I will probably play a Shadow Game for this one.
I played a bad game this time around.
Kongo ended up with 16/54 tourists whilst I was at 4/154 when the game ended.
Kongo totally run away with culture in that game and I screwed up the early wonders badly, investing too much into military when barbarian horseman and Egypt distracted me. Toulouse, my desert city although building the Terracotta Army and Alhambra proved too much of a distraction.
And I think that a HUGE mistake was not to go for Stonehenge for the early religion (especially triple tourism relics)!
Ah well, more luck next time. I handed in my resignation on turn 176!
France,
Only Wonders and chateuas.
Turn 1
Settle in place, Mining and a Scout
Turn 9
Goodie hut boosts Mysticism, Scount done, worker next.
Turn 10
Cleo finds me.
Turn 11
Finding Yerevan to the northwest first, boosts Faith
Turn 14
Finding BA AS first boosts production
Turn 15
Code of Laws, I can skip the faith card thanks to yerevan
Turn 17
Bad luck with finding Honk Kong as a second, cleos scout skipped by. What a Tundra City.
Turn 18
Archery is boosted.
I am going for Masonry next as to use the desert for a good builder game boost wonder, the Pyramids.
Turn 19
Pantheon comes up. In this game? Monument to the Gods.
Turn 20
Cleo denounces us, worker boosts Masonry, a 2nd scout will be churned out to help explore.
Turn 23
One turn before my scout finishes, I get a goodie hut scout.
One Slinger for safety, maybe a warrior then Pyramids and Settler.
Turn 24
No muments makes getting tiles difficult, probably have to work with money on getting those.
After considerable deliberation I will churn out a quick settler.
Turn 31
I find China and a goodie hut boosts Early Empire and Mil Tradition making my endeavodours much easier.
Turn 37
I settle Toulouse smack in the middle of the desert angering Cleo and I apologize. Maybe I manage to snack a good Petra there.
Turn 42
Another builder begins to chop to get the Pyramids in Paris.
Turn 44
DOW by Cleo and Harald.
Expected, although I am vastly unprepared. Time to buy units.
Turn 50
With some dancing, a barbarian and a lost scout and the bought warrior, I defend Toulouse whilst building the Pyramids, even whilst quick chopping a 2nd warrior out of Paris. Yay.
Now China hates me, but I doubt in this variant we would have become friends.
I now consider how I continue, I think Oracle would benefit me a lot in this game, so I aim for it next, and I will try to get 2-3 more cities out.
I also look at Egypt´s capital VERY hard. -4 points is nothing compared to a quicker game finish.
Turn 56
My first envoy goes to Hongkong, barbarian horseman show up. Sigh..
Turn 65
Cleo offers me peace for 218 gold.
I will take it, it boosts me a bit, war is a distraction, I need those early wonders and I think no conquest is in the spirit of Sulllas game.
Turn 67
Settler delayed, Oracle started. -1 gold on maintenance.
back into Builder mode.
3 Archers, 2 warriors and one spearman should keep those barbarians and Norway out.
Turn 76
I buy a 2nd spearman just got an envoy with Lisbon before
Turn 77
I hit the Classical Age, taking Autocracy! which I have never! taken before.
Turn 79
Toulouse starts and encampment as I will probably border Egypt for the rest of the game.
Turn 80
TWO DAMN turns before I can, QIN build the Oracle.
Damn YOU!
After a cooling period of 2 minutes and the realisation that I would have restarted or reloaded this if it not were an EPIC I soldier on.
Turn 87
Hanging Gardens, phew who needs you. I build them in Paris and sob to myself.
Turn 90
Cleo and me become friends. Yeah, you cost me the Oracle..
Turn 94
2nd settler
Turn 99
3rd settler
Turn 102
Cleo builds Petra...
Turb 104
I get an enovy in Mohen Daro as I build my encapment, it was the quest of another city state, I need it for protection and production, nothing I could do.
Turn 107
Settler #4
Turn 112
No trade route to Akhetan possible as they got a theatre district.
Turn 120
I meed a Kongo conquered Seoul
Turn 128
La Rochelle, my colony to the west is founded.
Turn 149
I do not know if it was on purpose but with Kongo around this challenege is insane.
Kongo has 4/49 tourists
whilst I have 0/108.
Will be interesting to see if someone manages to do this quickly, because I sure won´t.
Turn 154
I build the Terracotta army after an eternity, my third wonder.
Turn 159
Kongo enters the Modern Era, whilst I struggle into the Renaissance.
No war coupled with no culture makes for slow progress.
Turn 164
Building the Colloseum.
After looking at the score and Kongo´s tech I nearly gave up right here.
Turn 166
Alhambra is built, maybe Toulouse might still have been worth it.
Turn 168
Friendship with Rome and Egypt and now an alliance with Egypt.
Well, that is new.
Turn 176
Exploration finishes, The Great Lighthouse finishes.
I should have gone religion.
I played a bad game this time around.
Kongo ended up with 16/54 tourists whilst I was at 4/154 when the game ended.
Kongo totally run away with culture in that game and I screwed up the early wonders badly, investing too much into military when barbarian horseman and Egypt distracted me. Toulouse, my desert city although building the Terracotta Army and Alhambra proved too much of a distraction.
And I think that a HUGE mistake was not to go for Stonehenge for the early religion (especially triple tourism relics)!
Ah well, more luck next time. I handed in my resignation on turn 176!
France,
Only Wonders and chateuas.
Turn 1
Settle in place, Mining and a Scout
Turn 9
Goodie hut boosts Mysticism, Scount done, worker next.
Turn 10
Cleo finds me.
Turn 11
Finding Yerevan to the northwest first, boosts Faith
Turn 14
Finding BA AS first boosts production
Turn 15
Code of Laws, I can skip the faith card thanks to yerevan
Turn 17
Bad luck with finding Honk Kong as a second, cleos scout skipped by. What a Tundra City.
Turn 18
Archery is boosted.
I am going for Masonry next as to use the desert for a good builder game boost wonder, the Pyramids.
Turn 19
Pantheon comes up. In this game? Monument to the Gods.
Turn 20
Cleo denounces us, worker boosts Masonry, a 2nd scout will be churned out to help explore.
Turn 23
One turn before my scout finishes, I get a goodie hut scout.
One Slinger for safety, maybe a warrior then Pyramids and Settler.
Turn 24
No muments makes getting tiles difficult, probably have to work with money on getting those.
After considerable deliberation I will churn out a quick settler.
Turn 31
I find China and a goodie hut boosts Early Empire and Mil Tradition making my endeavodours much easier.
Turn 37
I settle Toulouse smack in the middle of the desert angering Cleo and I apologize. Maybe I manage to snack a good Petra there.
Turn 42
Another builder begins to chop to get the Pyramids in Paris.
Turn 44
DOW by Cleo and Harald.
Expected, although I am vastly unprepared. Time to buy units.
Turn 50
With some dancing, a barbarian and a lost scout and the bought warrior, I defend Toulouse whilst building the Pyramids, even whilst quick chopping a 2nd warrior out of Paris. Yay.
Now China hates me, but I doubt in this variant we would have become friends.
I now consider how I continue, I think Oracle would benefit me a lot in this game, so I aim for it next, and I will try to get 2-3 more cities out.
I also look at Egypt´s capital VERY hard. -4 points is nothing compared to a quicker game finish.
Turn 56
My first envoy goes to Hongkong, barbarian horseman show up. Sigh..
Turn 65
Cleo offers me peace for 218 gold.
I will take it, it boosts me a bit, war is a distraction, I need those early wonders and I think no conquest is in the spirit of Sulllas game.
Turn 67
Settler delayed, Oracle started. -1 gold on maintenance.
back into Builder mode.
3 Archers, 2 warriors and one spearman should keep those barbarians and Norway out.
Turn 76
I buy a 2nd spearman just got an envoy with Lisbon before
Turn 77
I hit the Classical Age, taking Autocracy! which I have never! taken before.
Turn 79
Toulouse starts and encampment as I will probably border Egypt for the rest of the game.
Turn 80
TWO DAMN turns before I can, QIN build the Oracle.
Damn YOU!
After a cooling period of 2 minutes and the realisation that I would have restarted or reloaded this if it not were an EPIC I soldier on.
Turn 87
Hanging Gardens, phew who needs you. I build them in Paris and sob to myself.
Turn 90
Cleo and me become friends. Yeah, you cost me the Oracle..
Turn 94
2nd settler
Turn 99
3rd settler
Turn 102
Cleo builds Petra...
Turb 104
I get an enovy in Mohen Daro as I build my encapment, it was the quest of another city state, I need it for protection and production, nothing I could do.
Turn 107
Settler #4
Turn 112
No trade route to Akhetan possible as they got a theatre district.
Turn 120
I meed a Kongo conquered Seoul
Turn 128
La Rochelle, my colony to the west is founded.
Turn 149
I do not know if it was on purpose but with Kongo around this challenege is insane.
Kongo has 4/49 tourists
whilst I have 0/108.
Will be interesting to see if someone manages to do this quickly, because I sure won´t.
Turn 154
I build the Terracotta army after an eternity, my third wonder.
Turn 159
Kongo enters the Modern Era, whilst I struggle into the Renaissance.
No war coupled with no culture makes for slow progress.
Turn 164
Building the Colloseum.
After looking at the score and Kongo´s tech I nearly gave up right here.
Turn 166
Alhambra is built, maybe Toulouse might still have been worth it.
Turn 168
Friendship with Rome and Egypt and now an alliance with Egypt.
Well, that is new.
Turn 176
Exploration finishes, The Great Lighthouse finishes.
I should have gone religion.