Hey Beorn, you're not allowed to show the minimap in this thread. 
COTM43 - First Spoiler
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Beorn-eL-Feared
Idiot riding pedals
Well, well, the crisis is over now 
denyd
Emperor
It's now become clear that I'm not going to be able to complete this as I'm still busy chopping my way through the hundreds of American units. I've got 2 Sword Armies and a Horse Army busy pillaging American resources and roads, but he just keeps pumping out Archers & Spears and I keep hacking away at them. Interturns are still around 5 minutes. I'll soon have MDI at the front lines with pikes beginning to land behind his borders to keep the resources unhooked. I'll play another day or 2 just to see how far I can get, then move on to GOTM 74 & COTM 44.
BTW: Steve this has been a lot of fun and I wanted to say thanks for the effort
BTW: Steve this has been a lot of fun and I wanted to say thanks for the effort
My first sid game and my first post!
As it is my first post I want to first thank Civ_Steve, AlanH, Ainwood and the rest of the GOTM staff for making this possible! Lovin' it!!!!
I also want to thank all the top players here with hundreds (some of you even thousands) of posts. It really helped me fine-tune my game which made me a lot better player!
So now to the game; open class, going for anything that gives me a victory!!
My beginning was as everybody elses; settled in place and min run for writing. My second city went 2 north. Capital started on the granary right away and my 2nd city did warrior-worker-granary.
After that I build some coastal cities which go all out on the canoes. The following years were all about scouting with the canoes and building new workers and cities (which either started on barracks or canoes).
I traded as little as possible, initially only going for Warrior Code (wanted to build archers so I could later upgrade them to raiders). When I discovered Writing in 1750BC, I also traded for Mysticsm, Masonry, The Wheel and CB.
As I was the first that discovered writing I decided to gamble a bit and go for Code of Laws instead of Philosophy. A gamble that really paid out! In 1250 BC I discoverd Code of Laws, by that time only China, the Netherlands and Lapita knew writing (I already met 14 civs).
I discoverd philosophy in 1025BC and after taking the free Republic I traded for every ancient technology (except for monarchy, literature and polynesian trade) and all the gold in the world!!!
My 1025BC stats:
14 cities
55 citizens
28 workers
20 archers
2 spearman
1 warrior
3 chariot
8 canoes
2265 gold
14 contacts (missing 1)
as I already finished my game I will soon post the rest of my game.
As it is my first post I want to first thank Civ_Steve, AlanH, Ainwood and the rest of the GOTM staff for making this possible! Lovin' it!!!!
I also want to thank all the top players here with hundreds (some of you even thousands) of posts. It really helped me fine-tune my game which made me a lot better player!
So now to the game; open class, going for anything that gives me a victory!!
My beginning was as everybody elses; settled in place and min run for writing. My second city went 2 north. Capital started on the granary right away and my 2nd city did warrior-worker-granary.
After that I build some coastal cities which go all out on the canoes. The following years were all about scouting with the canoes and building new workers and cities (which either started on barracks or canoes).
I traded as little as possible, initially only going for Warrior Code (wanted to build archers so I could later upgrade them to raiders). When I discovered Writing in 1750BC, I also traded for Mysticsm, Masonry, The Wheel and CB.
As I was the first that discovered writing I decided to gamble a bit and go for Code of Laws instead of Philosophy. A gamble that really paid out! In 1250 BC I discoverd Code of Laws, by that time only China, the Netherlands and Lapita knew writing (I already met 14 civs).
I discoverd philosophy in 1025BC and after taking the free Republic I traded for every ancient technology (except for monarchy, literature and polynesian trade) and all the gold in the world!!!
My 1025BC stats:
14 cities
55 citizens
28 workers
20 archers
2 spearman
1 warrior
3 chariot
8 canoes
2265 gold
14 contacts (missing 1)
as I already finished my game I will soon post the rest of my game.
Neo666, welcome to GOTM! 
And that's a really impressive start, especially for a 'newcomer'! This definitely can't be your first visit to civ-land...
And that's a really impressive start, especially for a 'newcomer'! This definitely can't be your first visit to civ-land...
Welcome from me also, Neo666! Hope you'll enjoy the discussions over here.
Your game really looks impressive! Your "gamble" to try the full Republic slingshot seems to have given you a very powerful start. (I didn't have the guts to try that, fearing the "fast" tech pace of the Sid AIs...
)
Cheers, Lanzelot
Your game really looks impressive! Your "gamble" to try the full Republic slingshot seems to have given you a very powerful start. (I didn't have the guts to try that, fearing the "fast" tech pace of the Sid AIs...
)Cheers, Lanzelot
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