Wahaha. I was playing OCC @ Deity, and randomed Huayna Capac (Financial/Industrious) as Portugal with four x sea food + one x pigs and some additional six to eight water tiles for my capital, and guess what? Upon discovering Bronze Working I noticed I'd lucked BRONZE RIGHT UNDER MY CAPITAL! After trading for Metal Casting, getting The Colossus was a breeze. I was semi-tech leader for a long time.
I'm playing just such a game in MP right now (aside from OCC). It's great fun. I never thought Portugal was that good until I got 6 commerce from every base coast tile.
