It's happened again...
For the second time I've stumbled upon a victory condition that would entitle me to a position in the Hall of Fame, 8th for Huge Regent 20k:
But, alas, because I wasn't planning on competing for the HoF I don't have any of the prerequisite saves. At least that was the reason my previous one, a Huge Emperor Space Race, was refused. You have to make three of four specific save games at certain points in the timeline. With this game, heck, I didn't even make my first save until about 1200AD LOL. It wasn't until about then that I realised a HoF might even be likely.
I got lucky with an SGL at a first level tech and built the Pyramids extremely early:
Which also knocked out many of the AI pre-building queues. Normally I only hope to get one or two of the early Wonders, but this allowed me to get all three and from there I secured every Wonder possible except the Statue of Zeus (built by Spain), Sun Tzu's and Leonardo's (both built by another one of my cities):
I guess I could have tried to get the Heroic Epic, it might have a made a few turns of difference to build that instead of The Great Wall, for example, but, nevertheless, aside from stuff that would require intense calculations, my Capital was just permanently building Cultural items, so I'm not sure where I would have fit it in anyway. The starting location was also quite blessed with everything one could want bar a couple more hills and an Iron and/or Coal deposit etc:
Heck, looking at it now I even wasted two Plains tiles after I built Shakespear's. But I still think the biggest game-changer was the early Scientific Great Leader. I got another one later in the Ancient Age, which helped me secure the Hanging Gardens/Artemis double, but no more after that. Even playing as a Scientific civ just two measly SGLs, who knows what would have been the result with just a couple more!
Needless to say, I recommend, if you're trying for a HoF 20k game, then just reload if you don't get an SGL from the first couple of Techs, I'm not entirely sure the advantage that gives can be accounted for any other way.
I had a laugh when the Name'Ometer gave me my ranking:
I hadn't conquered anyone, quite the opposite. I always find it amusing how they never adjusted the points system to take account of any of the new Victory Conditions, it's just how much land you have whatever you do. Here I am posting the 8th best ever Huge Regent 20k and the game is just, like, Meh, not bad, first tier of the good names...
Anyway, I've still got the 4000BC autosave and several saves after 1200AD, so if the boss of the HoF want's to let me have this one, let me know, if not, well, I hope I inspire someone!
