It was a fun game. I selected the domination path eventually. Well, it's the most familiar victory to me anyway.
Pregame
Once I heard about GOTM2 news. I played 2 test games using the same settings. What I had found was early tech trading was possible. The AIs would trade with you at first. I also found that if you get horse early, a very early war with Chariot was possible. Of course if you get the horse before the AIs get archery.
Early Adventure
So, I started the game, settled on the spot, sent warrior southwest. I knew I was in the north. So warrior wentsouthwest until it hit the border of Spanish empire. Then it went northwest and so on so forth. In this way, the warrior could met all the rivals very quickly. The warrior picked up huts and animals on the way gathering money and combat experiences. Once, it hit Mali’s bother, I saw a warrior guarding a settler coming out of Mali’s border. I hesitate a while and then decided, what the hell. Luckily, I won and captured the settler who turned into my worker. Then again, the warrior fended off another Mali’s warrior attack in the forest with woodman II promotion. However, I ventured into Mali’s heartland and saw a UU archer. The next thing was total darkness… So, I made peace with Mali quickly. And the worker made home safely.
Science
My research path was Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, The Wheel, Writing, and then Alphabet. Once, I got writing, I made open border with everybody. And then when I got Alphabet, I traded everything I had except Alphabet to everybody else to get all the techs they would like to trade. Once I got Bronze Working by trading, I started researching Iron Working immediately. Otherwise I can’t connect my gem in York, which I created NW to the hill gem which could also get the sheep when its border expanded. Of course, Iron Working gave me swordman which was my major attacking force before maceman was available.
Falling behind
Barbarian founded Hsung-Nu north of Nottingham which was southwest just out of reach of stone site. (BTW, I ignored the stone, so I didn’t get any early wonders.) When I was planning to capture this free city, Washington took the action! His chariot captured Hsung-Nu in 740BC where I don’t have any horse nearby. All I could do was to shut my mouth tight and doing my best to catch up.
I settled the Hasting in the Jungle for rice which was a poor health site. However, this error leads to another incident which decided my pathway of the game.
Spanish-British War!
During the 1st millennium BC, I was most behind other civs scores wise. But everybody's score was close to each other. And the ordering kept changing. Some countries started asking tributes from me. On 260BC, Isabella DOW on me! Her army approached my jungle city Hasting. I don’t remember what was in the city defending. Anyway, her initial attack was barely stopped. And I started popping out swordmen in London, and slowly started counterattack.
Ally for life time
Around 1AD, good news was one after another. I found Confucianism on 1AD, captured Barcelona on 20AD, and persuaded Monty to join the war against the evil Spanish on 40AD. Monty would be my friend and fighting partner for the entire game, and was the sole surviving rival at the end.
The spreading of the Confucianism
I took a break in the middle of the war and converted to Confucianism on 120AD, adopted Slavery (Yes, slavery!) and Organized Religion the next turn.
The holy city was Nottingham. It spreaded the religion into Hsung-Nu, Barcelona, and later Madrid . Both Americans and spanish converted. This gave me views for critical spanish army movements and Hsung-Nu, the city I was eager to taken.
I also made sure every british city have Confucianism spreaded so that at least the city would expand its border in next 15 turns without doing anything, and it added a lot of money to my wallet once I got the Holy wonder built in Nottingham.
Spanish was beaten
I captured the lakeside city Cordoba in 200AD, and razed Salamanca in 310AD because it was too close to Barcelona. Now I was facing heavily defended Madrid and a hilly city. So I decide to stop this time consuming war on 320AD and focused on internal establishments.
War on Americans
The American city Hsung-Nu was too close to my capital to let it go. I grab the moment it was not heavily defended and DOW and teamed up with Monty the 2nd time on 430AD. Hsung-Nu was captured on 440AD.
I was researching for Civil Service looking for maceman. However, it turned out I still need Machinery to enable it. Doh! Only Washington had Metal Melting. And how would I push him to give it to me for peace since his next city was heavily defended on the hill? I had to research that tech line by myself.
The east front
I was also expanding eastwards. I set up Canterbury on the peninsula on the other side of the inner sea east of London in 4th century, hoping it could be a money maker. Incidentally it was the last city I built in the next 1,100 year or so. Then I sent some units to capture a barbarian city Mauryan on 500AD, which was close to the expanding bother of Mali. This brought immediate trouble. Monsa DOW to me on 510AD. And I think I literally abandoned the Mauryan because my army was in poor condition, and withdrew them to Canterbury, hoping I could took a stand there.
Summary
At 500sAD, I was in a little uncertain place. 3 of the 5 neighboring civs hated me and 2 of them having war with me. Only one of them fought for me which was invaluable. I could win a war on one front but not on 2 or more. I have to focus my entire offensive army at one spot. The set back at east front was a big hit. I wasn’t sure if I'd lost Canterbury as well. Or Monsa’s army would approach further west. I think I have to kill one of the bad neighbors first. But which one was the target? I think I would face Monsa first because he was the strongest and dangerous. All right, it’s time to stop.
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Duh, how stupid of me, shouldn't think that I have played civ for the last 14 years... 
Not quite used with cIV yet, a bit hung up in the old ways, the yellow border disappeared when I choose the food location myself, strange that that didn't nullifie that I had accidentaly clicked the + sign.. 
You say that like there was something I wrote that might spoil things for people... how does my score do that?
