Adv 24 - playshogi builds 33.

[playshogi]

I've put off writing this report too long and now reporting day is here. The skinny is this: I built 33 out of 34 wonders, missing Chichen Itza. Ironically, I finished this game just before I went on vacation to Cancun, just about 100 miles away from Chichen Itza! Basically, I took Metal Casting with the Oracle, instead of my usual Code of Laws, because I had forgotten there was a wonder with CoL. No surprise, because I've never built Chichen Itza. By the time I realized my mistake, it was too late.

I think my whole game hinged on a lucky break that I got with my exploring chariot.



The barbs have built Khazak on an absolutely stupendous site and the AI had conveniently attacked it just as my wandering chariot arrived. As you can see, I have 82% chance of defeating the wounded barb archer and capturing the city. Needless to say, capturing this city made my game pretty easy. I won a cultural victory in 1925 and never fought any wars.

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[Dawn]

Having that city location seems to have been a key spot for most everyone. I missed out on it as my exploring warrior got himself eaten and therefore my exploration was delayed centuries. By the time I got there Mansa had built one of his soon-to-be Legendary cities blocking that site.