GOTM 162 Spoiler

[Major Advantage]

Unlike others, and as stated previously, I built only one city in homeland. Do not see the rationale for building more. Mapmaking was my second tech and ready in time for venturing out. With 3 (one tile) islands within immediate trireme reach why bother?

I wanted to have a second city for more shield production. Letting them share the shield-tiles (the hill was mined early) made me produce vans faster that were needed for wonders.

The other early decision was choice of government. Given the lack of huts, the geography (everyone on their own island which means little chance of tribute), and the space ship goal, I decided to go for Republic instead of Monarchy.

Interesting choice. I had not thought about that, especially because of shield support and happiness problems. I switched to republic only after Michelangelo was built.

 

[Major Advantage]

So it seems I am quite behind so far:

-900 Curr.->Trade;
-800 Calcutta founded (island 11)
-775 Stop by island 6, sign peace with Egypt, gamble on techs and get Masonry
-700 Lahore founded (island 3) Will we need the LH? Would probably rech the big island cheaper by risking the gap, however we'd still speed up deliveries
-650 Trade->mysticism
-500 1st van for delivery built, dye to Egypt
-425 Myst.->Writing
-400 van delivered for 88g
~375 LH built
-350 Writ.->Literacy
-275 pop hut on Big Island: Advanced tribe (Karachi)
-200 deliver gold (d) to Rome for 180;
-175 Lit.->Philo; delivery 32
-150 Drop off settler on egyptian island
(barb trireme near Egypt)
-125 Settler back on board, rather settle somewhere else
-100 Barbs take over Thebes and destroy Egyptians
-75 Kolhapur founded (island 4)
-50 Meet Greeks, peace, get HBR and wheel, open embassy, deliver gems for 132
-25 Philo->Pottery->Poly;

Stats at 1 AD:
pop.: 520k; Cities: 8; techs: 16; gold: 108; Gov.: Mon; wonders: LH; TR: 0D/4F
units: 2 settler, 8 warrior, 3 boat, 2 dip
Goals: Expand, trade, happiness wonders

I had not thought about respawns by then and was quite surprised when a yellow warrior showed up on the big island a little later.

 

[grigor]

I never saw a map in which efficient conquest was not an interesting challenge!

I built 2 size-1 Settlers, developed the home island to the max including a mine, then grew for a while. Monarchy in 1050 due to carelessness. Built LH the hard way, and began conquest with elephants and triremes. I failed to find Major's 2-city main island idea so Monarchy was way too late.

I finished between 1ad and 1000ad.

Log:

GOTM 162 Feb 2015

Deity, 1 Settler, no techs, restarts ON, roving bands, 4 players only
Tiny symmetrical map with an uninhabited 5x5 island in the middle.
Hmm. Looks like Trireme conquest is the deal.
Conquest goals: get LH, elephants.

Get 3 settlers on main island with Size one trick. Mine hill.
Get MM fast, then settle toward Trade.
Conquer with Poly (Monarchy, HB.
The Wonders we need are LH, maybe HG
Conquer other islands


4000BC Move river for science.

3800 rb warrior row.
3750 move worker to forest
3650 Alph => CB
3300 Size 1 Settler.
3250 worker back to forest, continue roading.
3200 rb warrior row.
3000: Status: 1C, Alph. 1settler, roading, another on the way.

2850 CB=> MM
2750 rb settler. work whale.
2700 2nd size 1 settler. Join the mining expedidion. RB warrior as move to size 2. This took some careful planning!
2650 fortify warrior for happiness. Maps 7/33
2550 mine finished. Irrigate grass.

2200 MM=>CoL switch to trireme.

2000 Trireme. Delhi starts Temple. S settlers take off for islands.
Status: 1C, 2 settlers, trireme, 1 warrior. Res CoL (12/48)

1900 Bombay (2) on desert island.
1800 Madras. Max science beakers to get to Monarchy in my lifetime. Find Athens (size 3)

1650 CoL=>Mon

1200 a turn late. Mon => Writing

1050 Monarchy

1000BC Status
3 Cities. 3 Warrior, 2 trireme
start Barracks
925 Bangalore (4)
900 Delhi starts LH
875 Writ = HB

700 HB => Poly

525 Poly =>Pots

425 Barb leader slain by trireme. 50g.

350 Pots =>Seaf

225b Greeks. tradeCB for BW. War. Empty Athens.
200 capture Athens – xGreeks.
150 Seaf => Curr
125 Delhi builds LH

50 attack Thebes(Barbarian). Delay 1 turn to see if it grows.
25b Yes! Capture Thebes (0g)

1AD find English on main island. Attack

AD 20 raze London. IW. Greeks appear next to us. War. 3 units lost.
AD 40 Spanish: War. OK, we are on the mountain.

80 Curr =>Trade

100AD Madrid captured on main island.

140a Romans destroyed. Where’s the respawn??

180 – of course on the main island. Tenochtitlan destroyed. No apparent respawn.

After several more respawns I finished.

Later I realized that I was very lucky that no respawns happened on uncovered islands - evidently there is a small chance of that every respawn. I replayed trying to cover every island with at least a warrior before beginning conquest. That was very interesting, and I was able to improve my submission time.

 

[Ali Ardavan]

I wanted to have a second city for more shield production. Letting them share the shield-tiles (the hill was mined early) made me produce vans faster that were needed for wonders.

If the island had one more shield or even arrow special, I would have given it a second thought but as it was the whale was always taken and by the time my hill was mined my trireme was ready too.

I never saw a map in which efficient conquest was not an interesting challenge!
...
I finished between 1ad and 1000ad.

Welcome back grigor; it has been a while.
The green star is going to be a race between you and haleewud (from among those participating in the spoiler of course).

 

[grigor]

Major's 2nd-city-on-plains idea is much the fastest both for science and an extra production center. Monarchy at 1650 is not possible without it. I thought about other cities on the main island but I in my mind put them on the forest, and the science hit seemed to mitigate the other virtues.

 

[Inkerman]

I didn't attack from the position described in my 1000 status. Probably I should have done. I may go back and replay for my own interest - one of the nice things about a small map is you can entertain such thoughts.

Instead I aimed to develop and use modern weapons to achieve conquest.

So I became a democracy and did lots of science. Then I spent 50 years of the 20th century as a fundamentalist state trying to eliminate all three opponents, but without capturing a city. I couldn't do it. I gave up. I built a spaceship instead, just in time.

 

[Ali Ardavan]

This game has not ceased to amaze me. When I designed this map I knew this game would be different because of the small world, small number of possible cities, lack of shields before offshore platform, and lack of huts. What I did not expect was the barbarians. Knowing the AI rivals would be weak I picked roving bands option (-25). To my surprise the sea barbarians (there is not enough land for uprisings) have played a major role. They wiped out Egyptians in Major's game and both Egyptians and Greeks in mine. (Any others by other players not yet reported?)

My Romans just survived a barbarian attack. While they were under attack I was wondering whether the game would end if they lose. Has anyone ever been in a situation like this where all your rivals are eliminated by barbarians? Does the game end or do you have to conquer barbarian cities?

 

[Ali Ardavan]

The start of this period was tense. I had just established a city on the central island and English had many units there. My rushed reinforcements shipped in and AI's stupidity of attacking strong units on a mountain (and losing without causing much damage) allowed me to prevail. But it took till 280.

Next challenge was getting the science city which survived the English up and running. Rushed caravans brought about Hanging Gardens and Colossus quickly.

Next big challenge was Michelangelo. I had several large cities with multiple entertainers despite having temples. With a depleted treasury and low shield production it took a while to get all the needed vans put together.

+0020 English horseman emerges from London and kills my wounded archer. The hut on central island is gone.
+0040 London is the only city on the central island.
+0060 English embassy established. They have horseback riding.
+0100 Mountain top archer easily survives English attack. Math -> Astronomy. Construction -> Roman -> Iron Working.
+0120 Stupid English keep attacking my archer and losing without even causing much damage.
+0180 3 English units outside of London killed; catapult turned vet.
+0200 English develop Masonry! I have to capture London before they build city walls.
+0220 Salt to Thebes for 88.
+0240 Gems for 120 establishes the first domestic route.
+0260 English lose another unit attacking my stack on mountain. Catapult kills Phalanx defending London. Lost my vet archer attacking London. The other archer kills a warrior in London. Domestic Silk for 132.
+0280 Astronomy -> Bridge Building. English ask for cease fire. I turn them down and luckily Senate backs me up! They offer horseback riding. I turn them down again. They offer 150g, I turn that down too. Next they offer everything they have (190g and knowledge)! Again my answer is no. Catapult kills English Phalanx. They have a fresh Phalanx outside London; why did they not move it in? Archer takes London for 95g and Horseback riding. English civilization destroyed. Granary in London will be sold next turn (after it goes from size 1 to size 2). The city shall be a settler farm till it can be uprooted. There are 8 irrigated tiles with road on the central island thanks to the English.
+0300 London's Granary sold.
+0340 Hanging Gardens built. 3 cities celebrate. T3L3S4
+0360 Colossus built. T3L4S3
+0380 Indus founded at the western corner of central island.
+0460 Domestic Silk for 102.
+0480 Bridge building -> Polytheism. Domestic deliveries for 108, 54.
+0500 Domestic deliveries for 156.

Status at +0500
Population: 1.7M; Cities: 17; Techs: 22; Government: Republic
Gold: 15; Cost: 11; Trade routes: 14D2F;
Wonders: Lighthouse, Hanging Gardens, Colossus
Units: 4 settlers, 1 archers, 1 catapult, 5 triremes, 1 diplomats, 3 vans
Footprint: one city in each of home, Greece, and all 12 one-tile islands; 3 cities on central island.
Goals: Disbanding London and building 2 more cities on the central island; Michelangelo, Copernicus, King Richard
Roman: 1 city, 15 techs
Egyptian: 1 city, 11 techs
Greek: Destroyed by barbarians
English: Destroyed by me

+0520 Ganges founded on the eastern corner of central island. Noticed first black heads.
+0540 Barbarian trireme appears on the scene and kill my trireme with commodity van on board.
+0580 Polytheism -> Monotheism.
+0660 Barbarians capture Thebes. Barbarian level is at Roving bands (-25) and yet so far we have seen so much barbarian activity. Domestic Hides for 92.
+0680 Domestic Dye for 100. Gujarat founded on the northern tip of the central island. Now the world is fully populated. London is still around but will be eventually disbanded.
+0700 Monotheism -> Wheel.
+0780 Thebes bribed for 208g; got a single legion.
+0820 The same barbarian trireme which has been parked by Madras since -125 kills a van recently produced there.
+0860 Barbarian ship leaves Madras and joins another barbarian ship next to Lahore. Wheel -> Engineering.
+0880 Older barbarian ship disappears. The new one moves towards Rome; I hope they are better prepared than Egyptians.
+0920 Barbarian archer lands near Rome. Michelangelo built.
+0940 Defenders of Rome prevail.
+0960 Domestic Gems for 300.
+0980 Engineering -> Medicine.
+1000 Science city reaches size 12.

Status at +1000
Population: 6.2M; Cities: 20; Techs: 26; Government: Republic
Gold: 0; Cost: 45; Trade routes: 24D0F;
Wonders: Lighthouse, Hanging Gardens, Colossus, Michelangelo
Units: 4 settlers, 1 archers, 1 legion, 1 catapult, 5 triremes, 1 diplomats, 2 vans
Footprint: one city in each of home, Greece, Egypt, and all 12 one-tile islands; 5 cities on central island.
Goals: Disbanding London; Copernicus, King Richard (next turn); Sanitation
Roman: 1 city, 17 techs
Egyptian: Destroyed by barbarians
Greek: Destroyed by barbarians
English: Destroyed by me

 

[Ali Ardavan]

This was a period of wonder building, structure building, and increasing city populations. My number of cities was maxed out going into this period.

+1020 King Richard's built.
+1060 Domestic Copper for 164.
+1080 Medicine -> Sanitation. Domestic deliveries for 144, 384.
+1100 Sanitation -> University. Domestic Hides for 76.
+1180 Barbarian Trireme by Chittigong. Copernicus built. University -> Chemistry.
+1220 Domestic wine for 274.
+1240 Chemistry -> Theory of Gravity.
+1280 Domestic Gems for 210.
+1300 Theory of Gravity -> Banking. T5L4S1
+1340 Sanitation -> Roman -> Banking. Wine to Rome for 400. T3L4S3
+1360 -> Economics -> Invention.
+1400 Shakespeare built. Science city, which was stuck at size 16, celebrates. Domestic Gems for 180. T4L4S2
+1420 Invention -> Democracy.
+1480 Domestic wine for 107.
+1500 Barbarian trireme by unprotected Indus on the mail island. Democracy -> Gunpowder. Democracy established.

Status at +1500
Population: 18.7M; Cities: 20; Techs: 35; Government: Democracy
Gold: 90; Cost: 124; Trade routes: 38D0F;
Wonders: Lighthouse, Hanging Gardens, Colossus, Michelangelo, King Richards, Copernicus, Shakespeare
Units: 4 settlers, 1 archers, 1 legion, 1 catapult, 5 triremes, 1 diplomats, 2 vans
Footprint: one city in each of home, Greece, Egypt, and all 12 one-tile islands; 5 cities on central island.
Goals: Disbanding London; Newton, Leo, Adam Smith; Explosives
Roman: 1 city, 17 techs
Egyptian: Destroyed by barbarians
Greek: Destroyed by barbarians
English: Destroyed by me

+1510 Barbarian trireme heads towards Rome. Undemanded salt from science city for 133.
+1520 Barbarian legion lands near Rome. Undemanded Cloth to science city for 99.
+1530 Roman Phalanx survives barbarian legion. Gunpowder -> Explosives.
+1560 Explosives -> Metallurgy.
+1570 Bombay (4 fish) is the first city to max out its population at 26. Domestic Gold for 393.
+1580 Metallurgy -> Conscription.
+1590 Domestic Gems for 339. T3L4S3
+1600 Newton built. Conscription -> Navigation.
+1620 Navigation -> Physics. Leo built. Wine to Rome for 190. Domestic Dye for 166.
+1630 Physics -> Atomic Theory.
+1640 Atomic Theory -> Magnetism. Domestic gold for 387. Caravel sinks barbarian trireme which has been parked by Chittigong since 1180.
+1650 Magnetism -> Electricity. Domestic deliveries for 300, 200. T3L3S4
+1660 Barbarian frigate appears near Rome. Electricity -> Refrigeration.
+1670 Barbarian crusader lands near Rome. Refrigeration -> Monarchy. Adam Smith built. Invention, Navigation, Physics, Gunpowder -> Roman -> Monarchy.
+1680 Roman horseman kills barbarian intruders. -> Steam Engine -> Railroad.
+1690 T7L3S0
+1700 T3L3S4
+1710 Railroad -> Feudalism. Magellan built. Wine to Rome for 157. T2L2S6
+1720 Feudalism -> Theology -> Chivalry.
+1730 Chivalry -> Leadership
+1740 Leadership -> Tactics.
+1750 Tactics -> Industrialization -> Amphibious Warfare

Status at +1750
Population: 38.8M; Cities: 20; Techs: 54; Government: Democracy
Gold: 169; Cost: 227; Trade routes: 50D0F;
Ancient Wonders: Lighthouse, Hanging Gardens, Colossus
Medieval Wonders: Michelangelo, King Richards, Copernicus, Shakespeare, Magellan
Industrial Wonders: Leo, Newton, Adam Smith
Units: 4 engineers, 2 rifleman, 1 cannon, 6 transport, 2 diplomats, 7 vans
Footprint: one city in each of home, Greece, Egypt, and all 12 one-tile islands; 5 cities on central island.
Goals: Disbanding London; Bach (next turn), Darwin, Cure; Miniaturization
Roman: 1 city, 40 techs
Egyptian: Destroyed by barbarians
Greek: Destroyed by barbarians
English: Destroyed by me

 

[haleewud]

During this segment, I continued to expand to more of the one square islands. Also the Lighthouse was built and two cities were established on the center island.
The Romans (and Russians) were destroyed. I had not actually met the Egyptians yet, but Crusaders were on their way.
The discovery of Republic and the one-turn revolution was timed well to get a little extra of delivery bonus on 2 deliveries to Athens.

-975 Madras Settlers, Bombay Settlers, Delhi Trireme
-950 Warrior lands near Rome, give Alpha, Peace, give Monarchy+Map Making, exchange maps
-900 Karachi founded at (26,40,16), Kolhapur founded at (16,22,8)
-875 Trade -> Writing (117)
-775 Calcutta Settlers, Delhi Gems, Writing -> HBR (140)
-750 Land on Greek Island, Trade CB for HBR, Peace, give Monarchy, exchange maps
-725 start Polytheism (154)
-700 Jaipur founded at (16,10,2)
-675 Bangalore Dye
-650 Hyderabad founded at (4,10,1)
-625 Polytheism -> Literacy (180), Bombay Dye, T/L/S = 7/3/0 (Waiting for Delivery to Rome)
-600 Bangalore Dye to Rome 112
-550 Literacy -> Mysticism (195), contact Romans, trade Literacy -> Mysticism
-525 start Philosophy (210)
-500 See Barb Trireme next to Athens

stats at -500:
pop.: .47; cities: 10; techs: 13, gov: Monarchy, gold: 230; trade routes: 0D1F; cost/turn:0
units: 19 Warriors, 1 Elephant, 2 Trireme, 2 Caravans
wonders: None

Romans: No Embassy, Peace
Egyptians: No Contact
Greeks: No Embassy, Peace

-475 Delhi Food
-425 Philosophy -> Republic -> Masonry (256), REVOLUTION, Republic established, Bombay Dye to Athens 104, Delhi Gems to Athens 168, Switch back to Monarchy (need too many luxuries)
-400 Masonry -> Monotheism (272)
-375 Kolhapur Food
-350 Lahore Silk, Calcutta Food, Madras Silver
-325 Bombay Food
-300 Delhi Dye, 4 vans to Delhi
-275 Delhi builds LH
-250 Monotheism -> Math (), Bombay Settlers, Delhi Settlers
-200 Bengal founded at (3,27,7- Center Island), Madras Silver to Delhi 50, Lahore Silk to Delhi 72
-150 Math -> Astronomy (323)
-125 See Barb Trireme near Rome
-100 Barb Archer lands near Rome
-75 Barb Archer Dies attacking Rome, Land near Rome, Kill Phal+Archer in Rome (86+Pottery), Romans destroyed, Chittagong founded at (2,22,7 - Center Island)
-50 White units on Center Island (at 37,25), Russians, Kill Settler+stacked, Russians Destroyed
-25 Hut -> Archer
+1

stats at +1:
pop.: .88; cities: 19; techs: 2, gov: Monarchy, gold: 128 trade routes: 6D2F; cost/turn:0
units: 26 Warriors, 1 Phalanx, 1 Archer, 1 Elephant, 4 Crusaders, 4 Trireme, 1 Caravan
wonders: LH

Romans: Destroyed
Russians: Destroyed
White: ???
Egyptians: No Contact
Greeks: No Embassy, Peace

Plans for the end:
Kill Egyptians, then Greeks and mop up any respawns.
Build MPE to help locate any respawns (and make sure I don't miss any).

 

[Ali Ardavan]

+1752 Amphibious Warfare -> Corporation. Bach built.
+1754 Corporation -> Steel.
+1756 Steel -> Electronics
+1758 Electronics -> Genetic Engineering. Domestic undemanded delivery for 183.
+1760 Genetic Engineering -> Machine Tools -> Refining. Domestic undemanded delivery for 140.
+1762 Refining -> Mini. Cure built.
+1764 Barbarian Frigate near Bengal. Mini -> Combustion. Domestic undemanded delivery for 90, 64. First round of offshore platforms rushed. T4L2S4
+1766 Barbarian frigate kills a van in Bengal. Combustion -> Automobile. Destroyer sinks barbarian frigate. Domestic undemanded delivery for 117.
+1768 Automobile -> Mass Production. Domestic Oil for 609.
+1770 Mass Production -> Recycling. First pollution appears. Domestic deliveries for 385, 252, 196. T2L2S6
+1772 Recycling -> Mobile warfare -> Computers. Undemanded delivery to Rome for 94.
+1774 Computers -> Nuclear Fission. Domestic oil for 598. All cities now have 3 trade routes (with the exception of London which will be disbanded soon).
+1776 Nuclear Fission -> Nuclear Power.
+1778 Nuclear Power -> Robotics -> Laser. First factories built.
+1780 Laser -> Communism.
+1782 Communism -> Espionage. Domestic deliveries for 469, 242.
+1784 Espionage -> Guerrilla warfare -> Flight. Domestic deliveries for 959, 427
+1786 Flight -> Radio -> Advanced Flight. Domestic deliveries for 440.
+1788 SETI built. Advanced Flight -> Combined Arms. Domestic deliveries for 374.
+1790 Combined Arms -> Rocketry -> Space Flight. Domestic deliveries for 386
+1792 Space Flight -> Environmentalism -> Labor Union. Hoover dam built.
+1794 Labor Union -> Plastics. First Airport built in capital. Domestic deliveries for 700.
+1796 Plastics -> Superconductor -> Fundamentalism. Domestic deliveries for 564, 378.
+1798 Fundamentalism -> Fusion Power -> Stealth
+1800 Stealth -> Future Tech 1. Apollo built.

Status at +1800
Population: 51.5M; Cities: 20; Techs: 88; Government: Democracy
Gold: 35; Cost: 433; Trade routes: Full;
Ancient Wonders: Lighthouse, Hanging Gardens, Colossus
Medieval Wonders: Michelangelo, King Richards, Copernicus, Shakespeare, Magellan
Industrial Wonders: Leo, Newton, Adam Smith, Bach
Modern Wonders: Cure, SETI, Hoover, Apollo
Units: 6 engineers, 2 rifleman, 1 artillery, 6 transport, 2 diplomats, 1 spy, 1 van
Footprint: one city in each of home, Greece, Egypt, and all 12 one-tile islands; 5 cities on central island.
Goals: Disbanding London (next turn), Space race (next turn)
Roman: 1 city, 43 techs
Egyptian: Destroyed by barbarians
Greek: Destroyed by barbarians
English: Destroyed by me

 

[Major Advantage]

Finished and submitted (20 minutes before the deadline).
I thought I had posted more log than just until 1 AD, so here it is:

20 Try to bribe Thebes, but 40g short...
(There is a yellow settler on big island?)
40 Sign peace, discover Madrid at 3,27; Embassy with Rome;
100 Jaipur founded (big island)
120 delivery for 64g
140 Hyderabad founded (island 8)
200 Polyth.->Mono;
(Barb trireme kills warrior in Bangalore)
240 HG built; domestic gems for 66g
280 delivery 128
300 Mono->Republic; bribe Thebes 208
340 barb trireme dies attacking phalanx in Bangalore (was waiting there until now)
360 Ostia founded on Roman island
380 Rome develops Math; Spain offers Warrior code, declined, sign alliance; Chittagong founded (island 1)
420 Delivery 96
440 Rep.->Seafaring;
480 Delivery 136
500 Punjab founded (Egypt island)

Stats at 500 AD:
pop.: 980k; Cities: 14; techs: 19; gold: 151; Gov.: Mon; wonders: LH, HG; TR: 4D/7F
units: 0 settler, 12 defenders, 3 boat, 0 dip, 5 vans
Goals: Expand, trade, happiness wonders

560 Egypt develops Ironwork.
600 Revolution
620 Michelangelo built, become Republic, time to grow a little
640 Seafaring->Math;
660 Get Math from Rome
680 Research Banking
700 Delivery 124
760 Banking->University; delivery 200
780 Deliv. 88
820 Uni->Astro; 132, 52; Dacca founded (island 14)
840 Colossus built in Madras, this will be my SSC
860 Barbs sink a trireme
880 Astro->Medicine; delivery 168
960 Med.->Construction; get IW from Spain, Construction from Rome
980 Research BridgeBuilding; Indus founded (island 2)

Stats at 1020 AD:
pop.: 1.88M; Cities: 16; techs: 27; gold: 177; Gov.: Rep; wonders: LH, HG, Colossus, Michelangelo; TR: 4D/7F
units: 0 settler, 9 defenders, 4 boat, 0 dip, 12 vans
Goals: Expand SSC

1060 Shakespeare built
1080 BB->Engineering;
1120 deliv. 150g
1160 Engin.->Sanitation; 220, 88, 120
1200 San.->Chemistry; deliv 537, 60
1220 Chem.->Economics;
1260 244
1300 Economics(Romans just discovered the same turn)->Gravity; 380
1380 Gravity->Invention; 589, 256
1400 Invention->Navigation; KRC + Adam Smith built;
1440 delivery 78;
1500 Nav.->Physics; delivery 135

Stats at 1500 AD:
pop.: 7.51M; Cities: 16; techs: 35; gold: 849; Gov.: Rep; wonders: LH, HG, Colossus, Pyr, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, KRC, Adam Smith; TR: 3D/21F
units: 1 settler, 8 defenders, 5 boat, 0 dip, 12 vans
Goals: Expand & trade some more, build more wonders

1510 Delivery 132, 202
1520 Phys.->Steam Engine;
1530 Copernicus built
1540 Steam->Magnetism
1550 Leonardo built
1560 Mag->Gunpowder
1580 Gunp.->Metallurgy(1040); deliv. 404
1590 Ganges founded (island 9)
1600 Metall->Explosives(1092); Desert Island founded (island 10), get Feudalism from Greece
1610 Expl.->Electricity; Pyramids built; Issus founded (island 17)
1630 Electr.->Democracy;
1660 Demo(revolt&est.)->Theo(1170); Newton College built; delivery 228
1680 Theo->Conscr.(1196); delivery 176
1700 Conscr.->Railroad(1222); Bach cathedral built, time for more celebrations; delivery 105
1710 Cut down science for another turn of HG
1730 Railroad->Industry(); Lux to 10% and 2 entertainers are enough
1750 Industry->Chivalry; get Chivalry from Greece (they are working on Leadership, but that would take too long I guess)

Stats at 1750 AD:
pop.: 10.08M; Cities: 19; techs: 49; gold: 1130; Gov.: Demo; wonders: LH, HG, Colossus, Pyr, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, KRC, Adam Smith, Copernicus, Leonardo, Bach, Newton; TR: 6D/20F
units: 6 engineers, 8 defenders, 6 boat, 0 dip, 12 vans
Goals: Trade through the techs, offshore platforms, grow cities, get set for spaceship-building

1752 Research Corporation
1754 Corp.->Steel->Electronics->Leadership; Darwin built
1758 Leadership->Atomic Th. (forgot about tactics)(1404); deliveries 434, 104
1760 Atomic->Tactics(1430); deliveries 100, 140
1762 Tactics->Refining(1456); 227, 214, 230
1764 Ref.->Mach. Tools(1482); deliv. 412
1766 Mach Tools->Combust.(1508); 1st polar oil terraformed; 212
1768 Nunaxa founded on North pole
1770 Comb.->Mini(1534); 108, 78, 77, just enough, rush another library to be sure
1772 Mini->Automobile(1560); 348
1774 Auto-Mass Prod.; 10 offshore platforms built; cut down science in favor of taxes; 165
1782 MassProd.->Genetic Eng.(1612); 558; Semona founded (1st city on southern polar cap)
1784 Genetic->Computers; 420; Nannae founded
1786 Cure for Cancer built, time for more celecrations
1788 Delivery for 1092; Sapua founded
1790 Computers->Recycl.; 152, 56, 294
1792 422, 265
1796 Recycl.->Nucl. Fiss; 530, 896
1798 Fiss->Nucl. Power; 1323, 228
1800 245
1802 1027
1804 NPower->Flight; 524, 178, 612

Stats at 1804 AD:
pop.: 26.72M; Cities: 24; techs: 66; gold: 5640; Gov.: Demo; wonders: LH, HG, Colossus, Pyr, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, KRC, Adam Smith, Copernicus, Leonardo, Bach, Newton, Darwin, Cure for Cancer; TR: ?D/?F
units: 7 engineers, 8 defenders, 7 boat, 0 dip, 24 vans
Goals: Build full spaceship and all wonders, settle the poles some more, take over AI-cities except for one

1806 Flight->Radio
1810 Radio->Adv. Flight; SETI
1812 Adv. Flight->Laser
1814 Laser->Rockets
1816 Rockets->Space
1818 Hoover Dam
1820 Space->Plastics
1822 Apollo built

 

[Ali Ardavan]

Since it is already past the deadline, revealing my end date should not be a problem.

+1802 Future Tech 1 -> 2 -> 3. Space race starts. London disbanded. Domestic deliveries for 270, 739.
+1804 Future Tech 3 -> 4 -> 5.
+1806 Future Tech 5 -> 6.
+1808 Future Tech 6 -> 7 -> 8. Domestic deliveries for 607, 547.
+1810 Future Tech 8 -> 9 -> 10.
+1812 Future Tech 10 -> 11.
+1814 Future Tech 11 -> 12.
+1816 Future Tech 12 -> 13.
+1818 Future Tech 13 -> 14 -> 15.
+1820 Future Tech 15 -> 16
+1822 Future Tech 16 -> 17
+1824 Future Tech 17 -> 18 -> 19. Science city maxes out at size 28; should have done this long time ago. Domestic deliveries for 851
+1826 Future Tech 19 -> 20
+1828 Romans venture out in a Frigate and stop by the central island but do not disembark. Future Tech 20 -> 21 -> 22. Full Space ship launched.
+1829 Future Tech 22 -> 23. Domestic deliveries for 276.
+1830 Future Tech 23 -> 24.
+1831 Future Tech 24 -> 25 -> 26. Undemanded Dye to Rome for 108, 132.
+1832 Future Tech 26 -> 27.
+1833 Future Tech 27 -> 28.
+1834 Future Tech 28 -> 29.
+1835 Romans steal Space Flight. I keep the peace. Future Tech 29 -> 30 -> 31. Undemanded delivery to Rome for 132. T3L2S5
+1836 Eiffel, Statue of Liberty, Great Library, Pyramids, Marco, Oracle, SunTzu, Great Wall, Darwin built. Future Tech 31 -> 32 -> 33 -> 34. Undemanded delivery to Rome for 92. T0L2S8
+1837 Suffrage, Manhattan, and UN built. Future Tech 34 -> 35. Undemanded delivery to Rome for 178, 132. Endgame1 and 2 founded on the south pole.
+1838 Romans land 2 units on central island. Future Tech 35 -> 36 -> 37. T0L10S0