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Round 4: Calling jesusin!
Guess what the victory condition is! I, for one, have always been fascinated by the back and forth that goes on in this forum regarding fast cultural victories. Although I could never be patient and precise enough to manage every decision by calculation and spreadsheet, I’m very impressed by those who do. Hopefully some of our cultural experts will come out of the woodwork and join us here, in a game that may be less than an ideal start (less than ideal, Bindy? You don’t even start with Mysticism!) So, as they say in my neck of the woods, let’s get some culcha!
"Required" Settings:
Expansion: BTS
Era: Ancient
Civilization: Sumeria
Victory Condition: Culture
Game Speed: Normal
Map: Medium and Small
Again, even though I’m suddenly falling behind, I will be playing at Monarch. It has been great to see activity at many levels. Anyone ready to try Deity this time? I will continue using a standard map, and honestly, I’m not even going to try to guess how close to the actual EQM requirements I’m going to be yet, but check out this thread for the latest from Denniz.
As always, here are the opponent requirements for various map sizes.
Gilgamesh is Creative, which is a minor bonus to a cultural victory, but surely not enough of one to replace not starting with Mysticism. He is also Protective, which I suspect is useless to a fast victory, as any battle is a bad thing. He starts with Agriculture and the Wheel, so an early worker should have stuff to do, at least. His UU is the Vulture, which is a higher strength, lower melee bonus Axeman. His UB is a courthouse that is available with Priesthood. I don’t see either the UU or the UB having a significant effect on the outcome of this game.
Target Practice (Standard Map):
May all the world gape in awe at the artistry of your people!
Results:
shuyhe won in 1790 A.D. on Immortal
ozbenno won in 1806 A.D. on Monarch
bestje won in 1910 A.D. on Monarch
pholtz won in 1824 A.D. on Noble
Latecomers:
Bindamel won in 1900 A.D. on Monarch
ruff_hi won in 1917 A.D. on Monarch
Honorable Mention:
ngraner42 won in 1812 A.D. on Emperor, using a Big and Small map
Details of this game series are here.
Round 4: Calling jesusin!
Guess what the victory condition is! I, for one, have always been fascinated by the back and forth that goes on in this forum regarding fast cultural victories. Although I could never be patient and precise enough to manage every decision by calculation and spreadsheet, I’m very impressed by those who do. Hopefully some of our cultural experts will come out of the woodwork and join us here, in a game that may be less than an ideal start (less than ideal, Bindy? You don’t even start with Mysticism!) So, as they say in my neck of the woods, let’s get some culcha!
"Required" Settings:
Expansion: BTS
Era: Ancient
Civilization: Sumeria
Victory Condition: Culture
Game Speed: Normal
Map: Medium and Small
Again, even though I’m suddenly falling behind, I will be playing at Monarch. It has been great to see activity at many levels. Anyone ready to try Deity this time? I will continue using a standard map, and honestly, I’m not even going to try to guess how close to the actual EQM requirements I’m going to be yet, but check out this thread for the latest from Denniz.
As always, here are the opponent requirements for various map sizes.
Code:
Mapsize Minimum Maximum
Tiny 2 4
Small 4 7
Standard 6 10
Large 8 14
Huge 10 17
Gilgamesh is Creative, which is a minor bonus to a cultural victory, but surely not enough of one to replace not starting with Mysticism. He is also Protective, which I suspect is useless to a fast victory, as any battle is a bad thing. He starts with Agriculture and the Wheel, so an early worker should have stuff to do, at least. His UU is the Vulture, which is a higher strength, lower melee bonus Axeman. His UB is a courthouse that is available with Priesthood. I don’t see either the UU or the UB having a significant effect on the outcome of this game.
Target Practice (Standard Map):
Code:
Deity No Entry
Immortal vitas99 1894 A.D.
Emperor meatdaddy 1838 A.D.
Monarch Gre_Magus 1808 A.D.
Prince uthertepes 1715 A.D.
Noble Kanidyen 1818 A.D
Warlord Kanidyen 1680 A.D.
Chieftain Sanabas 1480 A.D.
Settler Sir_Spink 1730 A.D.
May all the world gape in awe at the artistry of your people!
Results:
shuyhe won in 1790 A.D. on Immortal
ozbenno won in 1806 A.D. on Monarch
bestje won in 1910 A.D. on Monarch
pholtz won in 1824 A.D. on Noble
Latecomers:
Bindamel won in 1900 A.D. on Monarch
ruff_hi won in 1917 A.D. on Monarch
Honorable Mention:
ngraner42 won in 1812 A.D. on Emperor, using a Big and Small map