BOTM 169 Results and Congratulations

[Noble Zarkon]

This was our most popular game since BOTM 95 back in 2015 with 26 entries!!

People seemed to enjoy the luxurious Garden of Eden although only 3 people turtled up and went for Culture, amongst a lot of great entries @Kaitzilla did an amazing job with a 450AD Conquest victory.

The cataphracts did their job although if I was doing the map again I would sure the ring was at least 3 tiles wide everywhere, although it did reqrd good scouting - and the use of spies by some was very clever.

A few complaints re backwards AIs they actually ran away in 8 out of my 10 tests (using the AutoAI mod), trading happily amongst themselves and leaving the player in the dust. This was why I added a lot of jungle to slow them down, perhaps I overdid it!

Thanks to you all for participating - it's very satisfying to see such a strong response.


Summary of Medal Winners:

Kaitzilla: 450 AD Conquest Victory, 168,888 points.

nocho: 1330 AD Domination Victory, 168,576 points.

shulec: 1540 AD Conquest Victory, 166,789 points.


Fastest Finish Award Winners:

lymond: 1795 AD Spaceship Victory, 122,318 points.

neilmeister: 1460 AD Diplomatic Victory, 118,559 points.

Kime11: 1913 AD Cultural Victory, 83,425 points.

notorious_banjo: 1840 AD Religious Victory, 56,047 points.

MarleysGh0st: 1765 AD Cultural Victory, 44,085 points.


Other Award Winners:

HassiSan: 1901 AD Conquest Victory, 51,141 points.

socralynnek: 1848 AD Cultural Victory, 24,445 points.

greatbeyond: 2036 AD Domination Victory, 11,060 points.

krikav: 2005 AD Spaceship Victory, 9,068 points.


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[Pangaea]

Incredibly close score-wise! Congratulations to Kaitzilla with a very impressive win given the restrictions.

If anybody turtled up for space in the garden, did it have the required resources or did you have to capture aluminum or something like that in the rings?

Hah, see I'm dead last with the only incomplete entry

 

[notorious_banjo]

Thanks for the great game! Nice to see more people taking part. I took a religious loss the game before this one, was nice to get some revenge

 

[lymond]

Incredibly close score-wise! Congratulations to Kaitzilla with a very impressive win given the restrictions.

If anybody turtled up for space in the garden, did it have the required resources or did you have to capture aluminum or something like that in the rings?

I recall their being a plethora of aluminum. At least 3 or 4 in the Eden archipelago. Coupla coals too. Little good it did me.

Wow...Sir @shulec with an entry!

@Kaitzilla what were your initial fighting units?

 

[Noble Zarkon]

Wow...Sir @shulec with an entry!

Yes, meant to mention that!

The hills were peppered with late game resources, I figured you had enough goodies without someone popping another one on t10 lol.

 

[Kaitzilla]

Wow, the point spread from 1st to 3rd was 2000 points or 1.2%

Hey Shulec!

@Kaitzilla what were your initially fighting units?

Flanking II War Elephants (Immune to First Strikes)
Only 1 AI was actually invaded using a city and fort to force capitulation.

 

[neilmeister]

Fastest and slowest diplo!

I am now 2 Eptathletes behind nocho.... dont think I am every going to catch up!

 

[shulec]

Hey Shulec!

Good to see y'all! Dipping my toe back into CivIV.

Keep on conquering Kaitzilla!

 

[MarleysGh0st]

MarleysGh0st: 1765 AD Cultural Victory, 44,085 points.

Cool! My gambit to grab a Cultural Award worked, so now I don't have to try that strategy any more!

But I really should get serious, after all of these years, about finally completing an Eptathlon. I still need Conquest and Gold (and, unofficially, a Cow). Those might be difficult among this crowd, so may I need to wait a few more years for more of my competition to retire from the game.