wasn't really a menace.Anyway during the final stages of the game when i was involved with an endless struggle with my second opponent August i noticed that Peter had one tech above me, as soon as he researched Research Institute i couldn't simply match him in research.He won by space race.Research Institute can be really weakened because it comes too late, but if you have one of the Russian leaders in end game which is running for space race i would really advise you to crush him before he builds research institute because they can give the final boost to win the race.Consider also that unlike Laboratory Peter,Stalin or Catherine will prioritize the construction of Research Institute

 

[ferenginar]

I have won quite a few Civ II games without losing a unit, but none so far in Civ IV

 

[Pogel]

Yes, I bee-lined computers to get the research institute. It's not a bad strategy for a space race anyway, as the AI tends to focus on the rocketry and plastics lines so you can usually get some good trades from the likes of Electricity and Radio. It's also on the way to Robotics and the space elevator, though I wasn't able to build that as I was too far south.

As for war, I actually declared war three times - though I only actually needed to provide moral support to my allies ;-)

 

[Birdmanthepuny]

I won once without losing a unit on an islands map. My starting land was isolated and pretty big and had three great city sites on it. I was Ghandi and went for cultur. The other civs were bunched up together and constantly at war, allowing me to rack up the CP. Love those caravels for spreading religion as well.

 

[blitzkrieg1980]

^^I've never played an island map. Is it fun? I usually like fractal or terra as they end up being more like the real world. I think I'll try an island game with Ragnar... Seems like a good idear

 

[Armorydave]

Not that I remember but my kill ratio is frequently 5-1 or greater in my favor. It is possible that it happened in one of my culture wins from a island start.

 

[Birdmanthepuny]

^^I've never played an island map. Is it fun? I usually like fractal or terra as they end up being more like the real world. I think I'll try an island game with Ragnar... Seems like a good idear

It's not my favorite, especially if you get caught without a lot of room, but it adds an interesting challange. It helps to refine your naval skills as well.

 

[Hitti-Litti]

It is easy to win without losing units. Select Always Peace!

But seriously, that is quite impressive, Pogel

 

[Olleus]

More impressively, someone managed to complete a game at Noble without building a single military unit. I'll try to find the link it.

 

[Red Door]

Yes, an all-peace game with little barbarians. I never lost one unit that game. But it was at Warlord level.

 

[NKVD]

some can win without constructing a single unit except workers and settler

 

[FoolFromHell]

they can if its a all peace game with no barbs

 

[Bast]

More impressively, someone managed to complete a game at Noble without building a single military unit. I'll try to find the link it.

I want to know which leader they did this with. And they must've agreed to everything AI asked for.

 

[cabert]

I want to know which leader they did this with. And they must've agreed to everything AI asked for.

not far from it!
It ended in a diplomatic victory...
I think it had no barbs, though.

 

[Olleus]

I think it was Gandi, and it did end with diplo.

 

[SkippyT]

it would be quite hard not to lose a scout or something early - maybe just leave 'em in the capital

 

[gettingfat]

I remember that game used no barbarian setting, which IMHO is a bit artificial.