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Spanish - Monarch
Age of Discovery
42996 points
Age of Discovery
42996 points
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Middle Ages
Danes
Chieftain
Started out defeating the English while capturing the Holy Grail and killing off the Celts. I colinized all over Britain, Scandinavia, Prussia, and Livonia. Then I fought the French just for the Crown of Thorns, but ended in a peace treaty. I had already returned the Holy Grail to Jerusalem but never seeked to destroy the Abbasids. I used the Fatimids as my pawn and they destroyed Alexandria. The Crown of Thorns was returned to Jerusalem, which had been recaptured by the Abbasids. Then my army of Berserks including my actual ARMY stole away the Splinter of the True Cross from the Germans and I returned it to Jerusalem which I held from my second Abbasid war. I was only about 2000 VP's away from winning so the relic put my Danes over the top. The game ended about 160 years and 8000 victory points early. Also inbetween returning the Crown of Thorns and declaring war on Germany I took out two Norwegian kings and I forgot I was at war with them once I had the Splinter of the True Cross in my hands.
Danes
Chieftain
Started out defeating the English while capturing the Holy Grail and killing off the Celts. I colinized all over Britain, Scandinavia, Prussia, and Livonia. Then I fought the French just for the Crown of Thorns, but ended in a peace treaty. I had already returned the Holy Grail to Jerusalem but never seeked to destroy the Abbasids. I used the Fatimids as my pawn and they destroyed Alexandria. The Crown of Thorns was returned to Jerusalem, which had been recaptured by the Abbasids. Then my army of Berserks including my actual ARMY stole away the Splinter of the True Cross from the Germans and I returned it to Jerusalem which I held from my second Abbasid war. I was only about 2000 VP's away from winning so the relic put my Danes over the top. The game ended about 160 years and 8000 victory points early. Also inbetween returning the Crown of Thorns and declaring war on Germany I took out two Norwegian kings and I forgot I was at war with them once I had the Splinter of the True Cross in my hands.
150 turns of grueling Sassanids-vs-the ENTIRE PLANET on Fall of Rome.
Wow.
Oh well... I managed to get Babylon to 27 people... I had all the techs, including all the barb ones, and something like 40 heavy cavalry and 50 spearmen.
All the barbarians kept on declaring war on me. I almost lost my cities to the Huns and Ostrogoths twice, and it took me a good 25 turns to push them back over the causcus. I ended up turning the Vandals on them and sacking all their cities though
I had all of Egypt and most of Anatolia, and I had 4 of the top 5 cities.
It had to be the hardest scenario like ever, though
How can I post screenshots?
My other two were discovery and meso, both as 1-city cultural wins. In discovery I just got temple of the sun, got the blood cult, and stuck a good 4-5 javelin throwers in each city with a few Queltzals as well. I managed to sack one Portugese city, I managed to retake my cities that fell to pale-man-from-the-east armies three or four times (so by the end I had all the cities that I had founded), and I conquered the Aztec capitol and then sacked their last city. I think I was on bad terms with every single civ on the map. I only managed to survive by giving massive amounts of gold to European powers so that only 2-3 were at war with me at a time (they would get the others to declare war on me).
I already said how I won Meso.
Wow.
Oh well... I managed to get Babylon to 27 people... I had all the techs, including all the barb ones, and something like 40 heavy cavalry and 50 spearmen.
All the barbarians kept on declaring war on me. I almost lost my cities to the Huns and Ostrogoths twice, and it took me a good 25 turns to push them back over the causcus. I ended up turning the Vandals on them and sacking all their cities though
I had all of Egypt and most of Anatolia, and I had 4 of the top 5 cities.
It had to be the hardest scenario like ever, though
How can I post screenshots?
My other two were discovery and meso, both as 1-city cultural wins. In discovery I just got temple of the sun, got the blood cult, and stuck a good 4-5 javelin throwers in each city with a few Queltzals as well. I managed to sack one Portugese city, I managed to retake my cities that fell to pale-man-from-the-east armies three or four times (so by the end I had all the cities that I had founded), and I conquered the Aztec capitol and then sacked their last city. I think I was on bad terms with every single civ on the map. I only managed to survive by giving massive amounts of gold to European powers so that only 2-3 were at war with me at a time (they would get the others to declare war on me).
I already said how I won Meso.
Dragonlord
Fantasy Warlord
I only got C3C on Friday and have been playing every free minute since then... 
I want to win all conquests and see that video..
My wins up till now:
Mesopotamia Emperor Wonders as Egypt (built 3, conquered 2)
Mesoamerica Emperor Culture City as Inca
Working on Rise of Rome now...
I want to win all conquests and see that video..
My wins up till now:
Mesopotamia Emperor Wonders as Egypt (built 3, conquered 2)
Mesoamerica Emperor Culture City as Inca
Working on Rise of Rome now...
Pounder
Phaethon was here
On Fall of Rome destroyed all but a couple of Celts on Hibernia before getting the 35000 Victory points.
Logged a score of 21000 even.
Logged a score of 21000 even.
Snetsinger
Chieftain
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Napoleonic Europe, wasn't hard to beat on chieften, i was having some difficulties on warlord(obviously i'm not the greatess player) . played a Prussia concured the netherlands, sweden and denmark in that order. by the end i was at war with everyone left except spain(portugal had been destroyed) and those elit infantry the britain russia austria and the ottomans get are hell to deal with luckly time ran out and i was spared. (didn't lose any cities but i probably would have)
One weird thing is that i didn't produce or see any great leaders or armies even though i was at war continuously.
One weird thing is that i didn't produce or see any great leaders or armies even though i was at war continuously.
Hunter
Civ Addict
Victory Time Limit
Two victory locations short of wining by points.
Even though as I found out at the end, I had left the difficulty setting on Chieftain, I had LOTS of fun.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a total failure as they sunk none of my ships and I shot down two of their aircraft. They followed this disaster by spreading out their fleet in the Philippines, which made it easy to sink them, saving two of the Cities. They did take the rest of my islands accept for midway and the Hawaiian islands. Their fleet hung out at midway waiting for an enemy that never came, instead I used my fleet to invade a string of Islands including Guam and the Philippines. The Japanese fleet moved south towards my fleet only to find that I had Island hoped north avoiding them. By now my Air Force was unmatched and anywhere their fleet went a sub would spot them and a bomber would attack them. But as I moved quickly north I found little to no resistance that allowed me to have a massive invasion force by the time I reached Iwo Jima (the biggest cake walk of the game). This meant that along with an atomic bomb Japan would be easily invaded (resulting in the attached image).
Out of these invasions I realized how useless the Paratroops were and that Light Tanks or Marines are the only land units of value. At least in that game
Sorry for the length but this is as short as I could make it (so many battles so little time).
Two victory locations short of wining by points.
Even though as I found out at the end, I had left the difficulty setting on Chieftain, I had LOTS of fun.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a total failure as they sunk none of my ships and I shot down two of their aircraft. They followed this disaster by spreading out their fleet in the Philippines, which made it easy to sink them, saving two of the Cities. They did take the rest of my islands accept for midway and the Hawaiian islands. Their fleet hung out at midway waiting for an enemy that never came, instead I used my fleet to invade a string of Islands including Guam and the Philippines. The Japanese fleet moved south towards my fleet only to find that I had Island hoped north avoiding them. By now my Air Force was unmatched and anywhere their fleet went a sub would spot them and a bomber would attack them. But as I moved quickly north I found little to no resistance that allowed me to have a massive invasion force by the time I reached Iwo Jima (the biggest cake walk of the game). This meant that along with an atomic bomb Japan would be easily invaded (resulting in the attached image).
Out of these invasions I realized how useless the Paratroops were and that Light Tanks or Marines are the only land units of value. At least in that game
Sorry for the length but this is as short as I could make it (so many battles so little time).
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Master Shake
Warlord
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I won as the Medes in Mesopotamia.
But it was neck and neck with the Sumerians almost the entire game. In fact, I attacked an ally during the last turn just to get the extra points from the unit I killed thereby. And I just squeaked out a win, though the treachery turned out to be unnecessary.
I don't know what to think of myself for this...
-mS
BTW My UU required iron, and there was like no iron *anywhere* near me. I only got it by trading late in the game--only got to build a few Immortals before the end of the game.
Are resources randomly distributed or are they set in the scenario map?
But it was neck and neck with the Sumerians almost the entire game. In fact, I attacked an ally during the last turn just to get the extra points from the unit I killed thereby. And I just squeaked out a win, though the treachery turned out to be unnecessary.
I don't know what to think of myself for this...
-mS
BTW My UU required iron, and there was like no iron *anywhere* near me. I only got it by trading late in the game--only got to build a few Immortals before the end of the game.
Are resources randomly distributed or are they set in the scenario map?
crazybeard
Warlord
I believe they are set, but I do recall that I had a big problem finding Iron for my Immortals in my game. About halfway through the game I just barely beat the AI to an Iron deposit about 8 turns to the east of my starting postion.
jamesjkirk
Warlord
Yeah, as military units they're not worth much, but for some behind the lines special ops type stuff, they're must-haves. I managed to pillage all the Japanese roads to oil by sacrificing them, and also tied up their troops far from the real front.
Three scenario's to go, Fall of Rome, Japan and WWII. At least one will be completed this weekend.
Napoleonic Era is the most challenging imo because France is surrounded by many strong opponents who constantly start new Military Alliances against France. And with an expanding empire it becomes difficult to have the right units at the right spots in time. It is a plain warmonging scenario however and therefore not my favorite.
I like the AoD (Dutch, Monarch) a lot more because of its concept and that one will be the first for a replay as one of the native American civs. It is less of challenge however compared to Napoleon.
Napoleonic Era is the most challenging imo because France is surrounded by many strong opponents who constantly start new Military Alliances against France. And with an expanding empire it becomes difficult to have the right units at the right spots in time. It is a plain warmonging scenario however and therefore not my favorite.
I like the AoD (Dutch, Monarch) a lot more because of its concept and that one will be the first for a replay as one of the native American civs. It is less of challenge however compared to Napoleon.
Masquerouge
Deity
Finished mesopotamian on regent difficulty. It was a piece of cake... I started a few games with the Sumerians, but their starting position is awful, squashed between the Babs, the Medes and the desert... Then I decided to go for random at the civ selection screen, and got Myceane.
Their position is awesome, in the left-hand upper corner of the map, alone, with a choke point easy to control in order to avoid any invasions. They have luxuries, three (wines, dyes and furs), they have stone aplenty and even Iron ! The most real threat was the barbarians
The only thing is you're a bit isolated, so science is slow... But then I realized I could easly go to 80% research and still earn money.
So I built my wonders, I even got a SGL to rush pyramids, lol, and bam it was over. It was fun, but maybe I'll try on harder difficulty for it to be challenging
Oh and the Hoplite ROCKS in that Conquest ! The raging hordes of barbarians kept dying, and at the end, my city controlling the chokepoint was under heavy assault from 2-3 civs, but Hoplites are so great they wiped any incoming unit !
Right now, it's Rise of Rome, and I love those legionaries.
Their position is awesome, in the left-hand upper corner of the map, alone, with a choke point easy to control in order to avoid any invasions. They have luxuries, three (wines, dyes and furs), they have stone aplenty and even Iron ! The most real threat was the barbarians
The only thing is you're a bit isolated, so science is slow... But then I realized I could easly go to 80% research and still earn money.
So I built my wonders, I even got a SGL to rush pyramids, lol, and bam it was over. It was fun, but maybe I'll try on harder difficulty for it to be challenging
Oh and the Hoplite ROCKS in that Conquest ! The raging hordes of barbarians kept dying, and at the end, my city controlling the chokepoint was under heavy assault from 2-3 civs, but Hoplites are so great they wiped any incoming unit !
Right now, it's Rise of Rome, and I love those legionaries.
anarres
anarchist revolutionary
I havn't finished it, but I've reached the point where victory is not in question (and I'd rather try something harder).
Rise of Rome (as Rome) / Deity: turn 16 (275BC)
Edit: I ought to add that Rome in RoR is so massively favoured it feels more like a tutorial/intro.
Rise of Rome (as Rome) / Deity: turn 16 (275BC)
Edit: I ought to add that Rome in RoR is so massively favoured it feels more like a tutorial/intro.
I won the Japanese scenario one regent by gaining a domination visotry (35% of land and 35% of population). The other 17 opponents were not very aggressive until they had maxed out the tech levels then total war broke out. Towrds the end all of the remaining factions were at war with two or three other factions.
AdonisFigure
Chieftain
I took out the Age of Discoveries fist on Emperor with the Dutch (57400 by 1583), than with the French on Diety (65300 by 1570), the latter game was really fun.
The Japanese scenario takes forever!!! It's really entertaining, especially going for a 35% conquest against 18 other civs. I won on emperor with the Mori at turn 220 (out of 512, I think), for 7730. It took me, get this... 14 hours. It's an awesome scenario though, as I've commented on elsewhere.
Scores are hard to compare by the way between scenarios. Victory point wins give inflated scores.
The Japanese scenario takes forever!!! It's really entertaining, especially going for a 35% conquest against 18 other civs. I won on emperor with the Mori at turn 220 (out of 512, I think), for 7730. It took me, get this... 14 hours. It's an awesome scenario though, as I've commented on elsewhere.
Scores are hard to compare by the way between scenarios. Victory point wins give inflated scores.
AdonisFigure
Chieftain
I noticed some of you guys are taking 12 hours on this one. I beat it in 5:30 and 6. The key is to establish as many colonies as possible as quickly and thoroughly as you can. That way, even if it takes you 60 turns to build all the factories and ships you need, you can accumlate the 35000 points very quickly with treasure-laden convoys.
Also, a question: Has anyone had much problems with pirates yet? I've bought enough frigates (the cool thing about treasures is that each one gives cash in addition to VPs) to escort my convoys, so I've never really been attacked, except maybe a lone frigate some where. Anybody had the AI go off on a treasure ship?
Also, a question: Has anyone had much problems with pirates yet? I've bought enough frigates (the cool thing about treasures is that each one gives cash in addition to VPs) to escort my convoys, so I've never really been attacked, except maybe a lone frigate some where. Anybody had the AI go off on a treasure ship?
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