Hi,
I like the challenge of digging myself out of a deep hole, so I decided to play this Adventure. The AIs started with a huge tech lead, but had to build their empire the same as I had to, so out-expanding them would be key. In fact, I wasn't so sure if the tech lead would help the AIs, or hamper them - more build options, especially wonders, might actually distract them...
I quickly expanded, but was careful not to directly share a border with Shaka even if I could have done so, wanting to avoid a declaration of war from him. It worked - he declared on Mansa instead, and several bribes led to multiple wars between Shaka, Mansa and Cathy.
In the meantime, I teched like mad, beelined to techs the AIs tend to avoid (CS, Paper, ...) and managed to trade a lot with AIs from all continents. In 800-something, I was the first to Liberalism, with no AI having even Education yet.
By 1000AD I had a huge tech lead, and realized that by now the game had turned into a normal, non-variant game, which I had enough in my CIV career. I retired, as I didn't see what the AI could have done to stop me from winning. An easy option for me to win would have been building and drafting lots of riflemen, but I think even a space race would have been no problem.
-Kylearan
I like the challenge of digging myself out of a deep hole, so I decided to play this Adventure. The AIs started with a huge tech lead, but had to build their empire the same as I had to, so out-expanding them would be key. In fact, I wasn't so sure if the tech lead would help the AIs, or hamper them - more build options, especially wonders, might actually distract them...
I quickly expanded, but was careful not to directly share a border with Shaka even if I could have done so, wanting to avoid a declaration of war from him. It worked - he declared on Mansa instead, and several bribes led to multiple wars between Shaka, Mansa and Cathy.
In the meantime, I teched like mad, beelined to techs the AIs tend to avoid (CS, Paper, ...) and managed to trade a lot with AIs from all continents. In 800-something, I was the first to Liberalism, with no AI having even Education yet.
By 1000AD I had a huge tech lead, and realized that by now the game had turned into a normal, non-variant game, which I had enough in my CIV career. I retired, as I didn't see what the AI could have done to stop me from winning. An easy option for me to win would have been building and drafting lots of riflemen, but I think even a space race would have been no problem.
-Kylearan
There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, "This is new, and therefore better." - John Brunner, The Shockwave Rider