I decided to play this game for fun only (plus some limited experimentation) so my GOTM score will probably suck. Here is a 'quick-and-dirty' log, mostly unedited so there are probably many typos. Something is probably also missing near the start. This is the first time I do a fairly detailed log in a GOTM; it was interesting so I'll probably do so in the future too. I also have a
huge log from NMCC #6 that I may post in a day or two; huge because I got myself into a mess and even a limited nuclear war. No danger of losing though (and if it were I'd probably never admit so since NMCC #6 isn't a D+1 or D+2 game
).
GOTM23 log:
3450 BC: Discover Alphabet.
2900 BC: Discover Map Making.
2700 BC: Our first trireme completed.
2550 BC: Land found in the west.
2450 BC: The 'land' turns out to be a small island.
2300 BC: We discover Code of Laws.
2250 BC: Sparta founded.
2000 BC: Cyan warriors spotted on island to the south.
1850 BC: Largest civs: 4.Greeks.
1750 BC: Thermopylae founded.
1600 BC: Monarchy discovered.
1500 BC: Revolution.
1450 BC: Monarchy.
1050 BC: Writing discovered.
1000 BC: Turns out the light blue civ is the Americans.
975 BC: War with the Americans after we turn down their demands.
950 BC: We steal currency from the Americans.
875 BC: Wealthies: 2.Americans, 7.Greeks ($32).
750 BC: We discover pottery.
475 BC: Trade discovered. Corinth founded.
375 BC: Washington (American) builds Pyramids.
275 BC: Veii (Roman) builds Hanging Gardens.
250 BC: Happiest civs: 4.Greeks, 5.Americans.
200 BC: Trade discovered.
150 BC: Teotihuacan (Aztec) builds Great Library.
50 BC: 4 Elephants enter American soil.
25 BC: Military operations on US soil.
1 AD: Sell temple and rush buy elephants in Corinth because of barbarians.
60 AD: Tenochtitlan (Aztec) builds Lighthouse.
80 AD: Washington captured, $42 plundered. The Americans offer $100 for a cease fire and then $100 for a peace treaty.
100 AD: The Aztecs sneak attack.
140 AD: The Americans declare war instead of paying us $$. Boston emptied but insufficient forces to capture it. We get Iron Working for a cease fire.
160 AD: Boston captured, $24 plundered.
240 AD: Delphi founded.
260 AD: We steal literacy from the Americans and they declare war. New York
bribed for $110, $14 plundered and we get republic. Philadelphia bribed for
$54 (after its size was reduced by one with an elephant attack), $20
plundered. American civilization destroyed by Greeks !!
340 AD: Pharsalos founded.
440 AD: Sparta completes Marco Polo's Embassy. We get Mysticism and Masonry from the Romans in exchange for Iron Working and Seafaring and give Monarchy to them to get them to exchange maps. Get Mathematics in exchange for Literacy from the French, give them two techs to share maps.
460 AD: Lyons (French) builds Great Wall.
580 AD: Philosophy discovered and subsequently Monotheism.
700 AD: Yyyyiiiikes !!
*Lots* of barbarians enter Greek soil next to Athens and there's no high attack unit there to kill them. Beads (demanded) to Veii, we get $112.
720 AD: Newly rush-built crusaders kill barbarians near Athens but now it's down to size 2. Hides (demanded) from Philadelphia to Veii, we get $256. Also from Washington, we get $208.
740 AD: Astronomy discovered.
860 AD: Civil disorder a rapidly increasing problem. Knossos founded.
940 AD: Copper (demanded) from Pharsalos to Rome for $184. Cloth (not demanded) yields $120. Argos founded.
980 AD: The largest civs: 1.Greeks, 2.Aztecs, 3.French, 4.Romans. Washingon builds Michelangelo's Chapel.
1020 AD: Navigation discovered. Hides (demanded) from Philadelphia to Veii for $140.
1060 AD: We get Banking from the French in exchange for Philosophy. War after demanding tribute.
1100 AD: We become a republic. We get the Wheel from the Romans in exchange for Navigation.
1120 AD: Wine (demanded) from Delphi to Rome for $265.
1160 AD: Salt (demanded) from New York to Antium for $165. Start WLTP.
1180 AD: Physics discovered. Pop. 1,500,000. Salt (not demanded) from Boston to Veii for $76.
1200 AD: Rome builds Copernicus Observatory. Hides (demanded) from Pharsalos to Veii for $104.
1220 AD: Beads (demanded) from Athens to Cumae for $160. Beads (not demanded) from Thermopylae to Cumae for $88.
1280 AD: The Romans sneak attack. Shutdown WLTP, pop. 3,070,000. RB several temples. Taxes to maximum.
1300 AD: Hides (demanded) from Philadelphia to Veii for $228. Peace with Romans. Caravan (not demanded) from Delphi to Veii for $122.
1340 AD: Little Bighorn (Sioux) builds Oracle. We discover Engineering. Gems (not demanded) from Washington to Veii for $106.
1360 AD: Washingtom completes Magellan's expedition.
1400 AD: Start preparing an assault on the Aztecs which have the GL and never want to exchabge techs. $200 from hut !!
1420 AD: Beads (demanded) from Sparta to Paris for $356.
1440 AD: Texcoco (Aztec) builds Shakespeare's Theatre. Coal (not demanded) from Sparta to Paris for $178.
1460 AD: Mycenae founded.
1480 AD: Invention discovered. Gems (demanded) from Sparta to Lyons for $468.
1500 AD: Coal (demanded) from New York to Teotihuacan for $355.
1510 AD: Democracy discovered. Hides (demanded) from Pharsalos to Veii for $120. Hides (demanded) from Argos to Tenochtitlan for $120.
1530 AD: Washington completes King Richard's Crusade. Silver (demanded) from Washington to Teotihuacan for $330.
1540 AD: Coal (not demanded) from Philadelphia to Teotihuacan for $130.
1550 AD: Feudalism discovered. Coal (not demanded) from Knossos to Teotihuacan for $90.
1570 AD: Hides (demanded) from Philadelphia to Tenochtitlan for $208. Revolution. The Aztecs refuse to pay tribute and declare war. Texcoco captured, $54 plundered and we now have Shakespeare's Theater. IRB SOL in Washington.
1580 AD: Washington builds Statue of Liberty. We become a Democracy. Beads (not demanded) fro Delphi to Calixtlahuaca for $108.
1590 AD: We get Chemistry from the French in exchange for Invention.
1600 AD: Beads (demanded) from New York to Paris for $344. Wine (not demanded) from Boston to Paris for $120.
1620 AD: Wealthiest civs: 1.Greeks 2.Romans 3.French 4.Aztecs. Civil disorder in Boston. Hides (demanded) from Pharsalos to Veii for $120. Revolution since the government is about to fall due to trouble in senate.
1630 AD: Tenochtitlan captured, $20 plundered.
1640 AD: Teotihuacan (in disorder) bribed for $402, $81 plundered and we now have the Great Library. Calixtlahuaca bribed for $832, $38 plundered.
1650 AD: Silver (not demanded) to Tours for $138.
1660 AD: %&&$#*{&]}%% cowards in the senate sign a cease fire with the puny and worthless Aztecs.
1670 AD: Salt (demanded) from Thermopylae to Bapedi for $208.
1680 AD: Moving troops. IRB Leo.
1690 AD: Washington completes Leonardo's workshop and a whole lot of troops gets upgraded.
1700 AD: Salt (not demanded) from Delphi to Paris for $192.
1710 AD: Theology discovered. Spice (demanded) from Boston to Marseilles for $420. Beads (demanded) from Argos to Paris for $292. Silk (demanded) from Pharsalos to Paris for $426. The Romans refuse to withdraw several troops from Mycenae so the troops are promptly killed.
1720 AD: Sanitation discovered. Hides (demanded) from Argos to Hlobane for $188. Silk (demanded) from Mycenae to Paris for $330. Revolution and the Aztecs declare war instead of paying tribute. Tlaxcala bribed for $342, $22 plundered. Xochicalco bribed for $330, $16 plundered.
1730 AD: We get Gunpwder from the Great Library.
1740 AD: Washington builds J.S. Bach's Cathedral. %&$$&&{[% senate signs cease fire with the Aztecs. Tlatelolco subverted for $1120, $60 plundered. Aztecs civilization destroyed by Greeks. Gems (demanded) from Knossos to Zimbabwe for $384. Hides (demanded) from Pharsalos to Veii for $168. Herakleia founded.
1750 AD: Railroad discovered.
1752 AD: Washington completes Darwin's Voyage and we discover Theory of Gravity and Economics.
1754 AD: Little Bighorn (Sioux) builds Isaac Newton's College. The AI civs start signing pacts against us.
1756 AD: Moving troops.
1758 AD: We steal Explosives from the French and nothing happens (no scandal in senate) !! Start WLTP, pop. 8,010,000.
1760 AD: Beads (demanded) from Knossos to Paris for $152. Beads (demanded) from Xochicalco to Paris for $118. Cloth (not demanded) from Tlaxcala to Paris for $56. $50 from hut.
1762 AD: Pop. 10,140,000.
1764 AD: Ephesos founded. Pop. 11,940,000.
1766 AD: Pop. 13,590,000.
1768 AD: Pop. 15,540,000.
1770 AD: Pop. 17,230,000. Shutdown WLTP, several cities have reached size 12 and not enough $$ to buy Sewer Systems.
1772 AD: Start library construction project since starting from next turn their maintenance cost drops to 0.
1774 AD: Washington builds Adam Smith's Trading Co.
1776 AD: Gems (demanded) from Tlatelolco to Mpondo for $224.
1778 AD: Chivalry discovered.
1780 AD: Advanced tribe (Thessalonica) from hut. Wine (demanded) from Thermopylae to Intombe for $234.
Time for a break; to be continued...