Spoiler Thread for AU 203

[Jawa Jocky]

Here is 500 A.D. a little after my war with China. My expansion is now over, and I have the GL. However I don't have an FP even started and I just now got the techs to change governments.

[Nor Me]

The German Empire 780AD

Not being able to finish off riders and cavalry on 1hp 1 square into their newly aquired territory can be quite limiting. It may be some time before I can sign another Military Alliance.
It's odd that the Chinese, who are razing cities, actually wanted Salzberg as it is clearly the most likely to flip.
In many ways it is worse just to have 1 superpower.

[Nor Me]

I've been doing some building with 5 cities for 500 years. It's not impossible for me to win from this position. It largely depends on whether the Chinese can really win by domination.
So far, they're doing well. The English and Aztecs were quickly eliminated. Even Persia only lasted 10 turns.
Of course they might switch to communism and just lose.

[ZargonX]

I'm fairly far along in my game right now, (1500's AD), and things are stable, though not great. China controls most of the world, having taken out the English, Romans, and Aztecs. Persia is also very large, and is currently removing the Russians from the surface of the world. I have been attacked by the Chinese on two separate occasions, but managed to hold them back thanks to a wall of forts and musketeers along my Western chokepoint. A few culture-flippped cities from the Russians also expanded my Eastern holdings, though I am still the smallest land in the world by far. I have fallen far behind in techs, about 4 or 5 behind China and Persia. My only plan now is to try and hang on until the industrial ages, and then wait for the inevitable clash between Persia and China to start my Communistic war machine. I'll post some pictures shortly...

[trickey]

Bad news...

The Aztecs just declared war on China. China will just swallow them up and keep on moving

Even worse news: Babylon just declared war on me. They are the 3rd place civ (just ahead of me, just behind Persia)

My relations have been great with China. They have never attacked me. Probably because I have been trading them a few luxeries for gpt.

[trickey]

Im really in trouble now.

China, the huge dominating force in the world, asks for my asistance in the war vs. the Aztecs.

"Uhh, ok, but i will need Astronomy in order to help you punish them"

So I have a RoP and a alliance with China vs. The aztecs.

Then Babylon and Rome sing a alliance against me.

I have just established a Democracy. Im running 0% science and have one scientist reserching Gunpowder.

Btw, China is "Gracious" twords my "puny Civilization"

[BRC]

Nor Me: Persia got wiped out?? That wasn't supposed to happen. Your game seems to be the only case where that happened though.

[Nor Me]

OK. I've got communism. Any ideas?

[ZargonX]

Originally posted by Nor Me
OK. I've got communism. Any ideas?

Cry?



Better learn to make won-tons to welcome your new Chinese overlords...

[BigDork]

Originally posted by ZargonX
Better learn to make won-tons to welcome your new Chinese overlords...

I'd have to agree. That doesn't look to promising.

BigD

[jshelr]

I don't believe I've ever heard of the AI getting a domination win. You have to defend the human race. We are all behind you.

[ducki]

Funny note...
I saw Rome's starting point here before actually seeing it in-game, so I was extremely shocked in the early game to get a message telling me Rome Has Built the Colossus. And he has a second city, Veii, to the North.

[BRC]

OK. I've got communism. Any ideas?

I'm really sorry.

[Action]

I think Nor Me's Chinese just got lucky.

In my game the Chinese Babylonians and Persians were about equally dominant. The Aztecs maintained a large primitive empire but were eventually carved up between the Chinese and Persians. The English Romans and Russians were subjugated. This has made it really easy to keep up in tech by trading with the top three powers. Additionally, once I got communism it was easy to get the other two into a war with Persia (#1 at the time) and wipe them out while keeping everyone in communism.

Currently persia is dead and all I have to do is team up with the Babs to wipe out China then finish off the Babs. Should be pretty easy. So yeah, I'd say it's real bad luck if one civ dominates the map before you get communism.

[ducki]

Is that also at Monarch, Action? (just to see how the different levels compare)