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LotR22 Insane Izzy
Difficulty: Prince (Noble?)
Map Script: TBD (Pangea? Terra? I dunno)
Civilization: Spain (under Isobella)
Opponents: Random (6)
Map Size: Standard
Variant: Religion Fanatic (see below) We all know Izzy is a religious fanatic -- now we'll take it to the extreme!
Start Date: Jan. 27th, probably.
Roster:
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Religion Fanatic (subject to modification/clarification)
One religion to rule them all, one religion to find them,
One religion to crush them all, and to the Light bind them.
- The first religion in any of our cities becomes The One True Religion. It is best to be the founder of this religion, I would think.
- All other religions are evil and must be exterminated. The goal is 100% following of The One True Religion (TOTR). Any city following any religion other than TOTR must be razed to the ground.
- Cities following only TOTR must be allowed to live in peace and harmony. If they choose to flip to the player, thats fine, but they MAY NOT be attacked.
- We may never spread any religion other than TOTR.
- We may never be in the Free Religion Civic.
- Any victory condition where TOTR is 100% in F7 is fine.
- We may only militarily ally with nations following TOTR. We may ally with them even if they have some cities following things other than TOTR (but well have to attack them later, note).
- All Prophets follow TOTR. The first prophet must either discover the tech for TOTR (e.g., Theology to found Christianity) or build the Shrine for TOTR. Any later Prophets must be joined to the Holy City as super-specialists.
Tactical notes:
- If one of OUR cities starts to follow something other than TOTR, we will have to find a way to have it razed. I think giving it away and then attacking will allow us to raze it, but that should be verified before the game starts.
- Theocracy (for no spreading of non-state religion) and/or Organized Religion (to allow missionaries to be built in any city) would seem to be the Religious Civics of choice.
- Late religions spread naturally more easily than early religions, but I think well want an early religion, to get a head start on things.
- Hydra is very VERY bad. If the holy city for TOTR gets another religion, we will have to raze it!

- Founding more than one religion is an interesting dilemma. In one sense, we can limit its spread, but, in another, well have to raze one of our cities because of the abomination. And, if it becomes a hydra situation YIKES!
Arathorn