AU 103: Island hopping

[alexman]

You are Tourist Tina (sorry guys ) of the English. All you want is a little vacation and relaxation in foreign lands. Unfortunately, you don't know where any of those lands are. Not to worry! Exploration is what tourism is all about. Just pray that the locals speak English, and not Greek or Latin or some other weird language you don't know...

Settings:
AU MOD 1.0
Monarch
Standard
Archipelago
80% Ocean
Normal
Temperate
4 billion
Raging Barbarians (no, not sedimantary, ha, ha)

Tourist Destinations
Rome
Greece
Babylon
America
France

Goals

1. Win the game. Any victory condition will do.
2. Explore. Uncover the entire map as fast as possible.
3. Rule the seas. Build AND use (not necessarily for combat) at least 1 of every naval unit until the win. Build at least 10 Privateers. Gold star for innovative use of MoWs, subs, blockades & interdiction.

And don't forget your sunscreen!

[alexman]

Here's the same map with standard rules.
(pure Civ3 1.29f)

[alexman]

***REMINDER***

Great Lighthouse = Instant Golden Age

Nice dilema... build it fast or wait until you're not a Despot and risk missing it? Hmmm...

[Harovan]

Before anyone starts playing: Lockstep has posted a bug report here, can this still been fixed before we start or should we play this one with the bugs? Alexman?

[Killerdaffy]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
Before anyone starts playing: Lockstep has posted a bug report here, can this still been fixed before we start or should we play this one with the bugs? Alexman?

Seems kind of important in a game based on naval power...

[alexman]

Sorry about that upgrade bug... I'll have a new save up in half an hour.

[Killerdaffy]

Hm, of yourse I couldn't keep my hands off it and started already. On second thought it's not too bad, I'll keep on playing anyway.

[alexman]

Bug fixed. Sorry if you started playing. But I think both you and the AI won't be able to upgrade your ships with the old version. Is that true?

[Killerdaffy]

Originally posted by alexman
Sorry about that upgrade bug... I'll have a new save up in half an hour.

Oh, or are you going to make a complete new game?

[lockstep]

Originally posted by alexman
Bug fixed. Sorry if you started playing. But I think both you and the AI won't be able to upgrade your ships with the old version. Is that true?

AFAIK, yes. Upgrade rules should work the same way for the AI and the human player.

[alexman]

***WARNING***

Did you know that the Colossus, contrary to what it says in the Civilopedia, triggers a GA for commercial civs in addition to expansionist and religious?

Serves me right for never playing the English...

If you're by any chance planning to get all the Wonders in this game, prepare for a despot GA...

[Theseus]

I just logged in with the same warning!! The damn thing is evidently commercial AND expansionist.

btw, alexman, you have a sadistic streak in you!!

But... A Woman Called Intrepid.

[reference to a famous book about Churchill]

[Arrian]

Oh dear. Then again, an early GA may be necessary just to hold our own on this one (dunno, haven't downloaded it yet).

-Arrian

[alexman]

Originally posted by Theseus
btw, alexman, you have a sadistic streak in you!!

More like sadomasochistic (since I am also playing it)
The options were an easy Emperor map or a hard Monarch map. It's not my fault you chose the latter!

I don't get your Intrepid Woman reference, BTW...

Played up to 190 A.D. and Caesar's the top dog! Amazing what building something besides units can do for a warmongerer...

[Theseus]

There's a famous book about the activities of the British Security Coordination group, which was sort of the equivalent of the OSS, in supporting Churchill as he guided England through her darkest hour. It was written by the head of BSC at the time, whose code name was INTREPID. The title is "A Man Called Intrepid."

Anyway, once I figured out the immediate map, I knew that this one's gonna be tough, and that title came to mind.

Game stuff:

Yeah, Rome is top dog for me too... except Tina!!! I got off to a blazing start, especially considering circumstances.

Colossus and Lighthouse... now for my earliest ever intercontinental attack!!

Haven;t found the island yet...