COTM71 - Final Spoiler

[civ_steve]

COTM 71 Final Spoiler; Game Submitted

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How did your Hittites do?

 

[Sima Qian]

The Hittites turned out to be a surprisingly good civ for OCC - expansionist is good for popping huts and meeting AI civs early, and commercial, needless to say, is a really powerful boost to funds. I was really surprised that I could out-research Sumeria, which had taken over the rest of the continent. (In fact, I played a bit further after the game ended and the AI civs didn't even discover Sanitation by the time I finished the modern age!)

Theodora declared war on me very late and I had the pleasure of blowing up her sailing ships with my destroyers. Otherwise I remained at peace the whole game.

3950 BC - Palace
1450 BC - Oracle
2900 BC - Temple
1050 BC - Colossus
800 BC - Mausoleum of Mausollos
470 BC - Great Wall
110 BC - Great Lighthouse
290 AD - Great Library
350 AD - Library
360 AD - Cathedral
370 AD - Colosseum
610 AD - Sistine Chapel
700 AD - University
860 AD - Copernicus' Observatory
1100 AD - JS Bach's Cathedral
1270 AD - Shakespeare's Theater
1355 AD - Magellan's Voyage
1445 AD - Newton's University
1550 AD - Universal Suffrage
1590 AD - Intelligence Agency
1645 AD - Theory of Evolution
1700 AD - Hoover Dam

Spoiler :

Entry class: Predator
Game status: Cultural 20K Victory for Hittites
Game date: 1816 AD
Firaxis score: 1173
Jason score: 3084
Time played: 02:23:50

 

[Racinante]

Entry class: Open
Game status: Domination Victory for Hittites
Game date: 1010 AD
Firaxis score: 6423
Jason score: 10217

430 AD: Or thereabouts, Great Library triggers golden age, Carthage has one town on island
450 AD: MT in 1
460 AD: Upgrade 18 Knights to Cavalry, Education in 4, time to destroy Sumeria
640 AD: Research is off, Education in 2, Sumeria has been wiped out which nets me the Great Lighthouse and both Carthage and Mongols are eliminated this turn.
670 AD: Meet England, gain RoP with Elizabeth who pays 90 g and 3gpt. Two empty galleys make the trip, but the third, with the settler, sinks.
710 AD: Meet Byzantines, who are at war with England, gain RoP with Theodora who pays 72g and 4gpt.
Meet Zulu, gain RoP with Shaka who pays 11g. Lone scientist will complete Education in 3.
730 AD: Meet Ottomans, gain RoP and 2 g. Lose the free temples next turn with Education.
950 AD: Eliminate England, however the turn after declaring on England, Zulu declares on me, so WH and war on two fronts as I start on the northern side of England and was working my way south.
1010 AD: Zulu is down to one town on the northern island when borders pop for dom victory, 2 turns from steam.

 

[CKS]

Open, 20K in 1802

I really enjoyed not having to work hard to stay alive in this game. I went 20K in my second city as I didn't enjoy the 20K options at the start and set up the settler factory in the capital. Tarsus went on the river amongst all the hills, one tile off the coast. I had one coastal tile rather than a bunch of desert. I got a MGL in the 600's, which is early for me. The only noteworthy thing in my game is that I lost Hattusas to an AI landing party that I hadn't anticipated, and Tarsus ended up with a free palace in 800.

I got annoyed with losing cities to Sumeria via culture flips, so I took over the continent. Consequently my Jason score is one of my highest ever, over 6000. I expect that this will not put me in the top half of the field on this map, though.

 

[supersova_SU]

Domination
Game date: 790 AD
Firaxis score: 6644
Jason score: 10405