I will have a more detailed report up, once I have access to all my screenshots.
Summary: I only had two afternoons to play that game, which meant rushing through a lot. In the spirit of the game I never attempted any open borders or other trades with Alex. And we quickly became enemies with different religions and Alex trying to settle on my northern territories. My scouting to the east came very late and so I settled the poor spot on the south island to grab iron in 355BC (IIRC). After fighting off some invasions from Alex I retaliated by capturing Corinth pretty early (905AD) and never gave it up again. Alex and me fought a few wars, in which he managed to always pillage all the fish nets. He also landed respectable invasion forces on various islands and locations. Being behind in tech, fighting them off was bloody and inflicetd heavy losses. Alex also managed to capture the Egypt settlement on the Astronomy island to the east.
I had to wait for infantry, a sizable navy to protect my transports and an air force before I turned the tide. Invading all greek colonies and bombing Greek mainlands ensured me domination victory in 1969AD.
It was a fun game despite rushing through it in less than 6 hours with lots of warfaring in it. Alex did not behave very stupid, but then I never employed any "unconventional" strategies.
Summary: I only had two afternoons to play that game, which meant rushing through a lot. In the spirit of the game I never attempted any open borders or other trades with Alex. And we quickly became enemies with different religions and Alex trying to settle on my northern territories. My scouting to the east came very late and so I settled the poor spot on the south island to grab iron in 355BC (IIRC). After fighting off some invasions from Alex I retaliated by capturing Corinth pretty early (905AD) and never gave it up again. Alex and me fought a few wars, in which he managed to always pillage all the fish nets. He also landed respectable invasion forces on various islands and locations. Being behind in tech, fighting them off was bloody and inflicetd heavy losses. Alex also managed to capture the Egypt settlement on the Astronomy island to the east.
I had to wait for infantry, a sizable navy to protect my transports and an air force before I turned the tide. Invading all greek colonies and bombing Greek mainlands ensured me domination victory in 1969AD.
It was a fun game despite rushing through it in less than 6 hours with lots of warfaring in it. Alex did not behave very stupid, but then I never employed any "unconventional" strategies.
"You have been struck down!" - Tales of Dwarf Fortress
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"moby_harmless seeks thee not. It is thou, thou, that madly seekest him!"
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"moby_harmless seeks thee not. It is thou, thou, that madly seekest him!"