COTM72 - Spoiler #2

[civ_steve]

COTM 72 Spoiler2: End of the Middle Ages

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

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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

You have a very early UU so it's effectiveness wears out as the game goes on; what was your plan for the Middle Ages, which units were you going to use, and how did it play out? Any of the AI, especially from the 2nd continent, standing out as a problem?

 

[Megalou]

Because of the disasterous start and the cheap libraries/universities, I ended up pursuing a spaceship victory for once. I was never going to get a really good result, but perhaps Sumeria's late development would be somewhat compensated by trade opportunities? I did get to trade Construction, Feudalism, Engineering, Invention and Gunpowder, IIRC.

Here is an incomplete timeline - not very interesting, but perhaps there is someone out there to compare with:

250 BC - MA. Free tech is Monotheism. Researching Theology.
130 BC - Finally met Holland.
Traded Feud. from Holland.
90 AD - Chivalry.
110 AD - Finally met France.
250 - Met Portugal - they reached OUR continent.
330 - I have cleared our whole continent, using practically only elite troops in the latter half of the wars, without getting a single leader.
Education.
360 - Built Hanging Gardens.
410 - Astronomy.
430 - War with Scandinavia.
540 - 4-turn research finally achieved.
560 - Pathetic: THIS turn I saw the wines on our continent.
720 - IA. Still no leader.

I don't think I can be bothered to attack France or Holland in order to acquire more land. I don't think I can be bothered to build hospitals either. So this is a very dull post.

 

[Memento]

975 meet France
925 meet Netherlands,war with France
900 trade HR+267 for Currency from Netherlands
850 war with Hitties->GA
730 meet Portuguese
peace with France->1 town+39g
trade Construction+Poly->MA
Freetech Engineering,research Feuda
650 war with Netherlands
570 razed Eindhoven
530 take Hitties Capitol with GW->
peace->1 town
peace with Netherlands->2 towns+76g
1 town on a 1-tile Island
470 Feuda->stop research
430 GA End
410 war with France
meet Vikings->ally vs France
390 take Paris with Pyras
war with Hitties
290 take Avignon->peace->1 town
270 Dutch declare War
210 take Maastrich
190 Paris flip
110 war with Portus
90 take Leiria
take 1 Hittie town->peace->1 town
peace with Dutch->1 town,26g+5gpR
50ad war with Hitties
70ad Hitties destroy
90ad peace with Portus->5g
130ad war with Vikings->take 2 towns
150ad Portus declare war
190ad war with France
take Paris again
210 take 1 Viking town
230ad take Tours
peace with Vikings->2 towns
250 ad Portus attack->Leader,but Portus will not keep Peace and the L is by Emeritea and
only a 1HP MI safe him
260 Leader still alive
270 take Coimbra->peace->5g
300 lost 1 town to France
320 take 3 towns from France
34/59
330 build Army
340 peace with France->199g
370 Amsterdam build ToA
Vikings declare War
380 take Marseille from Vikings
390 war with Dutch
400 take Delft+Vikings Capitol with MoM
440 lost Marseille,take Amsterdam with Zeus+ToA
take Copenhagen and Hareid
460 take Aarhus and destroy Marseilles
peace with Vikings->1 town.Lit+4g
480 take Utrecht+Groningen
490 ToA works->61/80
take The Hague
500 India declare war
510 war with France
520 war with Portus
take last France town with 600g-> destroy
2nd Leader,take Emerita,Bangalore
rush Palace in Emerita
530 Domination 68/84

 

[Lanzelot]

rush Palace in Emerita

In order to prevent a flip on the last turn?

 

[Memento]

in order to do something so

 

[Lanzelot]

I like submitting the game with an unused leader in it. Did so in GOTM101...

 

[Paul#42]

Feeling relieved now...
Great performance Memento. I could not beat that.

I could not finish the game - again.

I had a great start but wasted it building way to many units slowing down reasearch.
I took home continent by 10 AD with horses and started to take Viking land just then, like ten turns away from Military Tradition.
Leo's completed but no way I would have taken the other continent before 530 AD.

I got MGLs in 850 BC (forbidden palace in wines area) and 370 BC (horses army).

But I ran out of time anyway.
Real life sux.

 

[Memento]

I could not finish the game - again.

But I ran out of time anyway.
Real life sux.

This is pity

Great performance Memento. I could not beat that.

Did I mention that I have played Conquest Class?

 

[Paul#42]

Yeah, you mentioned that in your 1st spoiler.

But in the meantime I also noticed other finishing dates so I saw no need to change my attitude about my failure...