Toastedzergling
Chieftain
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2002
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Okay, I am not sure if anyone has tried this before, I started a game and decided to build only five cities. Monarch difficulty, huge continent map (most of the civs are on a big land mass), all 15 civs, winning condition was set to conquest only.
The first game I chose Rome, I restarted the game sereval times till I got a decent starting location, but no reloads afterwards. At about 400AD, my closest neighbour america betrayed me!!, we signed military alliances against several other civs but Abe figured he wanted my land first (smart move because I was his only close neighbour after we defeated Greece), the fight with americans lasted for centries, I was way behind in tech, I gave up as there was no chance for me to win.
The second game I chose Rome again, my starting location was pretty bad, I was able to build three good cities but the other two got stuck in jungles and did not contribute untill very late. I was in the middle of the continent and had to fight wars in sereval fronts, I gave up again.
The third game I chose Chinese, got attacked very early by Russia and German, The great library was three turns late and nowhere to unload the 570 shields, I was so frustrated so I quit.
The fouth game I chose Chinese again, I started at a very good spot, on the northeast corner on a huge continent, my close neighbours are French to the south and Babylon and America to the west. The land was very good, two wheat bonus squares near Beijing allowed me to pump out settlers and workers quickly. I was able to finish the Great Library and Colossus very early. After I got iron I upgraded 20 warriors into swordmen. There were 13 civs on the continent, only Eygpt and Greece were on a separate island. I declared wars with sereral civs far away from me, signed military alliances with their close neighbours using free techs from the library and the $2000+ gold that I accumulated. Lincoln demanded tribute and war was broken out between us. I formed an anti-american alliance with Babylon and England, I invaded America with hordes of swordsmen and razed most of their cities, I got nothing from the war though, no great leaders, Babylon and England quickly filled the void America had left. My next target is France, the only iron source near me is depleted and I need the iron near Paris. So I allied with Babylon against France, I had no iron whatsoever, my troops were swordmen that survived the last war and newly trained horsemen, I took out Paris after 10 turns or so and got Joan's iron. The war lasted for quite a while though since France is very big. The last french city is captured by Babylon's hordes of bowman. Soon I discovered chivalry and upgraded all horsemen to riders, part of the reason I chose Chinese is the rider. I figured their speed is critical on a huge map like this. Babylon is obviously my next target, I quietly waited for many years till our peace treaty expired. Lured by the new tech, Elizabeth agreed to fight Babylon. Babylon quickly fell to my riders. A lot of great leaders emerged from the war, AI was not able to build one single great wonder ever since. The whole continent is in the big mess of war. Persia was already eliminated, Russia and Azetec are reduced to a few cities. The powerhouses are German in the center, Iraniquis in the south, Zululand in the east, Rome in the west and England in the north. All of them owned a lot of cities. India and Japan are middle sized civs that had to go through a choke point to reach mainland. AI's tech advance is very very slow because of the constant war, the year is 1000AD and we just discovered chemistry. Every leader was considered as cheater by my foreign advisor. Every one of them is furious at me, even some ancient allies, I did not break one single deal but I guess I razed too many cities. The only time they were annoyed with me is when we had an alliance going on. It's very hard to trade with them. Since the great library got obselete I had to do research from my five cities. I don't know how AI trade their techs but unless I had a brand new tech they charge everything for outrageous price. Even at the war times some AI civs was still researching
and once a new tech was discovered it got quickly spreaded to everyone except me Okay back to the war, I had to wait for 10 turns to start war with England because of the peace treaty, I am not sure if I should keep my honor or not. Anyway, I researched invention and sell it to German for an alliance againt English. Liz had a few knights but hordes of longbows, right now I razed several English cities and are approaching their heartland.
to be continued
The first game I chose Rome, I restarted the game sereval times till I got a decent starting location, but no reloads afterwards. At about 400AD, my closest neighbour america betrayed me!!, we signed military alliances against several other civs but Abe figured he wanted my land first (smart move because I was his only close neighbour after we defeated Greece), the fight with americans lasted for centries, I was way behind in tech, I gave up as there was no chance for me to win.
The second game I chose Rome again, my starting location was pretty bad, I was able to build three good cities but the other two got stuck in jungles and did not contribute untill very late. I was in the middle of the continent and had to fight wars in sereval fronts, I gave up again.
The third game I chose Chinese, got attacked very early by Russia and German, The great library was three turns late and nowhere to unload the 570 shields, I was so frustrated so I quit.
The fouth game I chose Chinese again, I started at a very good spot, on the northeast corner on a huge continent, my close neighbours are French to the south and Babylon and America to the west. The land was very good, two wheat bonus squares near Beijing allowed me to pump out settlers and workers quickly. I was able to finish the Great Library and Colossus very early. After I got iron I upgraded 20 warriors into swordmen. There were 13 civs on the continent, only Eygpt and Greece were on a separate island. I declared wars with sereral civs far away from me, signed military alliances with their close neighbours using free techs from the library and the $2000+ gold that I accumulated. Lincoln demanded tribute and war was broken out between us. I formed an anti-american alliance with Babylon and England, I invaded America with hordes of swordsmen and razed most of their cities, I got nothing from the war though, no great leaders, Babylon and England quickly filled the void America had left. My next target is France, the only iron source near me is depleted and I need the iron near Paris. So I allied with Babylon against France, I had no iron whatsoever, my troops were swordmen that survived the last war and newly trained horsemen, I took out Paris after 10 turns or so and got Joan's iron. The war lasted for quite a while though since France is very big. The last french city is captured by Babylon's hordes of bowman. Soon I discovered chivalry and upgraded all horsemen to riders, part of the reason I chose Chinese is the rider. I figured their speed is critical on a huge map like this. Babylon is obviously my next target, I quietly waited for many years till our peace treaty expired. Lured by the new tech, Elizabeth agreed to fight Babylon. Babylon quickly fell to my riders. A lot of great leaders emerged from the war, AI was not able to build one single great wonder ever since. The whole continent is in the big mess of war. Persia was already eliminated, Russia and Azetec are reduced to a few cities. The powerhouses are German in the center, Iraniquis in the south, Zululand in the east, Rome in the west and England in the north. All of them owned a lot of cities. India and Japan are middle sized civs that had to go through a choke point to reach mainland. AI's tech advance is very very slow because of the constant war, the year is 1000AD and we just discovered chemistry. Every leader was considered as cheater by my foreign advisor. Every one of them is furious at me, even some ancient allies, I did not break one single deal but I guess I razed too many cities. The only time they were annoyed with me is when we had an alliance going on. It's very hard to trade with them. Since the great library got obselete I had to do research from my five cities. I don't know how AI trade their techs but unless I had a brand new tech they charge everything for outrageous price. Even at the war times some AI civs was still researching
and once a new tech was discovered it got quickly spreaded to everyone except me Okay back to the war, I had to wait for 10 turns to start war with England because of the peace treaty, I am not sure if I should keep my honor or not. Anyway, I researched invention and sell it to German for an alliance againt English. Liz had a few knights but hordes of longbows, right now I razed several English cities and are approaching their heartland. to be continued
) The games to long, I mean I play for 3 hours and im only make it to the middle ages (any help on making it faster would be appriciated) And im also behind in techs, any ideas?
