[C3C] Easiest Sid level seed

[ville-v]

Start with 7 luxuries on your island. Can you win this?

Seed: 10776553
Small, archipelago 80%, arid, warm, 3 billion
No barbarians
Player: Byzantines
Opponents: Mongols, America, Arabia, None, None
Difficulty level: Sid

 

[kaskavel]

VCs?

 

[ville-v]

VCs?

Domination, space race, diplomatic, conquest, cultural

 

[I. Larkin]

Turn after Middle Ages entry. Got Monotheism, Feudalism in 24.

Index Technology Known to Estimated Cost
1 Bronze Working (3) Mongols, America, Arabia 75
2 Masonry (3) Mongols, America, Arabia 100
3 Alphabet (3) Mongols, America, Arabia 125
4 Pottery (3) Mongols, America, Arabia 50
5 The Wheel (3) Mongols, America, Arabia 100
6 Warrior Code (3) Mongols, America, Arabia 75
7 Ceremonial Burial (3) Mongols, America, Arabia 50
8 Iron Working (3) Mongols, America, Arabia 150
9 Writing (2) Mongols, America 250
10 Mysticism (3) Mongols, America, Arabia 100
11 Mathematics (1) Mongols 300
12 Philosophy (2) Mongols, America 185
13 Code of Laws (1) Mongols 375
14 Literature* (1) Mongols 375
15 Map Making (2) Mongols, America 375
16 Horseback Riding (3) Mongols, America, Arabia 125
17 Polytheism (3) Mongols, America, Arabia 300
18 Currency 700

20 Monarchy* (3) Mongols, America, Arabia 600
21 Construction (1) Mongols 750
22 Monotheism 1575
23 Feudalism 1600

 

[Spoonwood]

Turn after Middle Ages entry. Got Monotheism, Feudalism in 24.

When I saw the original post above, I immediately thought about going for 20k. With the tech lead that you have, the game for sure seems winnable. Biggest issue is the slow tech pace of research. I'd actually prefer Carthage over the Byzantines for this sort of map for 20k, since prebuilding is possible, and they sometimes can get The Pyramids with a start like this... though not with America in the game looking closer at the opponents list.

Why are you researching Feudalism though? Are you looking to invade with knights? Good luck with invasions if you are going for conquest/domination!

 

[I. Larkin]

Have no experience with 20k. Anyway AIs got/will get all wonders first. Knights not necessary on Archipelago. Picks + IMs good enough.