Suleiman's Harem
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BeyondCivilized
Warlord
You could have added one more sexy adviser, Muslims are allowed to marry 4 wives (but this is rarely practiced, even in the most remote of tribes.)
Arabs before Islam used to have 30 wives, Islam couldn't possibly abolish this custom in one day, and that's the reason behind polygamy.
Arabs before Islam used to have 30 wives, Islam couldn't possibly abolish this custom in one day, and that's the reason behind polygamy.
rabidveggie
King
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He had like a hundred wives That`s why he had a harem, he just happened to have three of those wives as advisers.
BeyondCivilized
Warlord
Somehow, I don't think the others where his wives IRL, otherwise they would have sucked him dry, and I don't mean it in THAT way, trust me.
URSExelcior
Warlord
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De Gaulle is a beast 
If those are his stacks on PRINCE, I can't imagine Emperor+.
If those are his stacks on PRINCE, I can't imagine Emperor+.sjkfbilsdbtg
Chieftain
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Was the inability to win a Cultural Victory a variant or some sort of modded rule?
Angst
Rambling and inconsistent
nope, he just didn't want to
Civfan333
full metal alchemist
Maybe he used the custom game and turned off cultural victory.
sjkfbilsdbtg
Chieftain
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Maybe he used the custom game and turned off cultural victory.
FYI, he said that "he couldn't win a cultural victory but the other civs could".
Civfan333
full metal alchemist
Yeah, unless in BTS it has changed, when I turn off cultural victory, NO ONE can win it.
BeyondCivilized
Warlord
He said he didn't turn it off.
On the other hand, I've been doing a small research about Harems, apparently they were "founded" (As in the harem's buildings etc) in the Ottoman empire, but the word Harem is an Arabic word (I know that because it's my native language) which means forbidden. Harems were made up not only of Sultan's wives but also sisters, mother and the rest of his female relatives. But of course, he didn't have sexual relationship except with his wives.
BeyondCivilized
Warlord
Another thing, in Chris "Flouzemaker" Shill's story, Suleiman made fun of Divine Right after handing it over to Winston... Wasn't Suleiman himself a Caliph of all the is Muslim and therefore a "Pope" chosen by God to be their leader?
I'm just sayin things...
sjkfbilsdbtg
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You obviously don't understand. I know that no one can win it if you turn it off completely.. I'm saying in this game, he said he couldn't, but everyone else could. I'm just asking how that is possible.
Civfan333
full metal alchemist
I wonder. I really wonder
BeyondCivilized
Warlord
Perhaps he could just refrain from winning?
MacGyverInSpace
Monarch
It was a self-imposed rule I think resulted from criticism of a cheap win in the last game.
Also, for some reason this entertained me. No raid 'n' role though...
Also, for some reason this entertained me. No raid 'n' role though...
BeyondCivilized
Warlord
Yeah I was kinda waiting for that, you know.
I was not expecting nukes in the end!
Alright... this is what the Ottoman Empire currently looks like in 1912 AD, before I play the turn:
You can see, near Seoul, one of the other reasons I had betrayed Catherine: I won't have Oil until Plastics unless I take Seoul.
Furthermore, I don't even have any coal, which does frustrate me so. Can't indulge my railroads fetish...
Anyhow, I'm resuming play, so expect an update when I'm done!
Thanks for all the advice!
Great story! I have discovered late, on page 8 so far. Don't know if anyone commented on this, but you do have oil. The oil southeast of the island is in your borders but outside any fat cross. You can still build a platform, you won't get any extra hammers or coins, but your civilization will get credit for one oil. If anyone comments on this later in the thread, sorry.
I'm supposed to be asleep instead I'm reading your darn stories
