Game: Civ5 GOTM 151
Date submitted: 2017-01-27 01:49:13
Reference number: 35191
Your name: pvtjava
Game status: Culture Victory
Game date: 1892AD
Turns played: 316
Base score: 1330
Final score: 2111
Time played: 18:04:00
Submitted save: Augustus Caesar_0316 AD-1892v151.Civ5Save
Renamed file: pvtjava_C515101.Civ5Save
Hi, back to the forums after a long time away I enjoyed this map. Thank you.
- Did you use your UU?
I upgraded my original warrior to Legion. Did not use to build any roads or forts. May have used to kill a barb or two.
- How useful was your UA?
I concentrated on my capital first, grabbing GL, NC, Oracle, Petra and possibly others, before expanding.
There were 2 expansions, I think the first was possibly after turn 100, heck, it may have been 120. The second was probably after 150. Both were coastal, one east and one north. Used mainly to feed Rome. Mainly built the buildings required for National Wonders. The UA came in handy here somewhat, but I ended up ahead of the Cap on a few of them as Rome was mainly building Wonders. As an aside, I think this can be the key to a quicker, non Sacred Site, peaceful, tourism victory at Prince. Don't avoid them. Embrace them. Get all you can. Less culture for the AI.
- Did you use spying to your advantage?
Not really. First to Rome for defense. Next two went to be diplomats in highest culture opponents. Used to watch wonder building, but wasn't needed. And nobody else made it to Ideology, so no help there.
- Did the map type help or hinder victory and how?
Frustrated me a bit I couldn't get around the other continent, but didn't slow things too much.
- How did the difficulty level affect your game decisions?
Hello Wonderland!!!
- Was Faith helpful to achieve victory?
Religion was desert folklore, tithe, % production, divine insp, 25% faster spread. Had over 100 fpt. 2 planted prophets, 1 missionary and 1 prophet(accidental) to spread. 1 inquisitor and 1 prophet to hang out at home (for religious defense, ultimately unneeded.)
3 faith bought GEs (used on Eiffel, Broadway and Statue of Liberty.)
Had many GEs, lost count, really. Prob 3-4 natural, one from Pisa, (used on Globe.)
- What Social Policies did you choose and in what order? Which Ideology did you choose?
Full Tradition (took Wonder production before growth and happiness,) opened Patronage, Full Aesthetics, opened Rationalism in middle of Aesthetics to delay GAge policy til (2nd)natural GAge occurred. Also got Taj Mahal here to extend this GAge to 45 turns. Six Freedom (25% GP, specialists eat less, culture from GW, happy specialists, GP improvements(5) and Landmarks(none), tourism from broadcast towers.) Finished Rationalism, got 3 more Patronage.
- What techs did you prioritize?
GL to Philosophy, then Currency(Petra), Education(Unis), Metal Casting(Workshop), Astronomy(ocean travel), Acoustics(Sistine), Banking(Forbidden), Printing Press(Congress, Pisa, Globe), Radio(Freedom, Eiffel, Broadway), Fertilizer(Food plus Hammers from Chemistry), Industrialization(Factories, but never ever got any coal), Refrigeration(Hotels),
Plastics(Research Labs), was on my way to Radar(Airports) but won before I got there.
Planted 3 GS, burned the last few as created (waited 2 turns on last one as I knew my bpt had recently increased.) All were natural except for the ones I got from Wonders.
Other notes; All tourism (+273 at the end) from Rome. If I had got one more writer, their work would have had to go outside of Rome. The GL, Sistine, Globe, Uffizi, Oxford(used on Radio about t230), Broadway and Rome's museum were all themed.