<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>One mistake I made was putting all my resources into Science development, it's not really worth it, I have found. As you can negotiate for Technology with cash and other resources. Cash and Resources are very powerful negotiation tools, also a very powerful tool to speedbuild things, and build certain units, keep your Citizens happy, etc...
On my fifth game, I decided to go something a little smaller scale. I played an 80 X 80 map with 16 Civilizations. I chose the Egyptians (Religious and Industrious). I started out expanding to 4 Cities as quickly as possible, Unfortuanetly, that was the limit of my expansion as the Russians, Babylonians, Persians, and Greeks all bordered me. I went light on the military, and discovered a few techs which I used to trade around to other Civilizations on the Continent to keep up with progress. I built Temples and other buildings primarilly, and made sure that my income was as high as possible. My Cities grew fast, much faster than the Competition. I also came in contact with Rome, Germany, France, and the Zulu's, all of us on the same Continent. Greece expanded to an Island on the other side of the COntinent and built a City there.
I managed to keep up with the other Civilizations, and began building wonders, I missed the Pyramids and the Great Library which are the two most significant Wonders. The Colosus was my first, and I also got a few others. At one point, my Culture rating was so high that one of Persia's Cities defected to Egypt, giving me 5 Cities. The English who were at the time the most powerful Civilization approached my borders over the Greeks with an Army of 7 or 8 units, large enough to conquer at least a few cities. This was the early middle ages, they declared war on me. I sent my two swordsmen unit to fight, and also contacted every Civilization on the Continent who were my trading parteners, most of them joined my military Alliance against the English, the Zulu's and Germans who were the two most powerful Civilizations aside from the English (also bordering England) required a bit of pursuasion =)
To my luck the English retreated immedietly, they left a couple of units behind who attempted to destroy my roads and Irrigation, my Swordsmen killed them. England managed to seize a few cities of my allies, but the Germans and Greeks took their Capital, the forces that had retreated from my lands retook the English Capital, but the rest of the Nation had already fallen to the Zulu's and French. The Germans retook the Capital, and lastly, the Greeks took St. Petersburg, the last existing English City, and that was the end of my enemies, it was a swift and crushing Victory, I barely had to lift a finger =)
We continued on, I built a wonder (forget which) and it entered me into the Golden ageof Egypt. At this time, I boosted all of my now very healthy economy into Science, and with the Library's I had built in each city, we were booming, during the 20 turns, I had discovered 4 new Technologies, and after the Golden age continued to discover a few more catipulting me into the lead for Science, even ahead of the Germans (they have the Great Library) by 2 techs. Thus we entered the age of Exploration, with my new Caravel. I sent it West to find a whole new Continent, 3 Civilizations on it were more powerful than anyone I had yet met, and they had already begun the colonization of a nearby smaller empty Continent that could be accessed by Galley's, I'm surprised they hadn't done this sooner, it allowed me to make a hold on the new Continent. I first came in contact with the Chinese who were twice as large and powerful as anyone I had yet met, the Aztecs were second, and the Indians were third. However, they may have had larger Empires than any on my COntinent, but they were just entering the Middle ages, the Civilizations on my Continent had been there for 600 years almost. We had the technology for Gunpowder, but no one had built Musketmen yet, I haven't cheacked, likely due to lack of resources.
I sailed around the world some more, I discovered a clean Continent that could fit 6 Cities easily, this is exactly what I would need to propell myself into first place, I sent a Settler there as well. There is still more to explore, and I will get to that. Right now, it's the age of Colinization, whichever Empire gets the largest amount of Cities established on the Virgin continents will likely be first place.
Some notes:
-all wonders of the World so far have been built on my Continent.
Four Continents discovered, two large ones, and two smaller ones (actually, one of the smaller ones is 3 very closely positioned Continents that can fit about 10-12 cities, maybe more, I haven't explored the whole thing yet, nore do I have maps for it).
-The Civilizations on my continent, though smaller, are more technilogically advanced
-I discovered the fourth Continent, and am denying anyone access to my world maps until I have it completely colinized =)
-My Government has been Republic since about 200 B.C., before it was Despotism
Also, at this time, I have pulled all resources out of Science, and now again working on having by far the strongest economy in the world, I will work as a trading Empire. And on the Continent I have to share, I will boost my Culture significantly, spending as much cash as I can to get stuff built as fast as possible, and hopfully absorb the other nations on this new Continent. I also plan to sign Mutual Protection Pacts with all of my neighbors, and possibly try to seize the second Continent from the Technilogically inferior inhabitants. We, on the first continent, will all have powerful navy's and Musketmen soon, they will just have their Galleys and spearmen =)</div>
On my fifth game, I decided to go something a little smaller scale. I played an 80 X 80 map with 16 Civilizations. I chose the Egyptians (Religious and Industrious). I started out expanding to 4 Cities as quickly as possible, Unfortuanetly, that was the limit of my expansion as the Russians, Babylonians, Persians, and Greeks all bordered me. I went light on the military, and discovered a few techs which I used to trade around to other Civilizations on the Continent to keep up with progress. I built Temples and other buildings primarilly, and made sure that my income was as high as possible. My Cities grew fast, much faster than the Competition. I also came in contact with Rome, Germany, France, and the Zulu's, all of us on the same Continent. Greece expanded to an Island on the other side of the COntinent and built a City there.
I managed to keep up with the other Civilizations, and began building wonders, I missed the Pyramids and the Great Library which are the two most significant Wonders. The Colosus was my first, and I also got a few others. At one point, my Culture rating was so high that one of Persia's Cities defected to Egypt, giving me 5 Cities. The English who were at the time the most powerful Civilization approached my borders over the Greeks with an Army of 7 or 8 units, large enough to conquer at least a few cities. This was the early middle ages, they declared war on me. I sent my two swordsmen unit to fight, and also contacted every Civilization on the Continent who were my trading parteners, most of them joined my military Alliance against the English, the Zulu's and Germans who were the two most powerful Civilizations aside from the English (also bordering England) required a bit of pursuasion =)
To my luck the English retreated immedietly, they left a couple of units behind who attempted to destroy my roads and Irrigation, my Swordsmen killed them. England managed to seize a few cities of my allies, but the Germans and Greeks took their Capital, the forces that had retreated from my lands retook the English Capital, but the rest of the Nation had already fallen to the Zulu's and French. The Germans retook the Capital, and lastly, the Greeks took St. Petersburg, the last existing English City, and that was the end of my enemies, it was a swift and crushing Victory, I barely had to lift a finger =)
We continued on, I built a wonder (forget which) and it entered me into the Golden ageof Egypt. At this time, I boosted all of my now very healthy economy into Science, and with the Library's I had built in each city, we were booming, during the 20 turns, I had discovered 4 new Technologies, and after the Golden age continued to discover a few more catipulting me into the lead for Science, even ahead of the Germans (they have the Great Library) by 2 techs. Thus we entered the age of Exploration, with my new Caravel. I sent it West to find a whole new Continent, 3 Civilizations on it were more powerful than anyone I had yet met, and they had already begun the colonization of a nearby smaller empty Continent that could be accessed by Galley's, I'm surprised they hadn't done this sooner, it allowed me to make a hold on the new Continent. I first came in contact with the Chinese who were twice as large and powerful as anyone I had yet met, the Aztecs were second, and the Indians were third. However, they may have had larger Empires than any on my COntinent, but they were just entering the Middle ages, the Civilizations on my Continent had been there for 600 years almost. We had the technology for Gunpowder, but no one had built Musketmen yet, I haven't cheacked, likely due to lack of resources.
I sailed around the world some more, I discovered a clean Continent that could fit 6 Cities easily, this is exactly what I would need to propell myself into first place, I sent a Settler there as well. There is still more to explore, and I will get to that. Right now, it's the age of Colinization, whichever Empire gets the largest amount of Cities established on the Virgin continents will likely be first place.
Some notes:
-all wonders of the World so far have been built on my Continent.
Four Continents discovered, two large ones, and two smaller ones (actually, one of the smaller ones is 3 very closely positioned Continents that can fit about 10-12 cities, maybe more, I haven't explored the whole thing yet, nore do I have maps for it).
-The Civilizations on my continent, though smaller, are more technilogically advanced
-I discovered the fourth Continent, and am denying anyone access to my world maps until I have it completely colinized =)
-My Government has been Republic since about 200 B.C., before it was Despotism
Also, at this time, I have pulled all resources out of Science, and now again working on having by far the strongest economy in the world, I will work as a trading Empire. And on the Continent I have to share, I will boost my Culture significantly, spending as much cash as I can to get stuff built as fast as possible, and hopfully absorb the other nations on this new Continent. I also plan to sign Mutual Protection Pacts with all of my neighbors, and possibly try to seize the second Continent from the Technilogically inferior inhabitants. We, on the first continent, will all have powerful navy's and Musketmen soon, they will just have their Galleys and spearmen =)</div>
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