Gumbolt:
1. At war with Montezuma.
2. Four cities, including Tenochtitlan (courtesy of Monty), which has two camped Deer, one mined Silver, one fished Fish and three fished Crabs (but no Fishing as yet, to use them).
3. +2 beakers at -1 gold per turn (for what it's worth - I looked at this economy one turn later when Tenochtitlan comes out of rebellion). 1523 beakers of research completed, including writing.
4. Strategic resources - Horse.
5. Six warriors, six chariots. Four workers.
Alejduke:
1. No war.
2. Three cities.
3. +11 beakers at -1 gold per turn. 1500 beakers researched, including writing.
4. Strategic resources - Horse, Copper.
5. Three warriors, three archers. Three workers.
MJG5591:
1. No war.
2. Four cities.
3. +12 beakers at -1 gold per turn. 1548 beakers researched, including writing.
4. Strategic resources - Horse. Copper coming!
5. Two warriors, three chariots. Three workers.
Toranth:
1. No war.
2. Four cities.
3. +11 beakers at -1 gold per turn. 1281 beakers researched.
4. Six warriors, one archer. Three workers.
Grymlog:
1. No war.
2. Three cities. Two granaries and two barracks built.
3. +14 beakers per turn. 1618 beakers researched, including pottery and writing.
4. Strategic resources - Horse, Copper.
5. Two warriors, two chariots, two axemen. Three workers.
Theboot:
1. At war with Montezuma.
2. Five cities.
3. +2 beakers per turn. 1407 beakers researched, including pottery.
4. Strategic resources - Horse, Copper.
5. Seven warriors, seven axemen. Three workers.
Kjellea:
1. Not currently at war; Genghis Khan wiped out.
2. Four cities.
3. +9 beakers at -1 gold per turn. 1603 beakers researched, including writing and pottery.
4. Strategic resources - Horse, Copper.
5. Four warriors, one spearman, nine axemen. Three workers.
Great engineer:
1. No war.
2. Three cities. Delhi founded Buddhism. Oracle in eight turns?
3. +9 beakers per turn. 1589 beakers researched, including priesthood.
4. Strategic resources - Horse, Copper (needs to be connected).
5. Five warriors. Three workers, one missionary.
CH yank:
1. At war with Genghis Khan.
2. Three cities. One library built.
3. +20 beakers at +1 gold per turn. 1740 beakers researched, including pottery and writing.
4. Strategic resources - Horse, Copper.
5. Two warriors, four archers, one axemen. Four workers.
Softnum:
1. No war.
2. Three cities.
3. +14 beakers at -1 gold per turn. 1612 beakers researched, including pottery.
4. Strategic resource - None, but almost Horse.
5. Two warriors, four archers. One worker.
CBPE:
1. No war.
2. Three cities. Delhi has Stonehenge.
3. +13 beakers per turn. 1751 beakers researched, including pottery.
4. Strategic resources - Horse, Copper (almost connected).
5. Five warriors, two chariots. Four workers.
Joyodongo:
1. No war.
2. Four cities.
3. +9 beakers per turn. 1552 beakers researched, including pottery.
4. Strategic resource - Copper (Horse is close).
5. seven warriors, one scout. Four workers.
Lymond:
1. No war.
2. Three cities. Delhi has Stonehenge, granary, barracks.
3. +18 beakers at -1 gold per turn. 1782 beakers researched, including pottery and writing.
4. Strategic resource - Horse.
5. Six warriors. Three workers.
Maximumpain:
1. No war.
2. Shares Buddhism with Montezuma.
3. Four cities.
4. +18 beakers at -1 gold per turn. 1678 beakers researched, including pottery and writing.
5. Strategic resource - Horse.
6. Four warriors, two chariots. Two workers.
Harbour boy:
1. No war.
2. Three cities. Oracle in 10 turns?
3. +14 beakers per turn. 1544 beakers researched, including priesthood.
4. Strategic resource - Copper (almost Horse).
5. Six warriors. One settler, four workers.
Yakidk:
1. Not currently at war; Tokagawa wiped out.
2. Five cities. Stonehenge in Delhi. Granary and barracks in all three original cities.
3. +6 beakers per turn. 1910 beakers researched, including pottery and writing.
4. Strategic resources - Horse, Copper.
5. Four warriors, one archer, three chariots, five axemen. Seven workers.
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I very much enjoyed most of the war saves. To the best of my knowledge, they're all very strong games. However, I'm rather biased towards non-warfare games due to the type of settings and play style I usually use. That, combined with Gumbolt's suggestion to look at using a peaceful save for the learning experience, biased my votes.
I liked the saves turned in by Lymond, CBPE and Harbour Boy (amongst several others) because of their flexibility for continued expansion while still in peace.
If this map was set up with the intention of testing the limits diplomacy in an unfavorable position then I'd love to try Maximumpain's save.
A few things, of which there are many more, that I suck at: deficit economies, REX'ing, watching and/or using the power graph, specialist economies, tech trading (see specialist economies), blocking, fog busting (Great Wall!!!), SoD'ing and more.
