Perugia
Prince
Open
This is my first COTM submission although I have played a few GOTMs and COTMs including the last 2 without submitting as I usually run out of time. Reading the COTM12 spoilers I see that retirement is possible so I'll try that if I run into the same difficulty.
Like almost everyone I settled in place on the gold mountain. I wanted to build a granary using chops and as there were 5 Civs starting with Pottery I went for an exploration gambit and started to research writing at max hoping for a slingshot. We met the Arabs in 350BC, traded for pottery and after MMing a citizen to the gold mountain to delay growth Paris built it's granary in 2900BC.
Lyons was founded to secure the wheat in 2330BC and immediately started a granary after that it churned out settlers almost continuously. There followed a rapid as possible expansion to secure furs, 2 games and horses.
After we traded for Iron Working in 710BC we found two available sources. The nearer northern one was grabbed with a town but was under culture pressure and so garrisoned heavily. Both the iron and iron town are still to be connected but a worker is on the job. I hope to secure the far away southern iron resource one as insurance but reporting that will have to wait until the next thread.
In 590BC we researched Literature only to meet the Egyptians and find we did not have a monopoly so we traded it around immediately for some good catching up.
Contacts Embassies Means
We met the civs from the other continent slowly even though we built a Curragh because it sailed clockwise. My second warrior started out going west but around 300BC swung east to explore the land immediately S of Paris. I should have let an new build do that. As a result I did not explore the far west of our continent until chariots were built and missed the Aztecs and Romans landing and didn't meet anyone else until they came to our continent.
3350 Arabs 1125
2550 Portugal 390
1000 Aztecs 430 (chariot visits Chalco founded near SW cow)
710 Rome 590 (chariot visits Byzantium in far SW)
690 Incas 590 (Incas land behind our exploring chariots in about 775BC but we don't have any warriors around and don't find out until Arequipa founded in 710BC).
590 Egypt 530 (settler met on south coast between Byzantium and Chalco)
430 Byzantines 350 (dromons met on East Coast)
Technology
3350 Pottery + 20g from Arabia for Masonry
2370 Writing (research)
2190 Mathematics and Ceremonial Burial from Portugal for Writing
2190 Ceremonial Burial (trade)
2190 Mysticism from Arabia for Writing
1425 CoL (research)
1425 The Wheel + 35g from Arabia for CoL
1200 Philosophy (research)
1200 Bronze Working and Warrior Code from Arabia for Philosophy 7gpt + 1g
1200 Warrior Code (trade)
1000 Horseback riding from Portugal for 5gpt + 40g
710 Iron Working from Rome for Mathematics 1gpt +19g
590 Literature (research) recoup 150g from Aztecs after other trades
590 Currency from Portugal for Literature, 3gpt + 7g
590 Construction + 7g from Arabia for Currency and Literature
590 Mapmaking, Polytheism and 29g from Rome for Construction, Currency and Literature
590 Polytheism (trade)
590 Enter Middle Ages
Troubles
Very little trouble, the Arabs extorted 21g in 1400BC and the Portuguese 22g in 775 BC. There were a few wars on the other continent.
We are mustering a force of horsemen and catapults to capture Brundisium now it has grown to size 2, Our agreement with Rome is about to expire and they are at war with the Aztecs.
Mistakes
Researching CoL instead of Philosophy and gambling on having a Philosophy monopoly and/or a free tech and optimally picking up CoL through F4 trade leading to free Republic. AFAIR AI tends to go for CoL before Philosophy, should have remembered that.
I wasted a lot of warriors and later horsie moves keeping AI sellers out of good land within 2 tiles of existing cities.
Not sure if a mistake but I missed out on a 2 wheat + FP site 6 tiles N of the start that went Arabic. Maybe I should have built first settler before the granary to get this as its definitely the best food site on whole continent. Only problem is that it's at a corruption distance of 9 which reduces shields available to it as a settler farm folks. I'm not sure by how much though.
On getting pottery in trade, changing settler production into granary and losing out on most of the bonus food site N of Paris to the Arabs. Maybe I should have built the first settler before granary.
Prospects
We are still in despotism and slowly researching feudalism. The AI have both Monarchy and Republic but we can't yet trade for them even. I hope we can exploit AI wars on the other continent to catch up in techs for cash and Military Alliances.
For a detailed timelline up to 1000BC see my Quickstart submission.
This is my first COTM submission although I have played a few GOTMs and COTMs including the last 2 without submitting as I usually run out of time. Reading the COTM12 spoilers I see that retirement is possible so I'll try that if I run into the same difficulty.
Like almost everyone I settled in place on the gold mountain. I wanted to build a granary using chops and as there were 5 Civs starting with Pottery I went for an exploration gambit and started to research writing at max hoping for a slingshot. We met the Arabs in 350BC, traded for pottery and after MMing a citizen to the gold mountain to delay growth Paris built it's granary in 2900BC.
Lyons was founded to secure the wheat in 2330BC and immediately started a granary after that it churned out settlers almost continuously. There followed a rapid as possible expansion to secure furs, 2 games and horses.
After we traded for Iron Working in 710BC we found two available sources. The nearer northern one was grabbed with a town but was under culture pressure and so garrisoned heavily. Both the iron and iron town are still to be connected but a worker is on the job. I hope to secure the far away southern iron resource one as insurance but reporting that will have to wait until the next thread.
In 590BC we researched Literature only to meet the Egyptians and find we did not have a monopoly so we traded it around immediately for some good catching up.
Contacts Embassies Means
We met the civs from the other continent slowly even though we built a Curragh because it sailed clockwise. My second warrior started out going west but around 300BC swung east to explore the land immediately S of Paris. I should have let an new build do that. As a result I did not explore the far west of our continent until chariots were built and missed the Aztecs and Romans landing and didn't meet anyone else until they came to our continent.
3350 Arabs 1125
2550 Portugal 390
1000 Aztecs 430 (chariot visits Chalco founded near SW cow)
710 Rome 590 (chariot visits Byzantium in far SW)
690 Incas 590 (Incas land behind our exploring chariots in about 775BC but we don't have any warriors around and don't find out until Arequipa founded in 710BC).
590 Egypt 530 (settler met on south coast between Byzantium and Chalco)
430 Byzantines 350 (dromons met on East Coast)
Technology
3350 Pottery + 20g from Arabia for Masonry
2370 Writing (research)
2190 Mathematics and Ceremonial Burial from Portugal for Writing
2190 Ceremonial Burial (trade)
2190 Mysticism from Arabia for Writing
1425 CoL (research)
1425 The Wheel + 35g from Arabia for CoL
1200 Philosophy (research)
1200 Bronze Working and Warrior Code from Arabia for Philosophy 7gpt + 1g
1200 Warrior Code (trade)
1000 Horseback riding from Portugal for 5gpt + 40g
710 Iron Working from Rome for Mathematics 1gpt +19g
590 Literature (research) recoup 150g from Aztecs after other trades
590 Currency from Portugal for Literature, 3gpt + 7g
590 Construction + 7g from Arabia for Currency and Literature
590 Mapmaking, Polytheism and 29g from Rome for Construction, Currency and Literature
590 Polytheism (trade)
590 Enter Middle Ages
Troubles
Very little trouble, the Arabs extorted 21g in 1400BC and the Portuguese 22g in 775 BC. There were a few wars on the other continent.
We are mustering a force of horsemen and catapults to capture Brundisium now it has grown to size 2, Our agreement with Rome is about to expire and they are at war with the Aztecs.
Mistakes
Researching CoL instead of Philosophy and gambling on having a Philosophy monopoly and/or a free tech and optimally picking up CoL through F4 trade leading to free Republic. AFAIR AI tends to go for CoL before Philosophy, should have remembered that.
I wasted a lot of warriors and later horsie moves keeping AI sellers out of good land within 2 tiles of existing cities.
Not sure if a mistake but I missed out on a 2 wheat + FP site 6 tiles N of the start that went Arabic. Maybe I should have built first settler before the granary to get this as its definitely the best food site on whole continent. Only problem is that it's at a corruption distance of 9 which reduces shields available to it as a settler farm folks. I'm not sure by how much though.
On getting pottery in trade, changing settler production into granary and losing out on most of the bonus food site N of Paris to the Arabs. Maybe I should have built the first settler before granary.
Prospects
We are still in despotism and slowly researching feudalism. The AI have both Monarchy and Republic but we can't yet trade for them even. I hope we can exploit AI wars on the other continent to catch up in techs for cash and Military Alliances.
For a detailed timelline up to 1000BC see my Quickstart submission.