I've never tried one of the gauntlets so I fired this up last night to try out some fun with you guys. I've enjoyed scouring for tips on getting better at other (then science, my most common) victory types or good policy choices to speed up certain victory conditions. I forgot how easy it is to get whatever wonders you want on Prince difficulty. So that threw my plan off as I was able to get 4 or 5 key ones instead of the 1 or 2 I'm used to getting it in a game. The OCC is also unusual for me as I prefer atleast 2, alas I play all my games on Duel or Tiny to spare my computer extra stress (I load them up with 15-20 AI for crazy fun).
I feel good about having oil discovered in the late 1200's or early 1300's, a rarity for me, but I've run into a problem that none of my AI competitors have any gold at all so RA's have been few and far between. They also have all declared war on me because I hid in Washington with my initial warrior for almost the whole game so far. Finally built two crossbows and have held them all back, with only England coming close to ending my game, silly Longbows. I'm thinking I may have to start buying stuff from my AI's so that I can then sign up for more RA's. I guess I have been thinking all day at work if gold focus would be better then science for this reason. My start was definitely set for making money, 4 plantation resources within the 5 tiles and a fairly respectable river along side my city.
I'm so glad we enjoy a game that can get this kind of chattiness out of me, I am not big on this stuff in many other forums haha...
