Ok, I am currently playing a game. (noble, fractal, quick, small, me as Isabella vs. Cyrus, Kublai, and Julius, I disabled time and space victories)
The map consists of two large continents, one of which is sort of this diagonal shape, and one, slightly smaller, which is shaped something like a sideways question mark, with an archipelago as the dot. On one continent, there is me, Cyrus, and Julius. When the game started, me and Cyrus shared the northern half of the diagonal continent, with Julius in the south. Kublai has his own continent, the lucky prick.
Early in the game, I decided that Cyrus would have to go, so I could expand. I attacked and seized Pasargardae, and razed Persepolis. That divided Persia in half, and Julius seized the opportunity to attack the south of Persia and took Gordium. I took Arbela just north of that. After a couple years, Cyrus was reduced to just Susa. Julius sent many SOD's to take it, but all failed. I besieged and captured the weakened city, and consolidated the north.
Fast Forward, as nothing significant happens for a while, other than the routine.
It’s the Renaissance for me, Modern for Julius and Kublai (!!!) All nations still employing riflemen level technology( though this may change soon). Ok, Julius is currently pleased with me, but Kublai is annoyed for some obscure reason, and basically won't talk. Both Julius and Kublai have outpaced me in tech significantly, and I cannot trade anything. I am running free religion, but Julius is Buddhist and Kublai is Hindu. I recently rose above Julius in the power graph, but Kublai still is much more powerful. I need to decide what my next move will be, as indecision has paralyzed me. I COULD attack Julius, as, though he is alot more advanced, I am slightly more powerful than him. However, I would rather not fight a war so close to home or ruin my good relations with Julius. I COULD attack Kublai, but he is separated from me by an ocean, and is much more powerful. I suppose I could raid the cities he built on the archipelago near him, as they are probably lightly defended, but that won't hurt him much. I dare not attack his powerful main cities, though I suppose they ARE very vulnerable to naval attack, all of them being costal (there is a very large desert in the center of his lands) I COULD go for a peaceful victory of some kind, but I doubt that Diplomatic would be feasible, as there are only three countries, all approximately equal size. All that is left is cultural victory, but I am fairly far from that, and it is already in the 21 century (at least I turned time victory off, or I would be screwed, being in only second place, and sometimes slipping to third) Should I try and throw all support to Julius, convert to Buddhism, and attack Kublai? Should I betray an old ally for hopes of an easy victory? How about trying to out-culture my rivals?
PS. If you want, I can post the save
Screen Shots:
The World
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6348/civ4screenshot0055rb6.jpg
Power Graph
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5139/civ4screenshot0059uz4.jpg
My lands
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7721/civ4screenshot0057tc9.jpg
The map consists of two large continents, one of which is sort of this diagonal shape, and one, slightly smaller, which is shaped something like a sideways question mark, with an archipelago as the dot. On one continent, there is me, Cyrus, and Julius. When the game started, me and Cyrus shared the northern half of the diagonal continent, with Julius in the south. Kublai has his own continent, the lucky prick.
Early in the game, I decided that Cyrus would have to go, so I could expand. I attacked and seized Pasargardae, and razed Persepolis. That divided Persia in half, and Julius seized the opportunity to attack the south of Persia and took Gordium. I took Arbela just north of that. After a couple years, Cyrus was reduced to just Susa. Julius sent many SOD's to take it, but all failed. I besieged and captured the weakened city, and consolidated the north.
Fast Forward, as nothing significant happens for a while, other than the routine.
It’s the Renaissance for me, Modern for Julius and Kublai (!!!) All nations still employing riflemen level technology( though this may change soon). Ok, Julius is currently pleased with me, but Kublai is annoyed for some obscure reason, and basically won't talk. Both Julius and Kublai have outpaced me in tech significantly, and I cannot trade anything. I am running free religion, but Julius is Buddhist and Kublai is Hindu. I recently rose above Julius in the power graph, but Kublai still is much more powerful. I need to decide what my next move will be, as indecision has paralyzed me. I COULD attack Julius, as, though he is alot more advanced, I am slightly more powerful than him. However, I would rather not fight a war so close to home or ruin my good relations with Julius. I COULD attack Kublai, but he is separated from me by an ocean, and is much more powerful. I suppose I could raid the cities he built on the archipelago near him, as they are probably lightly defended, but that won't hurt him much. I dare not attack his powerful main cities, though I suppose they ARE very vulnerable to naval attack, all of them being costal (there is a very large desert in the center of his lands) I COULD go for a peaceful victory of some kind, but I doubt that Diplomatic would be feasible, as there are only three countries, all approximately equal size. All that is left is cultural victory, but I am fairly far from that, and it is already in the 21 century (at least I turned time victory off, or I would be screwed, being in only second place, and sometimes slipping to third) Should I try and throw all support to Julius, convert to Buddhism, and attack Kublai? Should I betray an old ally for hopes of an easy victory? How about trying to out-culture my rivals?
PS. If you want, I can post the save
Screen Shots:
The World
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6348/civ4screenshot0055rb6.jpg
Power Graph
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5139/civ4screenshot0059uz4.jpg
My lands
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7721/civ4screenshot0057tc9.jpg
On Standard speed I bet you can win or at least reach the modern era before the 20th/21st century and not need to turn off Time. Try it sometimes...
