I want a cultural win!

[Lilith]

I really want to win culturally but I can't seem to do it. I have tried building all the cultural buildings as soon as they come available and as many early wonders as possible but it doesn't seem to work. I always end up having to win by space race or diplomacy. I play on Regent about 80% of the time and Monarch 20%. Any suggestions or tips? I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong...

Lilith

[Jaybe]

I have just passed 100,000 Culture points in a Regent/Large Map game in the 1930's, but it seems that 2 or 3 other (remaining) civs have at least half of my culture rating. I am leaning towards destroying their capitals and major cities so they do not generate any MORE culture.

The whole problem is that I really dislike the idea of lowering myself to their government forms (e.g, communism) to wage an offensive war again.

[Master Marcus]

In order to win culturally at Civ III, you must not only build all the facilities required ( Temple-Library-University-Cathedral-Colosseum-Research lab- +some great wonders at Regent, a few at Monarch+) , but also conquer some AI territory because of the doubled culture points needed next to the closest AI. At Regent I achieved that in the 1900's, and so far my only 2 cultural wins at Monarch were close before Rank victory: 2041 and 2049!!! Civ III is a wargame, culture is a facade. You must conquer at least twice(more like x2.5) the territory you have colonized peacefully, ( let's say something like 45-50% of an average map and 25% of a huge like I usually manage near the end) AND weakening the strongest AI culture. In short, be a warmonger and build units between facilities rushbuilds. Don't stay in Communism too long; reswitch to Democracy after being involved in a world war.

[Qilue]

The other way to get a cultural victory is to get one city's cultural value to 20,000.

I've done this once with the English where I built every wonder possible (great and small) in my capital and won a cultural victory in 1962. The only one I missed was the Oracle and I had to use a few great leaders (provided generously by an overly aggressive Tokugawa) when other civs were building them.

[Lilith]

Okay, great, thank you for the answers, I didn't realize I would have to be so aggressive to win culturally. Guess I'll start building some offensive units