News: BOTM 12 Pre-game Discussion

[greatbeyond]

The best advice I have seen for an AP win was Gosha's in IIRC BOTM10.

The key tip was to change to a religion no one else had before getting the AP then switching back to the religion everyone else had for good relations. You then spread the AP religion to just one city of at least three AIs via missionaries, preferably their largest cities that amount to ~26% of Pop. It would be best to send out the missionaries at the same time, so that the AI doesn't have time to spread the AP religion too much before you vote. The only caveat is that you have to let them get to at least 26% to eliminate the "self voting" block on winning. I am not sure what if any changes there are in the latest patch.

Personally, Gosha's quick AP win on Deity in that game made me ill!

I haven't ever been able to get a good result out of this so it might require many practice rounds.

 

[Simon_c]

In Nederlands BOTM I spread Christianity (AP religion) to Musa's one city (he himself was the founder of Judaism, and J was our state religion), and he happily distributed it to all his cities. Also saw another instance of such behavoir from Liz - it was 3rd religion in her cities. I'm not sure whether it is the voting strat or the cultural victory strat, though.

I've seen liz hoar religions around in many of my games. I think she tends to aim for cultural victories that way.

 

[ChrisShaffer]

I've seen liz hoar religions around in many of my games.

Liz makes religions moldy, grey, old and cold?

 

[Gosha190]

The key tip was to change to a religion no one else had before getting the AP then switching back to the religion everyone else had for good relations. You then spread the AP religion to just one city of at least three AIs via missionaries, preferably their largest cities that amount to ~26% of Pop. It would be best to send out the missionaries at the same time, so that the AI doesn't have time to spread the AP religion too much before you vote. The only caveat is that you have to let them get to at least 26% to eliminate the "self voting" block on winning. I am not sure what if any changes there are in the latest patch.

There is a lot mistakes in your post.
1. ALL AI must have AP religion in at least 1 city!!!
2. You need a frend who will vote for you 26%!!!
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play test game with WB turned ON.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

Liz makes religions moldy, grey, old and cold?

Oh wow. I learned a very fun new vocab word that's likely to get me in trouble in the very near future .

It does seem he's misusing it though - it isn't a verb. Nobody cares about that though, nor should they! It's a legitimate word that rhymes with...

More. More civ turns.

I'll probably play this game start to finish tonight.