When not to settle in place – a uniquely doomed Civ

[Airefuego]

PS KMad - I envisage my rival settling the desert tile two north of my desert hill, building the Colossus but STILL falling victim to my 'Mids/Henge powered culture flip strategy. So we will flip ourselves the colossus!!

 

[vicawoo]

This inspired me to do an 8 tile OCC. Since much of your output is settled great people in OCC, it sounded doable.
First one, philosophical, didn't work out. Too little production so it was too hard to make those early wonders.
Second, with ramses, went a lot better. Late 1900 space victory with a huge tech lead. I only missed out on the water wonders, temple of artemis, and most of the great artist wonders. My base hammer production was kind of puny, though, less than 40.

 

[KMadCandy]

PS KMad - I envisage my rival settling the desert tile two north of my desert hill, building the Colossus but STILL falling victim to my 'Mids/Henge powered culture flip strategy. So we will flip ourselves the colossus!!

and save ourselves the effort of building it! brilliant

 

[PotatoOverdose]

The game was as "un-winnable" as a occ; In other words, it was winnable.