Ok, this is the first succession game that I've started. The games rules will be loosely based upon Azik Blaze's 'Most Effective World-Dominating Strategy'. While I doubt very much it's as effective as he makes out (hence the Regent difficulty) it might be a fun variant to try out 
For those of you who haven't read the strategy:
The theory
The rules:
PTW v.1.21
Difficulty - Regent
Civ - America (Edit: now England)
Map - Pangea
Size - Large
Civs - Max
Barbs - Sedentary
Warm world.
Variants -
- We must use the international power that is the dollar to divide our enemies.
- The only victory conditions enabled are conquest, domination and space race.
- Under NO circumstances can we declare war. If an AI should declare war on us we can only fight a defensive war, recapturing lost cities.
- The Collosus WILL be built in our capital! We will first establish a strangle-hold on the tourism industry, and then THE WORLD.
- Adam Smith's trading company is a priority, but if we cannot secure it then it's not the end of the world.
- After gaining pottery and iron working we must make an immediate bee-line for currency. Once we are in the middle-ages we must make a bee-line for banking. (The same applies for the tech that enables stock exchanges to be built. I've forgotten which). As soon as we receive each technology it is a priority to get marketplaces/banks/stock exchanges and commerical docks up and running in our cities.
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For those of you who can't be bothered to read Azik's thread (though I suggest you do) the theory is a simple one. In the later stages of the game the human player loans the AI large amounts of gold for GPT in return. The AI then rushes lots of military units, but suddenly the amount of gold it receives plummets due to the new military costs. So to stay afloat the AI attacks another AI civ in order to use its army. However, at that point the human loans the second AI civ a large wad of gold in order to allow them to fight back. Eventually a war of attrition will ensue, with no side being able to gain a clear advantage. The AI switches to Communism slowing their tech rate and causing their cities populations to plummet (through rushing units). Cities are then destroyed (as they keep passing hands) and we (the human civ) go in with settlers and claim the land for ourselves. All hail the dollar!
Well that's the theory. Whether it will work I don't know. There's a chance the AI will attack us in order to get out of the GPT payments, or that one side will still overpower another. If that happens, then never mind. We'l be having fun Diplomatic and cultural win are disabled because (in the real world) America doesn't control the UN, and not everyone wants to be American.
The expansionist and commerical traits should help us out financially in both the early game and the late game. Unfortunately America has a sucky UU... but that can't be helped.
I'll say that experience at winning at Regent with regular rules is required. Hopefully some more experienced players will join in to help out, but either way I'm sure we'll be fine
The roster:
Doshin
BOG
ChrTh
Ville
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Please post if you're interested. The version is PTW 1.21. I'm from the UK though so we'll have to wait until the latest patch is released before I can play.
So, anyone willing to help establish a monetary strangle-hold on the world?
For those of you who haven't read the strategy:The theory
The rules:
PTW v.1.21
Difficulty - Regent
Civ - America (Edit: now England)
Map - Pangea
Size - Large
Civs - Max
Barbs - Sedentary
Warm world.
Variants -
- We must use the international power that is the dollar to divide our enemies.
- The only victory conditions enabled are conquest, domination and space race.
- Under NO circumstances can we declare war. If an AI should declare war on us we can only fight a defensive war, recapturing lost cities.
- The Collosus WILL be built in our capital! We will first establish a strangle-hold on the tourism industry, and then THE WORLD.
- Adam Smith's trading company is a priority, but if we cannot secure it then it's not the end of the world.
- After gaining pottery and iron working we must make an immediate bee-line for currency. Once we are in the middle-ages we must make a bee-line for banking. (The same applies for the tech that enables stock exchanges to be built. I've forgotten which). As soon as we receive each technology it is a priority to get marketplaces/banks/stock exchanges and commerical docks up and running in our cities.
-----
For those of you who can't be bothered to read Azik's thread (though I suggest you do) the theory is a simple one. In the later stages of the game the human player loans the AI large amounts of gold for GPT in return. The AI then rushes lots of military units, but suddenly the amount of gold it receives plummets due to the new military costs. So to stay afloat the AI attacks another AI civ in order to use its army. However, at that point the human loans the second AI civ a large wad of gold in order to allow them to fight back. Eventually a war of attrition will ensue, with no side being able to gain a clear advantage. The AI switches to Communism slowing their tech rate and causing their cities populations to plummet (through rushing units). Cities are then destroyed (as they keep passing hands) and we (the human civ) go in with settlers and claim the land for ourselves. All hail the dollar!
Well that's the theory. Whether it will work I don't know. There's a chance the AI will attack us in order to get out of the GPT payments, or that one side will still overpower another. If that happens, then never mind. We'l be having fun
Diplomatic and cultural win are disabled because (in the real world) America doesn't control the UN, and not everyone wants to be American.The expansionist and commerical traits should help us out financially in both the early game and the late game. Unfortunately America has a sucky UU... but that can't be helped.
I'll say that experience at winning at Regent with regular rules is required. Hopefully some more experienced players will join in to help out, but either way I'm sure we'll be fine
The roster:
Doshin
BOG
ChrTh
Ville
------------
Please post if you're interested. The version is PTW 1.21. I'm from the UK though so we'll have to wait until the latest patch is released before I can play.
So, anyone willing to help establish a monetary strangle-hold on the world?
