DD's OCC/conquest challenge

[Deity Dude]

The other day I was playing an OCC game when I had to leave for a few minutes. MY 8 year old son decided to take over for me. When I came back he had built an army and started to take over other cities. It was as if the pacificst city-state governor had gotten overthrown by Adolph Hitler. Anyway, that gave me the idea for a new challenge:

What is the longest someone can go with 1 city and still win the game by conquest.

I was using this file when we played but I suppose any would do.

[samson]

What is the longest someone can go with 1 city and still win the game by conquest.

Oftentimes I have played a game as OCC right up till the spaceship has been launched and then switched to conquest mode, attempting to take over the world before arrival at AC. I call this a 'biathlon'. If it's a 15-1-1-1-1-1 ship, there are 36 turns for world conquest ... usually that's plenty of time.

[Messer Niccolò]

.... biathlon!!!!

oh my...

[rah]

Sampson, yes, I've done that too.

[Deity Dude]

Samson/RAH

Thats similiar to what I was talking about but not quite the same.

I'm wondering if someoncan stay with 1 city til say 2010 then win by conquest before 2020. If so, can someone wait until 2011 etc, etc, etc.

[samson]

DD,

It's entirely possible to conquer the world without ever building or occupying a second city. You just need to reduce all other cities to size1, by pounding or poisoning, before overrunning them. I should think this could be done by the early 1900s with a good OCC starting location. I'm not sure I see the reason for waiting until 2019 to crush the last city though.

In fact, I'd wager a body could conquer the world with a single city that never grew past size1 itself, if he was to put his mind to it.


Rah,

Last time I played conquer-the-world-after-launch, I was down to one AI city the turn before AC arrival. I nuked the city and dropped a paratrooper (at maximum range) on a road to it. He ran out of movement points just outside the city. Arrrghhhh.

[Deity Dude]

Originally posted by samson
DD,

It's entirely possible to conquer the world without ever building or occupying a second city. You just need to reduce all other cities to size1, by pounding or poisoning, before overrunning them. I should think this could be done by the early 1900s with a good OCC starting location. I'm not sure I see the reason for waiting until 2019 to crush the last city though.

I guess you are right if you go about it that way. I was thinking more of the situation I outlined in the beginning. (i.e. you are a total pacifist until you decide to take over the world)

[Caesar the Great]

Originally posted by samson

I was down to one AI city the turn before AC arrival. I nuked the city and dropped a paratrooper (at maximum range) on a road to it. He ran out of movement points just outside the city. Arrrghhhh.

...the story of my life...