tcjsavannah
Wow, it's been a while...
I finished in 1882 (finally) with a Space Race victory and a 2656 score. I was so paranoid that somebody else would complete the SS ahead of me like in GOTM 16 that I neglected my military, only to have Rome land on one of my islands with some infantry and tanks.
This led to several wars with everyone *except* the Persians, suprisingly enough. I built some nukes just in case things got desperate, but I was able to sue for peace with everyone before the SS was competed.
Some general points about my game:
1) Never got GL's until Rome invaded the island in the late 1800s, so I could never complete the Iron Works in Boston nor build Military Academy.
2) Zululand repulsed a half-hearted invasion attempt (four tanks, four infantry a cavalry and a MI) with an army of tanks and a crapload of radar towers everywhere. Last time I bothered with them. They wiped out the Babs and would have done the same with the Iroquois, but the Iroquois were the one Civ who remained at peace with everyone throughout the game.
3) Persia exposed and expelled my spy in the 1700s, so I never knew how close they were to finishing their spacecraft. It's the first time I'd ever had another Civ expose (successfully) a spy.
4) I suicide-galleyed to meet Rome and Greece, then after getting Navigation met the rest of the world.
I do think I did a better job in the QSC and in developing cities on the home continent faster than in my previous two GOTMs, but still not as well as the top players. When it gets to the middle- and end-game, I still panic a bit at trying to win by other means and always resort to just reigning in and waiting until the SS comes. Maybe with the Celts, I'll force myself to try and win by other means.
This led to several wars with everyone *except* the Persians, suprisingly enough. I built some nukes just in case things got desperate, but I was able to sue for peace with everyone before the SS was competed.
Some general points about my game:
1) Never got GL's until Rome invaded the island in the late 1800s, so I could never complete the Iron Works in Boston nor build Military Academy.
2) Zululand repulsed a half-hearted invasion attempt (four tanks, four infantry a cavalry and a MI) with an army of tanks and a crapload of radar towers everywhere. Last time I bothered with them. They wiped out the Babs and would have done the same with the Iroquois, but the Iroquois were the one Civ who remained at peace with everyone throughout the game.
3) Persia exposed and expelled my spy in the 1700s, so I never knew how close they were to finishing their spacecraft. It's the first time I'd ever had another Civ expose (successfully) a spy.
4) I suicide-galleyed to meet Rome and Greece, then after getting Navigation met the rest of the world.
I do think I did a better job in the QSC and in developing cities on the home continent faster than in my previous two GOTMs, but still not as well as the top players. When it gets to the middle- and end-game, I still panic a bit at trying to win by other means and always resort to just reigning in and waiting until the SS comes. Maybe with the Celts, I'll force myself to try and win by other means.
) with a diplomatic victory. 
I had never played archipelago before and I find that I prefer continents and pangaea, because the late game worker actions are extremely annoying. Such as shipping workers to clean up polution from island to island. But it was a great game!
. So only seven AI's remained. I built the UN in 1804 AD, and after careful consideration I had decided either Babylon or America would me my competition in the vote, so just before completing the UN, I declared war on these 2 nations and bought alliance with the others (Rome, Zululand, China, Aztecs and Germany) against them....
Hannibal became victorious in the year 1610AD for a score of 2954 points. Everyone was loving the great Carthagian culture.
