September 14th, 2007, 12:03
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Sorry folks -- I wasn't able to finish the game. I haven't resolved my chewed up CD1 issue yet.
To summarize my part-game: As you know the Maya had a central start. Early in the game, when I had only 3-4 cities, I got Joao ticked at me (religious differences, refusal to give tribute) and he declared war . It was funny because Joao had to march for miles on end just to get to my territory but march he did.
Sitting Bull (southern neighbour) saw an opportunity to kick me in the backside and declared shortly after. A long, indecisive two front war ensued. I didn't lose anything but it hampered my growth quite a bit.
I finally got both sides to agree to peace. At that point I was second from the bottom in score and had some serious economic issues. My next game session was to have me plan a recovery somehow. I'm still used to jumping in the lead early on Noble so I don't know whether I could've turned it around.
My dog decided I wasn't feeding him enough so munched my CD, so it'll be a while longer before I know for sure.