OneLeggedRhino
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Peaceful Domination
After the month-long deity game, I want something fun, even a bit silly. So I'm thinking, always peace, domination victory via culture-flipping. I read about this variant a while ago in one of Sullla's games, and it seems like just what I'm looking for. (That game has lots of good tips for playing this variant, so I recommend reading it if you want to shadow).
I'll mirror most of Sullla's settings:
Which leader? Well, we'll want to engulf AI cities in our culture, so we'll want to place our cities as close to theirs as possible. That kind of aggressive city placement cries out for Creative, which also gives us super-cheap theaters. And you know of my love for Spiritual, which also gives half-price Temples, which are a big deal since we'll be shooting for Sistine Chapel (and on Monarch, that should be pretty easy). So Hatty it is. (Same as Sullla).
Sullla picked his opposing leaders, avoiding Creative, Financial, Philosophical and anyone who started with Mysticism. Let's not do that, and just let the chips fall where they may.
Detailed settings:
Start location:
Stone! Awesome! That should guarantee us Stonehenge, if we want it.
I've put dots at the spots I'd consider. The spot 1E of the start location is also good: It gets the +1 hammer from the plains hill, and keeps the fresh water health bonus. But it has 3 dead water tiles, which I'd like to avoid. (Tip for newer players: Place dots where you'd consider settling, then move the warrior to get vision on the tiles you might lose / gain).
Feel free to shadow. If you're working on Monarch, shadowing the opening might be helpful, you can make your moves then see what other players do. And since the game is pretty silly, I'm not too worried about spoiler info in the threads, and will probably read any shadow games up to my turn as we go.
Autosave and worldbuilder save are below. I use MacBuffy, so you'll need it for the autosave, not sure about the worldbuilder one.
After the month-long deity game, I want something fun, even a bit silly. So I'm thinking, always peace, domination victory via culture-flipping. I read about this variant a while ago in one of Sullla's games, and it seems like just what I'm looking for. (That game has lots of good tips for playing this variant, so I recommend reading it if you want to shadow).
I'll mirror most of Sullla's settings:
- Small pangaea
- Marathon (My normal speed. Sullla used Epic)
- Monarch difficulty (A step up from Sullla's Prince)
- No war (Obviously)
- No barbs, events, huts (Those are my defaults)
- No tech trades (Because it's awesome)
- No culture victory (So we don't trigger it before domination) or diplo victory (No AP BS)
- Edit: Not a setting, but I won't use corporations or the spread culture mission (see first reply below).
Which leader? Well, we'll want to engulf AI cities in our culture, so we'll want to place our cities as close to theirs as possible. That kind of aggressive city placement cries out for Creative, which also gives us super-cheap theaters. And you know of my love for Spiritual, which also gives half-price Temples, which are a big deal since we'll be shooting for Sistine Chapel (and on Monarch, that should be pretty easy). So Hatty it is. (Same as Sullla).
Sullla picked his opposing leaders, avoiding Creative, Financial, Philosophical and anyone who started with Mysticism. Let's not do that, and just let the chips fall where they may.
Detailed settings:
Start location:
Stone! Awesome! That should guarantee us Stonehenge, if we want it.
I've put dots at the spots I'd consider. The spot 1E of the start location is also good: It gets the +1 hammer from the plains hill, and keeps the fresh water health bonus. But it has 3 dead water tiles, which I'd like to avoid. (Tip for newer players: Place dots where you'd consider settling, then move the warrior to get vision on the tiles you might lose / gain).
Feel free to shadow. If you're working on Monarch, shadowing the opening might be helpful, you can make your moves then see what other players do. And since the game is pretty silly, I'm not too worried about spoiler info in the threads, and will probably read any shadow games up to my turn as we go.
Autosave and worldbuilder save are below. I use MacBuffy, so you'll need it for the autosave, not sure about the worldbuilder one.