[BTS] The Great Person Challenge. Fractal,Deity (light!), NHNE

[Major Tom]

Intrigued by this thread https://forums.civfanatics.com/thre...your-choice-which-one-will-you-choose.645109/ by @mangamancer , I think it would be cool to see how the players here approach this. So I will upload the 7 files (buffy005) and hope you take the challenge and get some comparisons. Same map, different GP. Our leader is Asoka of India. GotM rules apply so avoid cheating.
Please use spoilers except for the GP you took and approach (settle or saving for something). Will we see superfast development, interesting wonders, spectacular espionage robbery or something else?

Spoiler The startingscreen :

With this headstart any player should be able to be somewhat comfortable at deity, hence light.
Next post for saves.
Of course no spoilers needed for general discussion about topic or starting screen/settling. I have no clue about map or AI (very careful world builder) so will join play at some point, hopefully soon.

 

[Major Tom]

Saves

 

[Major Tom]

So far: 2 attempts with engineers for rush buying stuff and 1 attempt at EE. I am sure others have interesting thoughts about topic and hope they will join with their approach.

Map is playable even if you're not a deity player and it is open for any victory condition.

 

[Major Tom]

Played a turnset, it is a playable map for any approaches, I think.
I chose the Spy, initially scouting. Scouting goes well with an invisible 2mover. Even if he is invisible, AI contact is established when meeting them! Espionage just for the entertainment. Not sure if I can win due to a pit of bottomless human stupidity (choosing techpath).

 

[krikav]

Thanks for the initiative!
Did try the GEng for a few turns.

Aprox T20 spoilers:

Spoiler :

Was planning on settling capital agressively toward the nearest AI, building a quick settler while teching masonry and rushbuy the pyramids and do something funky with culture pressure.

Was abit dissapointed when there was stone in BFC, and that the nearest AI was millions of miles away, on the other side of the jungle.

Absolutely a playable map, but not a map that lend itself to the weird strategy I wanted to fool around with.
Likely best is just to settle the GEng and get a big headstart with those +3 hammers.

@Major Tom You want me to try our playing just vanilla from T0 again with the GEng? Abit spoiled with T20 map knowledge already.

 

[cseanny]

I also played till 800 Bc using the GE opening. I was tempted to settle him but did not.

Spoiler :

Moved the warrior to the ghill and the GE to the fhill so SIP seemed best. After a bit of scouting we're on the end of a peninsula with lot's of jungle between us and AI. I was a bit sad to see SIP ruined a nice fish NE of our Capital. I also scouted cow/pigs/jumbos a bit further down the peninsula, and, oh yes, we do have stone in our BFC.

So we have a fphill and stone for some hammers, and with fishes and pig we can make settlers/workers quick enough. There doesn't seem any hurry to rush BW so I decided to open Fish, Masonry and immediately rushed the Pyramids with my GE, Hunt, AH, Sailing, Wrt, BW, Math, Alpha (enough turns to trade when available), Currency in route now. I fit TW in there somewhere too.

In 1320 I used my 1st GP, a GE to rush TGLH and have just been making Settlers/workers, of which I have 6 total cities and 4 workers (1 more almost finished). I settled to the East on horses, the west by 1st fish, further down by cow/rice, by fish/jumbos, and by pigs/copper. I built an aqueduct and am currently chopping HG in the Capital (4 more turns). I have room for 1-2 more cities on my peninsula and one potential island to the West, which would be a huge boost with currency/TGLH. I'm currently sitting at 71 bpt at 100% research.

After currency I'll shoot up to Music and hopefully get another GE to rush TGL and then just head off to Cuir tech. I should be able to pull in around 240-260 bpt around 1 AD with 8 cities so it won't take terribly long to reach Cuirs. If I do get TGL I should be able to starve out my Capital during a GA and still get 3 more great people, 2 of which will hopefully be GS.