Heya, I am fairly new at the game and am still learning all the quirks to the balance woven in the game. I am currently playing Noble and the only victory I have been able to make has been a Space Race. I would like to learn other strategies for victory, specifically a cultural victory. Does it involve less cities and more artists? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
How to win a cultural victory?
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Golden,
Welcome to CivFanatics!
There are a few articles on this in The War Academy.
Under normal playing circumstances, nine cities are often considered ideal, as you need three Temples to build a 'Cathedral'; Buddhist Stupa, Taoist Pagoda, Christian Cathedral, etc. You are also aiming to get Cathedrals built in your three Culture cities, so in total you'll benefit from at least nine cities.
Only today a succession game was completed with a Cultural Victory on Monarch (Taking out the Euro-Trash). One of the variants was to aim to build The Eiffel Tower, which is not necessary under 'normal' games that can often involve stopping research at Chemistry, Steel, Rifling, or Military Tradition (where you've got semi-decent Industrial Age units). Anyway, this game might give you some ideas. Best of luck!
Welcome to CivFanatics!
There are a few articles on this in The War Academy.
Under normal playing circumstances, nine cities are often considered ideal, as you need three Temples to build a 'Cathedral'; Buddhist Stupa, Taoist Pagoda, Christian Cathedral, etc. You are also aiming to get Cathedrals built in your three Culture cities, so in total you'll benefit from at least nine cities.
Only today a succession game was completed with a Cultural Victory on Monarch (Taking out the Euro-Trash). One of the variants was to aim to build The Eiffel Tower, which is not necessary under 'normal' games that can often involve stopping research at Chemistry, Steel, Rifling, or Military Tradition (where you've got semi-decent Industrial Age units). Anyway, this game might give you some ideas. Best of luck!
You may find that your capital has enough wonders and stuff in it that you don't need to build the Cathedral-class buildings in it - just the "other two" cities. I'll usually make my capital one culture city, and it generally has enough culture that it'll get legendary status at the same time as the other two without any special attention. Second will be a science city if my capital is a gp farm/money/religious city, or a gp farm/money/religious city if my capital is a science city. Third will be just a culture city, where I'll build globe theatre and hermitage and all the cultural improvements I can find.
If I'll only need Cathedral-class buildings in the second and third cities, I only need three additional "minor" cities for that. You'll probably want at least four "minor" cities, however, so you have enough universities/banks/theatres to build Oxford/Wall Street/Globe.
Eventually, when you get the techs to get the buildings you want in your three cities, you switch the sliders from science to culture, and make any specialists in the cities that need to build culture artists. This can be done early, but I like to do it after getting biology (for better farms), and electricity/radio/mass media (for the entertainment wonders and Eiffel tower)
If I'll only need Cathedral-class buildings in the second and third cities, I only need three additional "minor" cities for that. You'll probably want at least four "minor" cities, however, so you have enough universities/banks/theatres to build Oxford/Wall Street/Globe.
Eventually, when you get the techs to get the buildings you want in your three cities, you switch the sliders from science to culture, and make any specialists in the cities that need to build culture artists. This can be done early, but I like to do it after getting biology (for better farms), and electricity/radio/mass media (for the entertainment wonders and Eiffel tower)
