Sounds like an excellent idea for a challenge game research Future Tech 1 without knowledge of any of Agriculture/Hunting/Fission/Mass-Media/Laser and only one of Refrigeration/Computers. Whos (not me!) up for a shot at this on Deity?
perhaps not Deity the axe rush might MAF to desktop every turn
might be good on Monarch
No huts, no tech trades for banned techs, or Internet allowed.
No fair starting as the Zulus, Persians, or anyone else who starts with Agriculture or Hunting.
And probably too easy on Archipelago.
No internet without computers anyway.
The highlands map might be amusing
Not having Agriculture would make it much harder to whip
and it would make those Calendar resources much more attractive. Not having Hunting means no Archery and thus no Archers, Crossbows, Longbows, Horse Archers
to go with no War Elephants or Spearmen either
Axe fest Ahoy!
No holding off on Calendar to pop a few more borders using Stonehenge monuments Changes the early decision path of the Mystically skilled leaders
Not having both of Agriculture and Hunting means no Animal Husbandry or Horseback Riding
which means no mounted units.
So we won't be playing as Darius or either Khan and probably not Cathy.
Who do we want to be?
Lets look at the cut list
Agriculture;
Hatchetsut Hyuna Capac Luis IXV Mao Zedong Napoleon Quin Shi Huang Roosevelt Washington
Hunting;
Alexander Bismarck Catherine Cyrus Ghengis and
Kubli Khan Montezuma Peter
Leaving;
Asoka Indian Organized Spiritual Mining Mysticism Fast Worker (0/3/60)
Elizabeth English Financial Philosophical Fishing Mining Redcoat (16/1/110)
Gandhi Indian Industrious Spiritual Mining Mysticism Fast Worker (0/3/60)
Isabella Spanish Expansive Spiritual Fishing Mysticism
Conquistador (10/2/90)
Julius Caesar Rome Expansive Organized Fishing Mining Praetorian (8/1/40)
Mansa Musa Mali Financial Spiritual Mining The Wheel
Skirmisher (4/1/25)
Saladin Arabian Philosophical Spiritual Mysticism The Wheel
Camel Archer (10/2/90)
Tokugawa Japan Aggressive Organized Fishing The Wheel Samurai (8/1/70)
Victoria English Expansive Financial Fishing Mining Redcoat (16/1/110)
1;Rome looks likely to dominate the early game through conquest
2;England looks to be the
horse to back to reach the future tech with their financial cottages giving a research edge followed up by a red coated tide.
3,4 & 5; India, Mansa Musa (skirmishers are pretty naff anyway) Tokugawa
6 Isabella
looks like a good challenge!
Thanks to Zhahz for the CivIV leader picker
