Help me win first deity game

LordLightning

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Hi

Im playing my first successful deity start. Its a dense pangea map, 7 AI on a small map.I think the situation is winnable, but im not sure, how i can pull it off. As i lurked in this forum i know there are some great deity players here, so maybe you can help me on my first deity victory here.

-diplomacy is sound, im friendly with powerhouse neighbour joao, and bismark is pleased, i managed to stir up a war among the 4 eastern civs and between hannibal and lizzie.

-economy is great due to to mahabodi, but lizzie and joao are beginning to pull away techwise due to bigger size.

-on the military i'm way behind, but i'm first to rifling, so i'm planning on changing that.

So i had a nice peaceful religious start with 2 great cities, and now its time to make a plan on how to achieve victory.

-diplomatic victory: seems hard, i have the AP but lizzie and bismarck like joao better, and i dont know if i can change that. Also im no expert at diplo wins, so im probably not trying that.

-cultural victory: is an option, but again i dont go for it often end dont know if it is doable on deity in this situation.

-no chance at spaceship without more land so i probably have to go to war.

i have 3 possible targets,
-mao is weakest, he's at war with mansa musa, im pretty sure i can take him, but his land is bit distant.
-mansa or bismarck are a lot stronger, but they are at war and they are both neighbour.

So im really undecided what to do and i would really appreciate if some of the great players here can have a look at the save and give their opinion how i can pull of a victory here, also feel free to criticize my play. It would be nice to crack the game at deity finally.

cheers
 

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My vote would be for Biz. Whip/build upgrade as many rifles as you can quickly. Possibly even build/upgrade maces to rifles with city attack. With so few cities it will be difficult though. Always good if possible to make sure you get enough cities for the national epics as drafting would have been a lot easier.

Main reason for Biz. Mansa/Joao are one away from rifles where as Biz needs pp/rp first.

Edit. obv you can draft anyway. Just have to turn the culture slider a lot higher to counteract the unhapiness.
 
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