Ribannah
Fighter Druid
Turn 207 diplomatic win
1470ad, HOF 2546
There was no opportunity for any kind of systematic approach in my game, as both China and Japan were never more than rubble. Also the larger AI denounced often, while the other civs were quite poor, so we had to get a research agreement when we could. Didn't even find China until a few turns before they were eliminated since Persia had the whole area blocked early and wouldn't sign open borders. The Great Library was quickly gone, which didn't help much either.
Still, everything worked out in the end.
The chosen policies were:
* Liberty - Citizenship - Representation - Meritocracy (turn 80)
* Patronage - Philantropy - Scholasticism (turn 128)
* Rationalism - Secularism - Free Thought - Scientific Revolution (turn 196)
Techwise, we prioritized Horseback Riding (turn 45) for those powerful new Stables. Yes, this was a builder's game.
Delhi (settled in place) started with a Scout and a Monument; we bought our first Worker on turn 14 with a loan from Siam.
Mumbai was founded on the river sw, on the cattle tile between the two cottons, the turn Representation came in. Vijayanagara followed when meritocracy arrived, rather faraway, past Vienna, at the ivory.
We added more cities because we could. Pataliputra on the coast east of Delhi in the big forest, Varanasi on the coast west of Delhi. Later on, Agra sw of Mumbai at some horses, to connect Vijayanagara to the core, and Calcutta on the coast north of Delhi. A few turns before the end, two island cities. India's penalty for settling more cities proved to be not much of a hindrance; by allying with the cultural city states we eventually got all the culture we needed.
As the free Great Person from Meritocracy we chose a Great Engineer and created a Manufactory at Delhi. A second one arrived naturally and was kept for the United Nations. Delhi also produced two Great Scientists.
Technology
1470ad, HOF 2546
There was no opportunity for any kind of systematic approach in my game, as both China and Japan were never more than rubble. Also the larger AI denounced often, while the other civs were quite poor, so we had to get a research agreement when we could. Didn't even find China until a few turns before they were eliminated since Persia had the whole area blocked early and wouldn't sign open borders. The Great Library was quickly gone, which didn't help much either.
Still, everything worked out in the end.
The chosen policies were:
* Liberty - Citizenship - Representation - Meritocracy (turn 80)
* Patronage - Philantropy - Scholasticism (turn 128)
* Rationalism - Secularism - Free Thought - Scientific Revolution (turn 196)
Techwise, we prioritized Horseback Riding (turn 45) for those powerful new Stables. Yes, this was a builder's game.
Delhi (settled in place) started with a Scout and a Monument; we bought our first Worker on turn 14 with a loan from Siam.
Mumbai was founded on the river sw, on the cattle tile between the two cottons, the turn Representation came in. Vijayanagara followed when meritocracy arrived, rather faraway, past Vienna, at the ivory.
We added more cities because we could. Pataliputra on the coast east of Delhi in the big forest, Varanasi on the coast west of Delhi. Later on, Agra sw of Mumbai at some horses, to connect Vijayanagara to the core, and Calcutta on the coast north of Delhi. A few turns before the end, two island cities. India's penalty for settling more cities proved to be not much of a hindrance; by allying with the cultural city states we eventually got all the culture we needed.
As the free Great Person from Meritocracy we chose a Great Engineer and created a Manufactory at Delhi. A second one arrived naturally and was kept for the United Nations. Delhi also produced two Great Scientists.
Technology
Spoiler :
And i'm assuming that you mean the piety policy?
