golden Age

[BigMike]

Hi,

sorry if that has been asked before but I couldn't find a hint either here or in the manual (although I read it!)

How do I get into Golden Age and what rules determine how long its gonna last.

Thanx for your help,
Michael

[Rathgar1]

There is a chance a golden age starts every time you do one of the following:by building a wonder that is representitive of your civilization, ie industrious wonder for industrious civs. Also, every time your civ's special unit wins a battle, there is a small chance you could spark yor golden age You only get one golden age per game.

[ElitePersian]

Originally posted by Rathgar1
There is a chance a golden age starts every time you do one of the following:by building a wonder that is representitive of your civilization, ie industrious wonder for industrious civs. Also, every time your civ's special unit wins a battle, there is a small chance you could spark yor golden age You only get one golden age per game.

are you sure its BY CHANCE? i thought it happens definately when you do these things.

[Rathgar1]

According to the Civilopedia, if a great wonder or wonders is built that correspond to both of the civ's strengths, a Golden Age can be triggered. I will add that in my three games, I have yet to not get my golden age as the Americans early in the game. So the Civilopedia says it might happen. With unit victories it is not a sure fire event, but if you build enough units, and start winning, you should trigger the Golden Age easily enough.

[reds4ever]

when i play the egyptians and build the hanging gardens, ir's triggered one every time, never playing the americans though, my guess is that something like adam smiths or hoovers dam would trigger an american one

[G.A]

The probability appears to be pretty big. As in all of my games the Golden Age always starts with the first of the things, that "may trigger it". If I build wonder, I get it. The first victory of my UU - I get it.

[Rathgar1]

The probability appears to be pretty big

That appears to be true. I don't know if it was supposed to be that way. I think very time I have built Colosuss(sp?) I have gotten the Golden Age.

[ixnay]

For the wonder ga trigger, you have to build wonder(s) that correspond to both of your civ attributes. Some wonders have 2 attributes and can instantly trigger a ga for the civ that matches those attributes. As for the unit, it triggers the ga when it wins a battle against another civ and not barbarians.

[rah]

When my UU wins it's first combat against any non-barb, it has triggered a Golden Age without exception.

RAH

[Rathgar1]

from the readme.txt

Peaceful Golden Age: There is a peaceful method of achieving a Golden Age. Each civilization has two of a possible six civilization strengths. Each Wonder of the World is associated with one or more of these strengths. If you build sufficient wonders that match your civilization themes, a Golden Age will trigger.

So I guess it is not random at all. If you build it, they will come.

[wisecat]

to the second part of your question BigMike, GA lasts 20 turns