I've tried this one, but it's a nightmare: after start with BtS, to discover it starts from 1888 at turn 116, i tried Asoka with Warlords.
Would some of you please explain me how can you win in some 40 turns?
In that time i manage to destroy/vassallize an AI or two, no more.
And after factory/barracks i build only units.
With the correct starting sequence, it's fairly easy to win within less than 40 turns. My starting sequence is at follows:
1. Build your capital at 1575 AD, switch your civics to Universal, Bureaucracy, Serfdom, Mercantilism, and Organized Religion, chop 1 forests to finish a settler in 1 turn.
2. Turn #2, chop another forests to finish another settler in 1 turn.
3. Turn #3, your explorers should have located oil and coal by now (if not, consider starting over with a different map).
4. Turn #4, found the second and third cities (if you have done this by turn #3, good for you
), set both of these cities to produce workers. Set your capital to work on the factory.
5. Turn #5, finding location for your 4th and 5th cities.
6. Turn #6, gold rush to finish workers in your 2nd and 3rd cities. Hopefully, found your 4th and 5th.
7. Turn #7, not much to do here
8. Turn #8, another gold rush to finish workers in your 2nd and 3rd cities. Use the gold rush technique to produce 2 workers in each of your 4th and 5th cities.
9. Turn #9, a religion has emerged in one of your cities, chop forests/gold rush or whatever to build 5 more missionaries (1 per each turn). You don't have a lot of time to build missionaries because you will be switching to Theocracy before rolling out your first tank.
Btw, remember to trade map with everyone in every turn. I usually disband my original explorers at this time since there is no further need for them. My building sequence is simple: 2 setters in capital, 2 workers per each other cities ASAP, factory, coal plant, (around this point, use the GE for the Pentagon, change civics to Environmentalism and Theocracy) barracks, then tanks all the way to the end.
Immediately go to war with your nearest civ with your first tank. You can't take on their cities with only 1 tank but you could capture a couple of workers. Do the same with your second and third tanks, then declare wars on the rest of the remaining civs. Even if you have only 3 tanks, declare wars on all of them anyway. Since now you are at wars with everybody, you have no choice but to fight until the end. You should be able to win within 40 turns or less because your empire are producing 5 tanks per turns at this point. Good luck!
I'll start giving this gauntlet a few more runs now that I know the date to beat 
This CRIII from the start surely does make difference.
