Domination victory in 960ad.
Firaxis score 4995,
Jason score 10473.
I entered the MA in 490bc, Carthage has already been eliminated, I am at war with India, and the only other civ on the starting continent are the Celts. So far I have lost 4 boats to suicide crossings, and I haven't managed to find a crossing to other lands. I have no iron, no horses and no luxuries, and the only resource I have seen on the entire continent is an iron resource in the heart of the Celt lands.
At this point a swift Conquest or Domination victory seems out of the question as I won't be able to make a safe crossing (even if I find a crossing!!) until the end of the Middle Ages and either the tech of Navigation or Magnetism is finished. And when I am eventually able to safely cross the oceans I will at best have Med Inf / Longbow and the other civs could have Muskets, knights or even Cavalry, depending on their combined research.
So I decided to research as quickly as possible and head for a Diplomatic or Space victory. So my plan was to improve my research by libraries / universities in my core and as many scientists as possible from as many towns as I could settle on the continent. It would not be possible to trade for luxuries until Navigation or Magnetism is finished so I always needed to keep the lux slider at 20% /30%. To maximise research I had to keep my unit support as low as possible, so the wars with India and later the Celts were painfully slow. Fortunately India and the Celts, much like Carthage before them, were quite useless and put up very little resistance.
By the end of the MA I have destroyed India and the Celts are reduced to a single town. I have made contact with the remaining Civs who are a mile behind in techs. I have established a beachhead town on the principle Portuguese island ready for an invasion. And the discovery of Gunpowder showed I had no saltpetre.
As I enter the Industrial Ages I destroy the Celts triggering my GA with a victorious Legionary, and immediately declare war on Portugal for their resources. The completion of steam power, replaceable parts and refining showed we have no coal, rubber or oil. All resources needed to be conquered.
The AI proved to be very weak so I was able to destroy Portugal, then Germany and I just started on the Zulu when I achieved a Domination victory in 960ad.
For those who are interested, the logs
Techs
Spoiler:
AA
350bc Monotheism research
210bc Theology research
90bc Engineering research
50ad Education, research
130ad Feudalism, research
230ad Astronomy research
280ad Invention research
320ad Gunpowder research
360ad Chemistry research
400ad Physics research
440ad Magnetism research
480ad Theory of Gravity research
520ad Metallurgy research
560ad Banking
IA
600ad Steam Power research
620ad Chivalry, trade Zulu
640ad Industrialisation research
680ad Medicine research
720ad Electricity research
760ad Replaceable Parts research
800ad Scientific Method research
840ad Corporation research
880ad Steel research
920ad Refining research
Elite Victories
Spoiler:
Elite Victories:
1st MGL IIIII, IIII 9th victory 270ad Cincinnatus, build Archer Army
2nd MGL IIIII, IIIII 10th victory 630ad Scipio Aficanus, build MI army
3rd MGL III 3rd Victory 710ad Quintus Fabius Cunctator (what a fabulous name), build knight Army
4th MGL IIIII, IIII 9th victory 920ad Gaius Martius, build a knight army
Full log MA
Spoiler:
The Middle Ages.
410bc A Celt warrior sneak attacks and destroys Hippo.
370bc Delhi captured, peace agreed with India for Calcutta, Lahore and Kolhapur and 47g
290bc Celts complete the Great Library.
270bc Massive Barb uprising reported near Lahore. Hopefully the barbs will hassle India.
250bc Hispalis completed the Forbidden Palace.
230bc The 5th suicide boat survives a 3 turn crossing to make contact with Portugal. We are up Maths, Lit and Poly.
Several archer attacks on Entremont are repelled. I need a bigger stack of archers to take this town, but the iron is disconnected.
90bc A German galley is encountered. I am up Lit, Poly, currency and Republic.
10ad I am ready to move my stack towards Entremont (3 warriors, 3 spear, 13 archers)
50ad Zulu contacted. I am up Lit, Mono, Eng.
70ad Korea contacted. I am up Lit, Poly and Construction.
90ad Entremont captured, with iron, but currently not connected, and with the Great Library, but it gives me no techs as I have already completed Education. I consider agreeing peace with Celts for a few towns, but it is better to just keep the war ticking along and keeping the War Happiness.
150ad Lugdinium destroyed. IK agree peace with Celts for the island town of Gergovia and 2g
230ad Iron is connected to Rome. Astronomy completed.
250ad India was about to settle and block my iron road to Rome. So I declare war on India, and take their settler / spear combo.
270ad Bengal captured and 1st MGL generated, build Archer Army.
290ad Bombay captured. I am able to research gunpowder (960 beakers) at 50% science in 4 turns without deficit.
320ad Gunpowder completed, but no saltpetre on the continent.
330ad Bangalore captured and then I agree peace with India for their remaining 2 towns, Jaipur and Hyderabad.
380ad I declare war on India again, I capture Karachi.
440ad I destroy Chittagong and the Indians are finished. I get the Celts to declare war on me and move my troops into their territory. Magnetism now completed, it is now possible to safely cross to the other side. Portugal will be the first target.
450ad Agedincum destroyed. Portugal are the only Civ I can trade with, they have Gems and Silks but will not deal for techs. Another reason to target Portugal.
460ad Richborough captured and razed.
480ad I agree peace with Celts for their remaining 3 towns and all their gold 113g
490ad I found my first town on the Portuguese island. Hispalis completes Copernicus' Observatory
560ad Banking is complete and we enter the IA
Full log IA
Spoiler:
The Industrial Age.
570ad I declare war on the Celts, and immediately trigger my GA with a Legionary victory. Research of Steam Power is 4 turns at 50%. I trade Theology to Zulu for Wines and Engineering / Theology to Korea for Furs.
580ad Alesia captured and the Celts destroyed.
590ad I declare war on Portugal.
600ad Emerita captured and razed after a settler was moved into the square. The settled town connects Saltpetre. Steam Power completed and ...... Surprise, surprise.... No coal.
610ad Oporto captured, 2nd source of iron and Gems connected. Heroic Epic completed in Hispalis.
610ad Town settled on the Zulu East coast, ready for future invasion.
620ad Horses connected. I trade Education to Zulu for Chivalry
640ad Newton's University completed in Rome
660ad Town settled on the Zulu west coast, taking a coal resource - not yet connected.
690ad MI take the Portuguese capital Lisbon, with the Great Lighthouse and
710ad Coimbra captured and razed. A settled town connects silks (4th lux - 2 by trade) 3rd MGL generated, build a knight army.
730ad Guimaraes captured
740ad The 660ad Town connects the coal and rushes the harbour to connect coal. Start building rails.
750ad Sagres, Lagos and Evora captured. Portugal removed from their 1st island. We agree peace for Luanda and 8g.
760ad Replaceable parts completed.... And no rubber.
770ad Golden Age finishes
780ad I trade Gems and Banking to Korea for Furs. I trade Gems and Gunpowder to Zulu for Wines.
790ad From out of nowhere the Zulu demand Astronomy. If they declare war I will lose my wines, and possibly my coal, but I decline, but they back down.
800ad I declare War on Portugal again, and land troops on their second island. I attack their outpost town of Guarda with 3 reg knights, 2 killed and one red lined by a single spear!!
810ad Meanwhile, Faro and Braga captured. Volcano erupts and takes out one of my perimeter towns.
820ad Sao Paulo destroyed.
830ad Alcacer do Sal captured, Portugal removed from their 2nd island.
840ad I start to ship troops over to the Germans territory
860ad It only takes 1 vet knight to take out Guarda and finish of the Portuguese. I declare war on Germany and agree a MA with Zulu for 100g. Stuttgart and Bremen captured.
870ad Rubber connected. Island town of Hannover captured.
880ad Bonn captured
890ad Cologne, Nuremburg and Frankfurt captured.
900ad Berlin captured with the Pyramids and the obsolete Temple of Artemis Konigsberg and Salzburg captured.
920ad Ivory connected (5th kux). 4th MGL generated. Heidelburg captured, connecting furs
920ad Refining completed.....and no Oil on our island.
930ad Hamburg captured. Germany reduced to 1 jungle infested town of Munich. Dyes connected (6th lux). Zulu agree peace with Germany breaking the MA......
940ad .....So I declare war on Zulu and, and agree a MA with Korea for 190g.
950ad Ibabango Intombe captured
960ad Domination limit reached
100K victory in 1365 AD.
As I had lots of space, but not so much food (lots of jungle, plains and desert in that area), I decided not to go for the usual switch to Feudalism plus pop-rushing culture. With my slow-growing towns I would probably not be able to rush more buildings per turn than I was able to rush with cash. Also by the time I had finally cleared the jungle, my empire was already so large that I would definitely get 9 turns anarchy, losing to much culture. And the final point is: for pop-rushing one needs many luxuries, otherwise all towns will be reduced to one entertainer very quickly and will never regrow...
So I used a different approach for this game and built the Temple of Artemis and ICSed the entire continent except for my core. Then cash-rushing libraries and cathedrals plus building units in the core and disbanding them in the boondocks gave me a decent culture output. Also I harvested the forest on every tile to save some cash.
This approach blended in well with the lack of resources on our continent: Artemis gave some happiness and allowed cathedrals without having to build temples first. I also built the Sistine Chapel and was then able to run 10% lux despite having no luxury resources at all. Unfortunately the Oracle and the Hanging Gardens had been built on the other continent. (Didn't want to attack them as I was selling them techs for gpt.)
When Korea & Germany both had Theology, I disbanded Delhi, which had built the Great Library. I needed to avoid getting Education from the GLib, as that would invalidate my Artemis Temple. My plan was to get Education only after I had finished Cathedrals and Collosseums everywhere and had collected enough shields everywhere to replace the temples within 1-2 turns of the expiration of Artemis. But the game ended long before that point...
I conquered Portugal with a few Crusaders, just to get a bit more territory, and towards the end the Zulus landed a single Knight and sneak atteacked me with it, so I sent two Crusader-Armies to their continent for a retalliation action... (The separate parts were shiped by galley and then assembled in German territory to form size 4 Armies.) But the game ended, before I was able to do much damage. Took only one core city off of them.
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