I stopped playing around 1550 AD, at which time it was playing too slow to continue. However, I am rather proud of my acheivments and believe I could have won (the game was far from decided, but my situation wasn't hopeless).
The situation in 1550AD (from the worldbuilder):
-India and China where at peace, but hated each other.
-India had two cities on my continent. They had zero improvements, but where defended by SAM INFANTRY!!! Gandi was a monster, and had virtually every world wonder...
-I had 10 cities, and four settlers ready to settle in good terrain ( as in bonus food and lots of grassland river) as soon as the workers were available to mow down the jungle.
-Barbs where assaulting me with horse archers, macemen, longbows, but their attacks were manageable.
-I had not met France or Spain. Spain, for some obscure reason, had three completely undeveloped cities.
-Techwise, I was on par with the barbs
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-Interesting observation: My fish where never pillaged, despite having a barb galley sitting just outside the border.
-It was very difficult to protect the improvements of border cities; barbs would happily walk past three of four defended tiles to pillage a tile behind the lines. It seemed pretty random though, with regards to what they chose to attack.
The situation in 1550AD (from the worldbuilder):
-India and China where at peace, but hated each other.
-India had two cities on my continent. They had zero improvements, but where defended by SAM INFANTRY!!! Gandi was a monster, and had virtually every world wonder...
-I had 10 cities, and four settlers ready to settle in good terrain ( as in bonus food and lots of grassland river) as soon as the workers were available to mow down the jungle.
-Barbs where assaulting me with horse archers, macemen, longbows, but their attacks were manageable.
-I had not met France or Spain. Spain, for some obscure reason, had three completely undeveloped cities.
-Techwise, I was on par with the barbs
.-Interesting observation: My fish where never pillaged, despite having a barb galley sitting just outside the border.
-It was very difficult to protect the improvements of border cities; barbs would happily walk past three of four defended tiles to pillage a tile behind the lines. It seemed pretty random though, with regards to what they chose to attack.