COTM68 - Spoiler #2

[civ_steve]

COTM 68 Spoiler2: End of the Middle Ages

Reading Requirements:

1. Must be able to research an Industrial Age Technology.
2. Must have contact with all remaining civs and full knowledge of the map.

Posting restrictions

1. No maps showing Industrial or Modern resources.
2. No discussion of Industrial Age (or later).
3. Absolutely NO discussion of any other active 'X'OTM Contest

I was a little hesitant to set up a Warlord map on a true Pangaea, but this map might cause a few issues with fast conquest. Babylon has an early UU - did you eventually trigger your GA with Bowmen or by building Wonders? Under an advanced Government type? Does the game go beyond the Middle Ages?

 

[silversheep]

MA
Going for 20k in Babylon.

>Cultural happenings
670AD Sistine Chapel
940AD Copernicus Observatory
1260AD JS Bach's Cathedral
*1300AD Enter industrial age
1370AD Shakespeare's Theater
1445AD Newton's University
1495AD Smith's Trading Company
? - cathedral, colosseum, university

>Military happenings
Got Pampalona (Spain) from culture flip.
Decided I need to attack someone so I can build an army and get Heroic Epic.
Since the closest city (Mauch Chunk) on the isthmus was Iroquois, I attacked them in 1275.
Persians showed up the next turn with a (small) stack of immortals, which helped me train some elite units.
Unfortunately I lost my first MGL due to stupidly leaving an elite ancient cavalry unguarded.
I made peace soon with Iroquiois soon after, then attacked Greece. They made an alliance with Spain.
This is getting into Industrial age so I'll pick up in the next spoiler.

>Trade happenings
I got some lucrative trades with the English (lots of gpt for tech).
When I made peace with Persia, they gave me a lot of gpt too.
The other nations seemed broke.

 

[CKS]

Open, 20K in Nineveh

During the middle ages I finished the Oracle (50 BC) and then built:
Cathedral 30 BC
Great Library 350 AD
University 360 AD
Shakespeare's Theater 540 AD
Copernicus' Observatory 790 AD
Newton's University 1010 AD
Forbidden Palace 1120 AD

I'm pretty sure that I hit the industrial age before getting any of the other middle age wonders built.