Here we're my first thoughts on the next game.
Let me know what you think regarding map-type and other settings i.e aggressive AI. And if the rules are going to work.
We are Frederick of the Germans a people proud of our Engineers feats and our culture. So proud in fact that we take it quite seriously.
This is going to be a Xenophobic type SG with a few twists and addtions thrown in.
Here are the variant rules:
1) We're Xenophobic. We can handle imports of foreign goods and cash but we can only handle foreign culture to a point, if any of our city centres drops below 60% of our own culture we must declare war on the civ or civs with culture present in the city centre tile. Also once at war we cannot make peace until that culture or cultures are eliminated. And most importantly all captured cities must be razed unless built by us and our culture in that city is greater than 60%.
2) Only Engineer specialists and engineer GP producing wonders are allowed. We have to raze all non-engineer wonders which is necessary in rule 1 anyway.
3) Our research path is dictated by the Great Engineer path. When choosing the next tech to research the order is:
1/anything tech unlocks a Great Engineer wonder
2/anything tech a Great Engineer can lightbulb,
3/ the player/teams choice
4) If any AI builds a Great Engineer wonder we must declare war on them instantly. If it's built in a distant land then we have 20 turns to prepare to go to war with the civ with the worst attitude towards us.
5) If a Great Engineer is spawned by another civ we have 20 turns to prepare for war. If it's spawned in a distant land then we have 20 turns to prepare to go to war with the civ with the worst attitude towards us.
So just think of what an Engineer would do and we'll do just fine.
To help the thought process I've prepared a list of Great Engineer associated wonders and buildings:
Wonder & Tech requirement
Christo Redentor, Radio
Creative Constructions, Corporation and Combustion
Mining Inc, Corporation and Railroad
The Hagia Sophia, Theology
The Hanging Gardens, Mathematics
The Pentagon, Assembly line
The Pyramids, Masonry
The Three Gorges Dam, Plastics
National Wonders
Ironworks with Steel
West point with Military tradition plus a level 6 unit.
City Improvements
Forge with metal casting
Assembly plant with Assembly line
I was also thinking of perhaps using a tactless approach to tech trading, i.e. only accepting when and what the AI suggests for trades.