Ok here the savegames.
1. Startposition, was kinda nice.
2. 1 turn before the end (1720), so u have the feeling again with the win screen *g* (just add the last part in Washington)
3. Somewhere midgame after i took Japan with my Infantry, i went for Russia then...
Note: It was my first time ever i played late game (after Telegraph). I did a lot of small mistakes, and didnt play as efficient as i could have. I had 5 maritime City States (i dont know what u got normally...).
I generally set my priorities on getting a nice research fast & second focus on hammers for the late game. In order to achieve that i went for the city states. The large Cities (Washington & Mecca) were production monsters. I pumped research and Wonder out of these, while the others were rather supplementary.
In the end Washington made around 170 hammer per turn while producing (golden age) . Mecca a bit less, but still fast, i finished my SS parts in 5-8 turn. In Washington i had some luck i started on flood plains, so i had solar & water (didnt even know there is a solar thing
). Mecca, Washington & Athen made a SS thruster each, Washington went for the first other part, mecca for the second (shipping took some turns) and Washington the third and last again. The second part from Mecca came in 2 turns before Washington finished the final part.
Washington had around 200 Research, Mecca 140 or so (focus on research, but without producing it). My Great artists and generals were used for GAs only ( i suicided on in the ocean vs a barb galley
). I didnt bother on culture at all, prefered to pay some city states ( so i get the research bonus 2 (correction: i said 3 patronage earlier, were 4 actually, just the last 2 not)).
Ah yes settings were:
3 billion years, rest standard (sea level medium), quick combat (animations take forever), and disable start bias (i think), enemy leaders all random.
If you have question just ask, ill try to answer them