Adv32: ZPV fails to prepare...

[ZPVCSPLFUIFDPEF]

Well, I settled 1N just the same as everyone else.

After this I really wanted two spots, one next to Gandhi, one next to Pericles, so I rapidly built two Settlers, first, taking the Gandhi spot, then near Pericles:




I built one further city in the south, near the Gems, and built the Oracle in 1200BC to take CoL:



At this stage I took a break to look at the scoring system.

I was unlikely to found many corporations by 1AD or win by Cultural Domination, so I decided to take a risk, and go for a BC UN victory.

My plan has 4 stages:
1. Build the Pyramids in Rome
2. Pop a GE, not a GP from Rome.
3. Build the UN, using the GE to do most of it.
4. Generally suck up to everyone and convert as many people as possible to the major religion (Hindu)

I also teched to Music for the free Great Artist to build Civ. Jewellers

Stages 1 and 2 completed without a hitch, and stage 3 happened in 125 BC, completing the UN in 100BC (t111):



I was voted in immediately:



At this point, I thought the game was in the bag, as victory votes happen on turns which are multiples of 4, right? Riiight?

*Presses enter*

Nothing happens.

*Presses enter again*

Still nothing happens.

*Presses enter twice more*

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
1AD is here.

The vote comes at 50AD, and I have just gotten Civil Service:



The Settler is there to found a city to be liberated for Diplomatic bonuses. I have already given a city to Pericles (the global pariah) this way to ensure he is my opponent.

In my haste/:mad: I forgot to gift around CS, so I did not win the vote:



I immediately corrected the situation by gifting CS to everyone, and, 6 turns later, in 225 AD (t124),



Scoring:

At 1AD I had founded Civilised Jewellers for 100 points, and its presence in the founding city (the one near Pericles) nets me a further 10 points.

For the 1500 AD scoring date, I have spread the corporation to two more cities, and my four cities are all at or above size 10 so
50 + 3x2 + 4x3

For the end scoring date, I get
3x1 + 4x2 - 124



So that makes

110
+ 68
- 113
= 65 points :neenernee