Permanent Golden Age Strategy?

[SnideBorwell]

Hello. I am new to Vox Populi and I've seen many people say that it's easy to get a permanent golden age by the mid/end game. I was wondering if someone could please outline some tips on how to achieve this. I would really appreciate it!

 

[peterw1987]

Hello. I am new to Vox Populi and I've seen many people say that it's easy to get a permanent golden age by the mid/end game. I was wondering if someone could please outline some tips on how to achieve this. I would really appreciate it!

You must use great artist for it. And Golden age monopolies help. Some certain world wonders also boost GA length and trigger GA. Happiness is not a really big factor here.

 

[ElliotS]

There are a lot of factors. Happiness isn't a big factor, but it is a factor. Various policies and relgious beliefs can add up. My current Denmark game I've been in a permanent GA for over 100 turns with no great artists used for GA simply because hero worship (the founder belief that gives GA points and Faith when you conqure a city) has given me a trillion GA points.

Aztecs can get golden ages simply by killing city states fwiw.

Also the tier 1 autocracy policy that gives culture and GA points when your borders expand gives me enough points for a permanent GA on it's own with 20+ cities, God of Expanse, Angkor Wat and Denmark.

 

[Funak]

Also the tier 1 autocracy policy that gives culture and GA points when your borders expand gives me enough points for a permanent GA on it's own with 20+ cities, God of Expanse, Angkor Wat and Denmark.

Very rarely actually have tiles left to border-expand to once I reach ideologies, so I'm not sure this would be very relevant. Maybe if you keep burning neighboring cities down and resettling them I suppose.

 

[ElliotS]

Very rarely actually have tiles left to border-expand to once I reach ideologies, so I'm not sure this would be very relevant. Maybe if you keep burning neighboring cities down and resettling them I suppose.

In my core cities, no o course not. However it's in Autocracy for a reason. I take a city over, build a Jelling Stones -> Courthouse -> Monument and get a tile per turn if it's not fully expanded. Works surprisingly well.

Maybe its because I'm such a Warmonger, but I think it's the third best policy in the game. (After Lightning Warfare and Air Supremacy. Infinite Mobility Works FTW! ^.^)

 

[tu_79]

Play Rome or Persia and prioritize things with Golden Age bonuses. Use Great Artists if needed. That's all.
Aztecs killing city states is another approach. Having a happy empire doesn't hurt, but other methods are more effective.