012 - 05 - Game Notes
Brett Paufler
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Game Play Settings
For 5A, 5B, 5C, & 5D


Bat Mod 4.1
Single Player
Custom

Playing As: Willem van Oranje
Monarch

Custom Continents
    One per Team
    Cylindrical
    Balanced Resources

Standard Size
Temperate
Medium
Ancient
Normal Speed

Indian
Aztec
+ 4 other random opponents
{The pre-selection Indian & Aztec likely fell off after the first reload or two}

No barbarians
All Victory Conditions

Regenerate Map 13 times
    Pick Favourite

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I was expecting to land a continent all to myself, but that is not what I am getting.

I have restarted thrice:
    A: First time, I started on a nice inland lake, but encountered Shaka, so I reloaded, as I wished to play an isolated start.
    B: Second time, I started on a nice grassland peninsula with some pigs, but as I encounter Wang Kon of Korea, I restarted again.
    C: The third time is the charm, as I got Mansu with gold and floodplains
        More importantly, I isolated him with a wall of cities
        This is the keeper!
        Or would have been, but I over expanded and killed my economy

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Restarting with the same options, but switching to 6 continents, since wasn't getting results I wanted anyhow

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005 - C

10 cities
24 units
275AD
It's too much!
My economy cannot support it!

Likely rather than building The Great Wall, it would have been better to snag the five best building sites.

In another 25 turns, I'd be back to 50%... or so, I am guessing.

But, nope.
I'm not going to try.
It's a lost cause.
So, I'm restarting.

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005 - D

2018-02-13
Orange 005

I got an isolated start.  But more importantly, I did not mess up the rex... too terribly bad.

{The following numbers Refer to Game Saves
But not all of these saves are included in the download zip, as I've been tending to only include the Start & Finish.  Thus, they are best viewed as sequential strategic comments made during play.}

SAVE 01: Start, two cows, not too bad
SAVE 02: I rex'd to 50% research gold, at 1150AD.  I still have three cities to go. on the fill out, but these are minor ones
SAVE 03: I built the Pyramids in 325AD.  I have decided to start pumping out the Wonders and put growth in the capital on the back burner.
SAVE 04: Met Mansu right before I discovered optics.  He's just across the ocean.  He does not have optics, but looks to have a several thousand research point lead.  We'll see if he can keep that up.

This marks the end of the first day of play 3.5 hours or so.

Future Planning
1: I'm going to release the caravels to the wind (on computer controlled explore) with Amsterdam pumping them out for a bit... five to ten total, other cities perhaps joining in.
2: I feel weak, so I need to build up a military, as I do not have a standing army at the moment.  Mansu will likely make demands... so expansion is perhaps premature.  Then again, how will he back up his threats?
3: I do not know my tech path from here.  I am sort of backfilling at the moment.
4: My cities seem pretty solid... and I feel like I have a better handle on the need for farms (to fill a city out to maximum size and work every square).

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2018-02-14
End of Day

I stopped after two more hours of play the next day.

Once again, my economy was in the toilet.

So, it's the end of this game.

I am going to try Incan next.
Build
    Pyramids
    Colossus
And see how it goes.
I am hoping for an isolated start.

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(c) Brett Paufler
2018-02-18