Minou
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I've always been obsessed with trying for T100 Science games. I managed to pull off a T98 win with Hammurabi using "cooked" settings (extra AIs and City States, choosing Natural Wonders, activating Heroes, Secret Societies, etc.). Eventually I concluded it was not possible with Hammurabi on "standard" settings (Deity, Standard Map, Continents). However, because pillaging is so broken I wonder if this is possible with Harald Hardrada? The key will be using loyalty flipping to pillage as much as possible, with the new tehcs/civics snowballing the value of the pillaging and the faith/gold paying for most of our infrastructure and military. This week I started a game and will try and post updates as I play, which I hope will be interesting and also keep me from messing up by playing too fast.
Here is the starting map, a nice spot because of the wonder of course and also because a coastal capital means we can get Viking Longships in the water quickly. The only negative is growth will be slow, but that is more than balanced by the culture boost. The first goal is to capture an AI city to set up the first pillaging site, and the easiest way to do that will be either a quick levy (culture will help us get Amani very early) or to luck out and find a coastal city to smash with a pair of Longships (they will chew right through anything without walls).
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Here is the starting map, a nice spot because of the wonder of course and also because a coastal capital means we can get Viking Longships in the water quickly. The only negative is growth will be slow, but that is more than balanced by the culture boost. The first goal is to capture an AI city to set up the first pillaging site, and the easiest way to do that will be either a quick levy (culture will help us get Amani very early) or to luck out and find a coastal city to smash with a pair of Longships (they will chew right through anything without walls).
Boosts: Astrology