Thanks for the opportunity to launch the ship. It went further than the ICBMs I disbanded.
You guys were great – thanks for staying with it. Thanks Bucephalus for joining this one early to mid-game. Thanks Whomp for helping me learn some of the fine points of the game like shortrushing, spying with the intelligence agency, using hwachas, and overall excellent play. You guys will be the first I check with when I start a succession game.
Mr Pentium - sorry you lost interest, but glad you checked in and could see it completed. Consider yourself lucky, you could actually quit Civ. Maybe I will be able to...one day.
I think starting the golden age was another big turning point in the game. We needed that gold to position ourselves to get the Iroquois gold and take us to the next level.
After the game was over I played the review at the end. Some interesting notes:
By 2950 BC:
2 cities: England
3 cities: Russia, Hittite, Iroquois, France
4 cities: Byzantine, America, Babylon, Celts, Germans
5 cities: Aztecs
We still had 1
Golden Ages:
Celts built pyramids in 1600 BC
Byzantines 70 BC
Russia 230 AD
Babylon 250 AD
Germans built Newtons in 580 AD
Hittite 720 AD
England 830 AD
Korea 960 AD courtesy of Bucephalus and the mighty Hwacha
Apparently the others never had one
Expansion phase ended in
800 BC
We are the first to get a military great leader in 310 BC courtesy of Lil Whomper
Game ends on turn 433
Final score: 2380
I also re-read the thread and here are some observations:
Self fulfilling prophecy:
my prediction is that we are going to have to crush them before we get to launch the ship
zerksees wrecks the first city of the game (it was not my idea to put that city close to Oxford or start that war)
Avoided death by Aztecs when they DOW in 170 BC because we did not give in to their demand for 20 gold
We drew a two-turn anarchy to get to republic in 50 AD, and stayed there the rest of the game
7/13/06 – Last time we heard from gozpel. I can only guess he has moved on to other things by now – maybe he will check in one day.
7/12/06 -> 10/19/06 no turnsets played.
820 AD we lost our easy trades when we could not finish our trade deal with France
How many techs did we steal from Germany and never a DOW
Bucephalus sets game high 47 cities wrecked in one turnset. Maybe he wrecked more and did not write them all down.
1844 – zerksees wrecks last city of the game
What’s next? I need a break. If (who am I kidding when) I return for another succession game, I am thinking about Sid. Can we do a 5CC on Sid?
) through the balance of the middle ages. Then came hwachas! Man those bad boys are nasty. Even though they had a short shelf life at this level and the varirant we were playing they came in handy when we needed them.
