Help: OMEN Scenario from Warlords

[Rikolus]

Casual player, just getting back to the game. Thought OMENS looked interesting. Started as French. The Shingas Indians between me and the Brits. Through 6 or 7 years, close game. I kept virtually all Indian citys Catholic, switching back anything the English turned to Protestant. The world was 70% Catholic to 30% Protestant. And my empire was largest, so I thought I was doing well.

But suddenly, the Brits on ONE turn jump up 150 Points and into the lead. I looked at the VIctory Chart graph and saw a large line shoot up, but have no idea WHY that would occur.

Then in June 1766, this Death on a Horse called DESTINY appears. He's like 1500 HP, moves anywhere he wants... and is impossible to stop! He declares WAR on the Shingas, but starts attacking ME every turn!
He makes one attack per turn, most turns destroying one unit (which is acceptable altho I have No idea what the heck I did to get him so upset). But on some turns he instead just DESTROYS a city of mine.

What a Stupid situation! Getting a city wiped is no fair and has ruined the game for me! Who thought of this?.... I am really pissed as I have no idea why any of this is happening, and feel like I wasted a bunch of time.

If anyone has any idea what I should have done, or what this scenario is about, would love to hear it. Otherwise, very disappointed that Firaxis would somehow conclude that this is a quality scenario worthy of inclusion in an expansion!

 

[Jerrymander]

Omens was the number one confusing scenario in Warlords. I don't have Warlords installed anymore, though, so I can't help you. I was never very good at it anyway.

 

[Rikolus]

Well, I'm glad it's not just me!
If anyone else had an opinion or suggestion what's going on, would enjoy hearing it.... R

 

[Whitedragon]

The weird thing about the Omens Scenario is that if you haven't won by the time the horsemen appear. They declare war on YOU...Even if you are ahead at the time.

In order to win, you need to convert or destroy the other guy (In this case the English) while keeping the Natives happy. Aggressive use of missionarys is key. On the other hand, you can ignore the missionaries (But don't let too many of your cities get converted) and attack and raze the opposing cities.

Without cities, the other guy can't produce the missionaries he needs to win.

 

[Rikolus]

Well, that does make some sense.
Early on, I actually was about to send a missionary into English territory. But was surprised when I got the "You're about to Declare War" notification (I must have very militant missionarys!). So I didn't send them in! I guess I should have and then just figured me and England would be at war the rest of the game! (as it was, there was never any war) Was concerned about how I could convert enough of his citys before War Wariness would set in from a War I started, that wasn't even a real War!
Strange scenario...
Thanks for the explanation though.

 

[Inky]

It is a weird scenario. The easiest way to win is to just kill off your prime enemy. Once you do that, you have no competition and can spread your religion easily. This seems to violate the spirit of competion set in the scenario, and ties up your production building war units rather than spreading religion.

I think you could get peace, but you don't begin with good relations. You can avoid conflict, and it is hard to take cities. But then you must very aggressively both expand your own territory and spread religion.

The Death Horseman are pretty much unstoppable, and it doesn't seem likely that you can recover once they appear.

 

[antontsai]

Hi, Thanks for the reply. quick question, How do I check if it is 150 turns already? should I just do my calc from the calendar or if there is an easier way to check the number of remaining years? thanks.

 

[lymond]

Definitely not the best of the scenarios provided. I thought I had all the conditions met to win and the horsemen appears and wiped me out. Didn't care for it much anyway and never played it again afterward. The other Warlords scenarios are quite nice though and more straightforward in objectives.

 

[CHEESE!]

This scenario just makes no sense whatsoever. Play Genghis Khan or Chinese Unification.