G-III Charlie

Better to get MA tech free and to research Republic yourself after that. It's cheaper. Monarchy and Lit should be enough to get all MA techs from AI.
 
Three problems with getting the free tech in the MA and not republic:

1) You get republic later, so your civ is bigger so your anarchy is longer
2) your research on republic is slower - less commerce and more corruption
3) You can't get cities to grow with irrigated grass until later.

For this to make sense, you'd have to be able to research republic in despotism faster than you would research, say, Education in republic. Education is a little more than 50% more expensive than republic, republic should give about 50% more commerce and on warlord, you'll get 3 to say 5 or 6 citizens before riots (3 free plus assume 3 or so native luxes)

With the ability to grow faster with irrigation in republic, I think taking republic is the better move - but it's closer than I would have expected.
 
Finally got one to submit, SS victory in 740ad though it could have been 700ad if I didn't get recycling as my free modern tech, I can do a small write up if anyone is interested?
 
Wtg! I, for one, am interested in a write-up as that is a top-ten spaceship launch and not on chieftain. I've only got 8 more maps to try and have one that could be a 720AD launch only if I get perfect age-change luck in the IA and modern age.
 
Three problems with getting the free tech in the MA and not republic:

1) You get republic later, so your civ is bigger so your anarchy is longer
2) your research on republic is slower - less commerce and more corruption
3) You can't get cities to grow with irrigated grass until later.

For this to make sense, you'd have to be able to research republic in despotism faster than you would research, say, Education in republic. Education is a little more than 50% more expensive than republic, republic should give about 50% more commerce and on warlord, you'll get 3 to say 5 or 6 citizens before riots (3 free plus assume 3 or so native luxes)

With the ability to grow faster with irrigation in republic, I think taking republic is the better move - but it's closer than I would have expected.
I once tried to skip republic, take education with philosophy, and research to Democracy for the double speed workers. It is a pretty terrible approach. Republic should always be taken w/ philo.

No one has mentioned playing with regenerate AI on so you can kill a couple and they respawn w/ 100 gold and some workers IIRC. You can use that for a small advantage.
 
I've tried the respawn. It didn't work very well for me. (I probably suck though.)

The problem I consistently am having is the transition to the middle ages and the early tech research there. It's just brutal. I think I need to expand more somehow. Best possible time is looking like it would come in in the mid-900s (with good luck), and that doesn't seem worth playing to the end.
 
the transition to the MA is ALWAYS brutal. Blowing through the AA is awesome, but you need a certain number of cities to research the MA techs and you can't rush that. Sumeria might be able to compete, because it expands faster, but it won't get to republic as fast.
 
Yeah, explosive expansion and growth is the key as well as enough happiness sources to lower the lux-slider to 0%. The research time on the first tech in the MA is almost immaterial.

I won't have any more submissions for this. I got nationalism for free in the IA on my last best game. It's amazing how many lucky breaks in a row you need as well as good play to have a great time in these games. A lot of fun trying though and I always learn something.
 
I decided to submit my 1160 AD game for the wooden spoon.

I didn't complete any more games, but I did encounter a weird bug that left me looking at the desktop after trying to gift Theodora into the middle ages. This cost me two SGL-starts. After rebooting the computer, the problem was gone.
 
Time's up on this gauntlet. I've enjoyed the reports on this one guys. :goodjob:

Gold medal goes to Chamnix (660AD)
Silver medal Aigburth (740AD)
Bronze medal PrinceMyshkin (780AD)
4th Tone (880AD)
5th Bartleby (1160AD)

I decided to submit my 1160 AD game for the wooden spoon.
Well if you are claiming that, it leaves me as the only one without an award of some form. Oh well, I'll just have to wait a couple of hours until the next gauntlet starts...

Edit: new gauntlet here
 
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