Here is my wonderful starting position at 4000BC:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads5/ms_deity_4000bc.jpg
As you can see, there is no absolutely no cow, wheat, fish, or luxury near by. I would normally reject this map immediately, but out of boredom and curiosity, I decide to check with Mapstat for the domination limit. Guess what? It has a huge domination limit of 3999 tiles!
So I decide to play a few turns to see what happen next.
Eventually, I saw a cow 3 tiles to the left and built my settler factory there. There is also just one deer in the forest in the north and one single wheat near the jungle in the south. And jungles surrounding most of the land.
Here is a snapshot of that:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads5/ms_deity_2550bc.jpg
And here is my forgotten civilization at 975 BC with just 1 settler in transit (I forgot to save the game at 1000BC):
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads5/ms_deity_975bc.jpg
I went on and made contact and traded communication link with 7 other civs on my continent shortly after that. Because my little empire was at the crossroad right in the middle of the map, I was able to hide Babylon and Arabia from the rest of the known world (Germany, Russia, Persia, Zululand, and Spain) until Chivary.
Out of pure luck, Babylon and Arabia took on a different research path from Persia and Rusia which gave me many great oportunity for trading. I made a lot of money from trading tech and map between the West and East and was leading in tech at the end of the ancient age.
Sadly, my good time didn't last long. Around 690BC, Catherine of Russia demanded Babylon's contact. Of course, I refused (anything else but my contact) and she declared war. Since I was leading everyone in the West by 1 tech (my 40 turn research with 1 scientist pay off), I decided to give away Polytheism to Zululand, Spain, Persia, and Germany to form an alliance against Russia.
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads5/ms_deity_670bc_1.jpg
Another bad news by the next turn, Hammurabi of Babylon demanded for my contact with Persia. Once again, I refused (anything but my contact) and he declared war. Meanwhile Babylon and Arabia had been at war since forever; therefore, most of his troops were tied up along Arabia's border. Here is a map of my chaotic world at 670BC:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads5/ms_deity_670bc_2.jpg
Of course, Hammurabi didn't really want to let me off the hook and he decided to send a stack to 1 bowman and 2 swordmans against my nothern town of Konya. I immediately pop-rush a spear there and diverse all my force (another spear, 2 warriors and a wounded horseman) to defend that town at all cost. A snapshot of my defense against Hammurabi (not much, but it held off the Babylonian forever; btw, Konya was built on top of a hill):
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads5/ms_deity_670bc_3.jpg
Every few turns, Hammurabi continued to send a few bowmans and swordmans to die at the foot hill of my town. My elite spearmans had won many great battle defending Konya but not a single leader come by.
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads5/ms_deity_4000bc.jpg
As you can see, there is no absolutely no cow, wheat, fish, or luxury near by. I would normally reject this map immediately, but out of boredom and curiosity, I decide to check with Mapstat for the domination limit. Guess what? It has a huge domination limit of 3999 tiles!
So I decide to play a few turns to see what happen next.Eventually, I saw a cow 3 tiles to the left and built my settler factory there. There is also just one deer in the forest in the north and one single wheat near the jungle in the south. And jungles surrounding most of the land.
Here is a snapshot of that:http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads5/ms_deity_2550bc.jpg
And here is my forgotten civilization at 975 BC with just 1 settler in transit (I forgot to save the game at 1000BC):
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads5/ms_deity_975bc.jpg
I went on and made contact and traded communication link with 7 other civs on my continent shortly after that. Because my little empire was at the crossroad right in the middle of the map, I was able to hide Babylon and Arabia from the rest of the known world (Germany, Russia, Persia, Zululand, and Spain) until Chivary.
Out of pure luck, Babylon and Arabia took on a different research path from Persia and Rusia which gave me many great oportunity for trading. I made a lot of money from trading tech and map between the West and East and was leading in tech at the end of the ancient age.Sadly, my good time didn't last long. Around 690BC, Catherine of Russia demanded Babylon's contact. Of course, I refused (anything else but my contact) and she declared war. Since I was leading everyone in the West by 1 tech (my 40 turn research with 1 scientist pay off), I decided to give away Polytheism to Zululand, Spain, Persia, and Germany to form an alliance against Russia.
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads5/ms_deity_670bc_1.jpg
Another bad news by the next turn, Hammurabi of Babylon demanded for my contact with Persia. Once again, I refused (anything but my contact) and he declared war. Meanwhile Babylon and Arabia had been at war since forever; therefore, most of his troops were tied up along Arabia's border. Here is a map of my chaotic world at 670BC:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads5/ms_deity_670bc_2.jpg
Of course, Hammurabi didn't really want to let me off the hook and he decided to send a stack to 1 bowman and 2 swordmans against my nothern town of Konya. I immediately pop-rush a spear there and diverse all my force (another spear, 2 warriors and a wounded horseman) to defend that town at all cost. A snapshot of my defense against Hammurabi (not much, but it held off the Babylonian forever; btw, Konya was built on top of a hill):
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads5/ms_deity_670bc_3.jpg
Every few turns, Hammurabi continued to send a few bowmans and swordmans to die at the foot hill of my town. My elite spearmans had won many great battle defending Konya but not a single leader come by.
