Quick and Dirty Culture Victory Guide
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Janne
El Comandante
Thanks for this awesome guide, after reading it I managed to score my first ever win with cultural victory...and I have struggled so long and hard to win on immortal woth science/domination etc but never even once attempted cultural...thanks!
Thank you. I added a link to the thread below that breaks down policy costs by number of policies and number of cities. I also mention a little bit about the reduced policy costs per city on a large/huge map and how that makes a wide culture win on huge possible (if not pleasant 
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Also, I used to make the mistake myself of thinking the policy costs go up exponentially per city founded. They don't. I've made that explicit.
Cost of Social Policies (Updated)
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=446603
).Also, I used to make the mistake myself of thinking the policy costs go up exponentially per city founded. They don't. I've made that explicit.
Cost of Social Policies (Updated)
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=446603
JBossch
King
Thanks for this guide Kirbdog. Very helpful.
I just won my first Culture victory, emperor difficulty (on my 2nd try). First try I got bogged down in a 500-year war with Elizabeth. I was fending her off with outdated tech, but she had already swallowed up two other civs and eventually she won space race while I still needed a couple policies.
2nd try - I won with Catherine, about 1930AD. My fifth policy was patronage, which really helped me befriend the city states. Always winning the culture and religion quests helps a lot too. Had two neighbors on my continent who I managed to kinda play against each other so there was no dominant power next to me. They both DoWed me but I held them off. Not sure how I managed to keep the other AIs (especially Alex) from attacking but they stayed away. Does not having a coastal city make them less inclined to invade?
It seems to me like the main problem is not getting killed while focusing on culture.
I just won my first Culture victory, emperor difficulty (on my 2nd try). First try I got bogged down in a 500-year war with Elizabeth. I was fending her off with outdated tech, but she had already swallowed up two other civs and eventually she won space race while I still needed a couple policies.
2nd try - I won with Catherine, about 1930AD. My fifth policy was patronage, which really helped me befriend the city states. Always winning the culture and religion quests helps a lot too. Had two neighbors on my continent who I managed to kinda play against each other so there was no dominant power next to me. They both DoWed me but I held them off. Not sure how I managed to keep the other AIs (especially Alex) from attacking but they stayed away. Does not having a coastal city make them less inclined to invade?
It seems to me like the main problem is not getting killed while focusing on culture.
I like the idea of opening Liberty before Tradition. My GE popped just in time for Oracle in the second city. I think I followed the directions pretty well, but the AI science victory came too early (turn 330). This was 3 cities as India, fractal, immortal, everything standard. I had Terracotta Army, the Oracle, the Sistine Chapel, and the Louvre, but I was just too far tech wise behind the board leader (Haile) to ever war with him (although, I did try at the end). At the end I had 585 bpt, 96 gpt, 46 happy, 264 cpt, and 31 fpt. I am thinking it must be my middle game? Or maybe just bad luck drawing Haile? (He also had the CS allied, and was a fully policy tree ahead of me!)
HeraldtheGreat
King
What is your favorite Civ to go cultural with? I'm fond of Sweden.
Craig Bond
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Great guide. Does anyone know if there is an updated one for BNW?
