Adv. 9-Atlas

[Atlas]

Space Victory 1973- Only Hatty did not see the Finish. In game score of 4929, Abe Lincoln rating and score of 13840.


Adventure 9 Stagnation- Save the Spanish Empire from Financial Ruin.

So I change research to Alphabet (it was either that or head from BW), but I figure if I don't already have bronze then I can't afford to settle for it anyway and the best thing to do is to try and get some trading going so I can at least stay caught up tech wise till I can get some cities up to size six to get some workers out. I reconfigure all cities for max pop. growth and set a priest specialist in Madrid (the one city with a temple).

275-Lizzy asks for me to convert to Judaism I agree.

300-Hatty asks me to cancel my deals with Saladin I also agree. Saladin is a difficult to appease and work with, Lizyy and Hatty are much better for allies. Workers are now being built in 3 cities. Yeah!!!

660- The Great Cottaging and lighthousing is well under way 20% reseach Yeah!!!. Cordoba (with the Pig and Corn) is now gonna churn out all of my workers.

760- St. Peter born in Madrid offers Monotheism, but I will trade for that and then burn him on something better.

920AD-My first tech-Alphabet comes in. I trade it to Qin for Math and 40gold. And then to Lizzy for Monotheism, Mining and 24 gold. Research is now set to Bronze Working. I burn St. Peter on Theology.

940- Hatty gets Theology for BW and CoL.

960- I parlay Theology around some more for Iron Working, Horseback riding, Currency (+8gpt), and Metal Casting. I am currently researching Drama (the AIs ignore it a good bit). There is plenty of Iron and Copper too. Gonna be whipping some courthouses here shortly too.

1000-I finally meet Mansa.

1280-Score the HG for me.


1470-I miss Liberalism by 2 turns!!!!!!

1565- I demand Hatty give 200 in tribute, she does, now I declare war on her. This will be the first war of the whole game. The long border with Hatty will make this a bit difficult, but that can be managed, I really like that dye city, I think it should be mine. The first wave is Conquistadors, cats, and musketmen. I am tech away to Rifling.





1730-I now control Thebes(Buddhist shrine city) and now we have A war declaration, of course on me, by JC.

1795- Starting Session 2. The war againist Egypt is going slowly, but is almost finished, then I will sue for peace with JC and develope the new lands. I really want to win this by Space since the scenario sort of makes that the most difficult vic. type.

1800- I make peace with Hatty, she is now relagated to that island directly south of the Pangea land mass. I will fix that soon as I get some Galleon out, the war put me behind in tech, but that will be fixed to.

1802-Peace with JC

1864- Finally I have Rocketry, lets see if I can get this Spaceship built, next I am gonna head right to Robotics for the Space elevator.


I don't have any notes, just this pic.
1908- Saladin offers a defensive pact. I accept, why not?

1923-Saladin completes an SS Casing-the first message of the space race. My Apollo completes in 2 turns!

1942- Seville starts the Space Elevator due in 12, it is my ironworks city. I have all the casings built, but Saladin is still up a few thrusters on me.

1944-I burn a great engineer on the elevator for 900 shields, now due in 5 turns.

1946 Satellites come in.

1949 Seville finishs the Space Elevator. Good thing that I got it as everybody is finishing spaceship parts now. I currently have the most land and pop. Saladin and I both have all the Casings, but Saladin has the three thrusters too, mine are currenly in the works.

1956- I am now up the docking bay and dead even on everything else.

1959- The golden age begins!! This year there was a UN vote, Saladin and I are the candidates, I don't think either of us can win the vote.

1960- Saladin is Sec. Gen, with 365 of 330 required. He got Qin and JC, I got Lizzy with MM abstaining.

1965 The internet completes in Seville. Netting Fascism, Communism, Flight, Mass Media, Ecology.


1966- Internet gets me composites this turn and Genetics research finishs, last part should be due in 7-10 turns.

1967 Diplo Victory comes up, gonna be real disappointing if Saladin wins.

1973- I win








All in all a pretty regular game, I normally end up tanking my economy in a war or something very much the way the game started so I had some experince in recovering from it. In fact right when I eventually got the tech lead I tanked my economy again when I assimiliated the Egyptian lands.

[Iustus]

Nice game!

I noticed you did not get Alphabet until 920 AD.

I wonder if I was just a bit unlucky or if I did something critically wrong to get a war declared on me at 760 AD, 5 turns before I finished Alphabet.

-Iustus