[BTS] BOTM 130 First Spoiler - To 1AD

[Deckhand]

Arghh, so sorry this is so late. I think I've captured the record for latest spoiler.

Tell us about your game up to 1AD.
Probably lots of interesting stuff to post. Hope you took notes.

I think I chose all the leaders as ones who haven't appeared very often.

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unless that was another game

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actually many of my games

 

[nocho]

It's been 3 weeks since I reached 1AD, but stalled after that due to RL and SGOTM. Hope to finish it still.

Anyway, a meagre 7 cities and 29 pop at 1AD. Maybe should've gone to war despite the machine guns, but didn't. Land is pretty meagre too, although I've seen worse. No stellar cities, but each at least contributes something more or less useful.

Techwise it's going well enough, at least CS, currency and philo are in and music nearly. Built the Pyramids and currently trying to get GLib without marble. Surely will try to break out with cuirs.

For prince it's not a complete cakewalk, so in that sense objective accomplished.

 

[Pangaea]

Don't remember too well what the situation was at 1AD, but the savegame has "access to Maces" in the name, so at least I had that. Probably 5-6 cities. I remember the AI expanded much faster than usual for the difficulty level, so there was some snowball effect from the extra settlers. Land was shoddy, apart from the golds.

Pretty ballsy move to go to war early, so I didn't do that Hope to finish it, but right now I'm trying to beat the clock on the 129 game first.