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10 turns from researching mass media, have a gr8 engineer waiting to hurry production on sydney opera house, that would be game

nope, egypt just completed it

i think between egypt and myself we have built 90% of the wonders in this game

has anyone played game that start in the industrial/modern era? i remember that was one of the things i had fun doing in early civ games

egypt just finished apollo program, didnt see that coming

games always end up finishing way closer than it seems

oh wait, theres still a while to go once you finish apollo

hes building ss parts and im 12 turns to go on utopia, come on

greece denounces me, turn 420, year 2000 ad

closest to any conflict in the world

and the same turn i utopia victory

played ghandi, tried to rush win with culture/tech

nope

new game, same settings as last one

this seems like a strong starting spot

500 gold for first discovering a world wonder, what

well this is probably the best first 10 turns ive had so far

discovered a wonder for 500 gold
discovered ruins for free writing research

going to have gr8 library at turn 38, on a starting city with little production

66,667'th post

instead of changing to that graphic, show me the regular hexs with production value (food and hammers)

turn that view off, its atrocious

finished building the oracle, got a free social policy
same turn as
finished researching theology, unlocked hagia sophia and angkor wat

used free social policy to finish liberty tree, got free gr8 engi, used free engi to hurry hagia sophia
hagia sophia done next turn, got free gr8 engi, used free engi to hurry angkor wat

wonders, wonders everywhere

best combo

gonna go for a science-driven conquest victory this game i do believe

city state on island next to me (archipelago map again) has marble, silk, and a 10 gold natural wonder

but thats a lot of wasted production on a navy that can take it out

not even sure how im doing in this game

science i seem to be ahead, culture im doing well, and im building lots of wonders which should help later, but not much else going on

note to self, if you are less than 3 turns away from building a wonder that requires you to have one of x in every city, dont settle a new city

done that a few times, sucks

we need to do a competitive game with 4 of us one day

how does i army

5/6
dan
gary
john
joe
mac

i hear seth has the game too but hes always mia until 3am when he gets home drunk

you really need to try to incorporate your civs strengths into your game. the japs are fucking awesome fighters.

both games ive played with them now, its been an archipelago

at least theres more threatening and less everyone being allied together than last game

i now realize its absolutely impossible to kill an enemy infantry with frigates and ironclads

what is even the point of an ironclad? i cant figure it out

to kick the fuck out of wooden ships, but then be worthless shortly after

how do you control unhappiness whenst you are conquering the entire world?

germany is now bombing my blockade frigates of their island, dont know how they became so far advanced scientifically to have planes already, but it is almost 1900 ad, been at war since 1700 and only captured 2 city states near germany

social policies, money to purchase happiness buildings immediately after their revolt. its also a deterrent to perpetual war.

researching flight myself in 12 turns, going to have to try not to lose units until then, then purchase a zero at this conquered citystate to defend my advancing navy

continuing this attack seems pointless though, would eventually win but would have to spend 100 turns buying military shit while some other civ wins by something stupid like diplomacy

germany finally offered me something in return for peace, after killing many shitty land units with my navy

donno, when im around 10 happiness all game, and conquering 1 city is -17 happiness, something seems off

i get the impression that the biggest benefit of being militarily dominant is getting large peace settlements from all enemy civs

and then winning from a method other than domination

i sense a small chance germany wants to go to war with me again

fighting a 3 sided war against gandhi, iroquios and germany, can destroy either one, but neither will give me anything for peace

going to lose by science to either bismarck or gandhi

the peace terms ai really pisses me off

you just took half our cities on the map and can easily destroy the others? we will give you a peace treaty straight up

we just took half your cities on the map and can easily destroy the others? GIVE US ALL YOUR GOLD, LUXURY RESOURCES, AND CITIES EXCEPT YOUR CAPITAL

can ignore gandhi, he isnt doing shit
can ignore iroquios, easy to defend from him

bismarck is closest and most advanced, but that island is impenetrable, i guess i can only keep killing his shit to slow down his science, donno

also irritating, an enemy naval unit is 10 squares away in your territory, you embark a land unit way outside of the enemys vision

next turn it magically sails directly into your embarked unit its full movement distance when it had no way of knowing it was there

You can move a unit multiple times until it reach it's maximum movement distance per turn.

its war, and the more people the more unhappiness at war. after taking a city you notice they go into full on revolt then just mild unrest until courthouse. and if you conquer a huge city they have more population which is more unhappiness (i believe its 1:1).