Session 1.
I hate to admit it, but I screwed this up bad the first time around. I focused so much on getting Delhi healthy that I failed to secure any decent real estate around me and fell all too quickly behind in the tech race.
Roosevelt came from the west.
Wang Kon came from the south.
Cyrus came from the east.
I was boxed in before I even had a Settler out the gate.
Session 2.
Realizing everything I've read is actually true about getting at least a 2nd good city up before really focusing on the Capital, I changed my focus towards getting a city planted somewhere for session 2.
2200 BC
I prioritized Animal Husbandry for the +1
and the all-around goodness of 3
& 3
, so I noticed straight away Cyrus had Horses in his Capital's fat cross
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Expecting an early war against Cyrus' Immortals, I founded Buddhism and build Bombay south, closer to Korea.
1760 BC
Seeing Copper to the east, I couldn't help but plop Madras next to it to fuel the Spearmen I still thought I'd need against Cyrus.
900 BC
Knowing I was behind in tech, I simultaneously finished Stonehenge and The Oracle -- picking up Metal Casting to fuel my soon-to-be endless onslaught of the countryside and for trade with Cyrus, who will very soon convert to Buddhism with me.
325 AD
Roosevelt completes The Pyramids ... my first victim is decided.
600 AD - 1050 AD
New York, Boston & Washington fall easily to my horde of Catapults and Axemen (no Iron). Atlanta is burned to the ground, thus capping my War Weariness and dwindling my military might for now.
1260 AD, 1460 AD
Roosevelt becomes a Vassal State of Wang Kon. Shortly thereafter, Philadelphia and Chicago's borders throw Washington into rebellion. Fearing the loss of The Pyramids, war is on the horizon once more.
Obviously, Philadelphia and Chicago are the first on the list, which leaves Roosevelt behind Shaka's lines with a single city captured years ago from the Barbarians.
1490 AD, 1590 AD
I am the first to found Liberalism. Picking up Constitution for free, I am also the first to found Democracy. Instead of using this monopoly to take off even further in tech, I use Emancipation's unhappiness to 'balance out' my War Weariness.
1600 AD
Using my entire empire's produciton to bang the drums of war I struck deep into Korean territory and took the pride of his nation -- the Capital, Seoul.
1800 AD
In his final desperation, Wang Kon falls at the feet of the Zulu Nation and becomes their Vassal.
This is a foolish mistake on Shaka's part and damns the world into oblivion. Up until that moment, both Shaka and Cyrus were quite Pleased with me. I was certain I'd win a diplomatic victory through bribery and religion.
Oh well.
1802 AD - 1914 AD
Following the destruction of Korea, there was nothing Shaka and Roosevelt could do but watch as all of the great Indian empire fell down upon them with a seemingly endless supply of Cannons and Grenadiers.
1926 AD
By this time, the Persians have nearly 6 technologies on me. Too bad none of them counted. I held the one technology Cyrus so desperately needed -- the one technology which may have saved his soul ... Assembly Line.
1935 AD -- Otaku Wins a Domination Victory!!!!
Led by Jeanne d'Arc (an Infantry unit with a 51-strength attack versus garrisoned gunpowder units), the world finally succumbed to my overwhelming influence.
This marks the very first game in which I have been at peace a mere fraction of its span -- peace lasting just long enough to resupply the front lines and continue the barrage.
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