I tend to build too many wonders sometimes, but their benefits are fun. I recently tried a game variant whereby I tasked myself to build every single wonder in the game and then win. If I could not build any wonders in time, I would have to capture and control the cities with those I missed.
I figured this would be darn near impossible at higher levels, so I chose Chieftan level (2nd easiest) and a continents type of map in BTS (forget which map exactly). This was on a standard size. I chose De Gaulle because he is a new leader in BTS, and of course he is Industrious.
I figured at minimum I would need stone. I played the first map that came up, and sure enough it had stone in the capital. I rarely find marble nearby and sure enough, it was not nearby - not on my continent in fact. Since it was such an easy level, I figured this could work.
I was able to build everyhing except the Great Wall, Temple of Artemis and the Parthenon. So I invaded Portugal on my own continent for the Great Wall, then sailed the ocean to take America's capital and the Temple, then finished it up by invading the third major landmass where the Incas were guarding the Parthenon.
The key was my capital Paris became the wonder-generator great engineer generator. I only used 1 engineer to rush an early wonder in another city... the rest were settled in my capital. National Wonders were the Globe Theatre and National Epic, to help with growth and great person generation.
Paris had most of the wonders in that city, with a couple secondary wonder cities.
I am thinking Warlord level is probably the optimum level to try this on for a better challenge. Anyway this was just an idea I had and it was an enjoyable game, with some challenges for a builder game, although winning was never in doubt. I lauched in 1970s or something like that.
edit: I decided that building the world projects would not count, but I ended up building all of those too. If anyone has tried this on a higher level I would be curious to know how well it turned out.
I figured this would be darn near impossible at higher levels, so I chose Chieftan level (2nd easiest) and a continents type of map in BTS (forget which map exactly). This was on a standard size. I chose De Gaulle because he is a new leader in BTS, and of course he is Industrious.
I figured at minimum I would need stone. I played the first map that came up, and sure enough it had stone in the capital. I rarely find marble nearby and sure enough, it was not nearby - not on my continent in fact. Since it was such an easy level, I figured this could work.
I was able to build everyhing except the Great Wall, Temple of Artemis and the Parthenon. So I invaded Portugal on my own continent for the Great Wall, then sailed the ocean to take America's capital and the Temple, then finished it up by invading the third major landmass where the Incas were guarding the Parthenon.
The key was my capital Paris became the wonder-generator great engineer generator. I only used 1 engineer to rush an early wonder in another city... the rest were settled in my capital. National Wonders were the Globe Theatre and National Epic, to help with growth and great person generation.
Paris had most of the wonders in that city, with a couple secondary wonder cities.
I am thinking Warlord level is probably the optimum level to try this on for a better challenge. Anyway this was just an idea I had and it was an enjoyable game, with some challenges for a builder game, although winning was never in doubt. I lauched in 1970s or something like that.
edit: I decided that building the world projects would not count, but I ended up building all of those too. If anyone has tried this on a higher level I would be curious to know how well it turned out.
