1525AD
Rome drags in America on me and some others on Russia. I get bombed once.
Henry is gone, 24.
Osman is OCC.
1530AD
Many sign up with Osman on an embargo? I guess they do not realize he is dead.
I see Rome has jungles all around the core. They only had 13 towns, not able to clear much jungle in 5500 years.
Capture Antium for 1900 gold. I am combat replacing all those metros.
Ottoman are history. I have cut the land from coast to coast across the north. 23 left now.
1535AD
Capture Rome for 1990.
Capture Rav, missed the amount.
Captured Cumae for 2050.
They are down to 7 towns, I am 1st in gold now with more than 25k.
Started on Satellites in 4 turns.
Keep an eye on the Celts, but they are not in my land, so I cannot find out. I have rails to all towns. 23 armies up. 4 of the 5 nations I am at war with are in demo. Only Rome is in Fascism.
I have 122 towns now as I filled in a number of holes Looks like I got Spices from a some town, so 7 luxs now.
None of the nations send more than a few units in any turn, some none. All Knight or cav types. I guess Osman never had horses as I never saw his UU.
I cannot see any place that has Spice, it is in Veli. It should not be showing up in Cumae. It does not show up in F2? Well I will have it next turn anyway.
1540AD
Celts turn around.
Rome buys in China, using my money, well it will be soon.
China brings in Cleo, so I think it is up to 7.
Capture Pisae for 1504.
Raze a metro of Cleo.
Here is the mess they had right in the capitol (see pix).
1545AD
Got about 2100+ from veli.
Capture Viroconium for 2190.
Capture Hispalis, miss the gold, probably about 2200.
I plant a few more fill towns.
Got a leader form the 25th. Send one army off to the size 1 town in the jungle of Caesar's as I want him gone. He has 3 towns, 2 are size 1. Then I have to decide on Cleo or clear some more of my rear. Sumeria is still back there, but is tiny and blocked by mountains. I would like to jump on William, so may dial him up at that point and see if he leaves or fights.
1550AD
China sends 12 cavs in our lands, many get a ZoC hit. Looks like the Celts are after Russia, but I keep taking the town they are going after.
Rome made another town, but I razed it and captured two others. They have 1 left as far as I can tell. They have 71 units still. Many are moving towards me.
1555AD
Got over 3500 for the last town and Rome is gone, 21 left. Russia is down to 2.
DOW Cathy, she was Gracious, sorry. Capture a town, but cannot reach the last one.
Capture two metros from Cleo. I have Satilites and start on Nuclear Power in 4.
Top 5 goes like France, Inca (half our score), Maya, Ottoman (gone) and Celts.
Captured two additional metros from Cleo. Looks like she has 6 left.
Babylon is at war with me and they are still in the AA. I have 8 at war currently.
1565AD
Tried to be nice to Cleo and offered peace for Giza. It is size 2 and I would have just abandoned it, but no deal.
Captured 3 more and she has 3 left. Breda (Dutch has been sitting alone surrounded by me for over 200 turns and not flipped. It does not even have a road on any tile.
Decided to throw my weight around. Gave Mongols Espionage for war against India. Same deal for Celt, but against Egypt. Here I want to just get her out of the game and the tiny Giza is out of my way.
Gave Spain Electricity for war on China. I do not expect much form these, just hope for a little action. At least Giza out. The Celts also have a lot of units near me and I would prefer them to leave.
1570AD
Leader form 28th, one just came out of Paris as well. 27, 28 are empty.
Captured Pi Ram.
1575AD
Leader forms 29th.
Genetics in 4.
Two turns in a row I caught Cleo with inf/settler combo. None shows in F3.
Capture Heliopolis. Giza is all that is left.
I send out an army as the AI is so lame, it may not take out the size 2 town.
1580AD
William declares as I tried to plant a spy. I grabbed two towns inside my borders. Then as I attack Rotterdam I see oil next to it and no road. He only has 3 roads down in this key city. He has been in the area the whole game, that is really sad.
Capture 3 more Dutch towns. 27th filled. 2 empties still. Once this is wrapped, I will take out Gil. That will mean no towns behind me. Then I will kick Brennus out and see, if he wants war. Need to find where Wines are. I think the Celts have some. Yup, this map has spread lux all around. I have seen Ivory from one end to the other.
1585AD
Sure enough Giza is not even attacked. I capture it and gift it to Spain. This gets my army back home and the town may cause trouble for someone now. Cleo is gone, so I guess we are down to 19.
6 at war right now.
Capture more Dutch towns, they have 4 left.
Aztecs, Babylon, and Hittites were on tiny islands so never had more than 1 town. Persia did better they got 2 towns on their island.
18 nations left. I have 44% of the land now. I could get down more towns, but I need roads and to clear danger.
1590AD
Many wars break out with England and even China is jumped by Germany. This is what you get, when the land is gone.
1595AD
More wars break out in the SE.
Leader form 30th.
Dutch 2CC.
Start Laser in 4.
1600AD
More war, mostly Vs England. William down to 2 towns and sends out a cav to capture a few workers. I did not think he had any left or would have covered them.
Take the last two and no more Dutch. The Hague is so close it acts like a core city.
Dial up Gil and suggest a war. Take two of his towns and surround the rest.
1605AD
Celts want an Alliance and RoP Vs Hittites. The are a one town island, so I can see where he needs my help and my roads. I declined.
Take 4 of 6 towns from Gil.
1610AD
More wars in the South.
Sumeria out, 16 left. Celts will be next. 30th filled BTW.
1615AD
Byz declares after signing and alliance with India. The worse move on their part is they signed, after their moves. Good for me as I have many workers on their borders, They are small, so it won't take long.
Byz down to 2 towns, will be out next turn.
1620AD
India sends a scary unit, the pike to attack.
Bye Bye Theo and now it is 15.
1625AD
form and fill 31st.
Inca DOW after I failed with a spy. I picked them as they have flight and are next to me. I wanted to go for the Celts, but they do not have flight. Smoke has it as well, but he is far away. I have 50%.
The sent no one.
1630AD
I forgot to mention that I gave peace to America a few turns back.
Captured 8 cities. I found many more towns. We now have 188 and Inca has 10.
1635AD
Well the game would already be over, if my Space Launched worked. I did not build parts, but I could have had them done about now. I am starting Smart Weapons, with just SDI tech after that.
Leader form 32nd and fill it.
Wow MA dies on MDI.
Grab 7 more Inca towns and they are on life support. The last three are in jungles. I think we can declare victory at this point with 53% land and 56% pop.
So to me 200x200 is too small for 31 nations, probably need closer to 250. It is plain that 31 civs are not a problem with just straight play at low levels like Monarch. It would have been a bit more of a pain, if lux where not spread all over.