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Civ III Conquest I: Mesopotamia
Civilization: Sumerians
Leader: Gilgamesh
Victory conditions:
Other civilizations: Egypt, Mycenae, Babylon, Media, Phoenicia, Hittites.
Brief overview: In the early game, I encountered the Babylonians and exchanged starting technologies with them. Shortly after, I attacked them, not least because of the unique unit's abilities. The Enkidu Warrior replaces the starting warrior and is equally good in attack and defense. Of course, it would become outdated later on, so I wanted to take advantage of this as soon as possible, plus I don't like having powerful neighbors.
I captured Babylon (the capital) without any problems; the civilization entered a Golden Age, and I signed a peace treaty:
From my side: nothing
From the Babylonian side: technology (1)
After that, I met the Medes and almost immediately attacked them, taking advantage of the moment (after the battles with the Babylonians, the army remained more than capable). I captured and burned cities, and subsequently signed another peace treaty:
From my side: nothing
From the Median side: technology (2), a city, contact with the Hittites.
I met the Egyptians and exchanged irrigation secrets for sailing (naval).
Again, I attacked Babylon. Why? Military advisor, please explain:
Again, I burned and captured, and again agreed to peace in exchange for their technologies (2), a city, and some gold (19).
A few turns later, the Hittites demanded secret stonemasonry techniques from me, but I refused. As a result, they declared war on me, while I built the Temple of Artemis in my capital. I decided to deal with the Hittites by establishing embassies in the capitals of all other states and convincing everyone who was less developed than me to fight on my side (using those same technologies and money). The only one I couldn't convince was Egypt; they were probably already stronger than me at that point. While enemy troops were occupied by allied soldiers, I attacked poorly defended towns and destroyed them. At the same time, Egypt demanded tribute from me, and I paid it. The amount was very symbolic, and I didn't want to get involved with them at that moment.
Towards the end, they still attacked me, which led to a major conflict between the two strongest states in Mesopotamia, but by that time the game had already ended based on points.
Result: ✓
Enjoyment: ★★★★★
Difficulty: ★★★★★
Summary: time spent, culture (the huge difference is due to building the Temple of Artemis, which spawned free cultural buildings in each city), top 5 cities and demographics, power, score
P.S. I play on Monarch – as in many other games, I prefer a middle ground. Playing on too easy difficulties becomes excessively boring due to the complete lack of challenge, and sweating on extremely high difficulties isn't appealing if increasing the difficulty level only involves giving the AI some advantages (free units, resources, etc.).
Also, I never load saves except to resume the game (this applies to almost all games where there is a possibility of negative consequences from actions).
Civilization: Sumerians
Leader: Gilgamesh
Victory conditions:
Other civilizations: Egypt, Mycenae, Babylon, Media, Phoenicia, Hittites.
Brief overview: In the early game, I encountered the Babylonians and exchanged starting technologies with them. Shortly after, I attacked them, not least because of the unique unit's abilities. The Enkidu Warrior replaces the starting warrior and is equally good in attack and defense. Of course, it would become outdated later on, so I wanted to take advantage of this as soon as possible, plus I don't like having powerful neighbors.
I captured Babylon (the capital) without any problems; the civilization entered a Golden Age, and I signed a peace treaty:
From my side: nothing
From the Babylonian side: technology (1)
After that, I met the Medes and almost immediately attacked them, taking advantage of the moment (after the battles with the Babylonians, the army remained more than capable). I captured and burned cities, and subsequently signed another peace treaty:
From my side: nothing
From the Median side: technology (2), a city, contact with the Hittites.
I met the Egyptians and exchanged irrigation secrets for sailing (naval).
Again, I attacked Babylon. Why? Military advisor, please explain:
Again, I burned and captured, and again agreed to peace in exchange for their technologies (2), a city, and some gold (19).
A few turns later, the Hittites demanded secret stonemasonry techniques from me, but I refused. As a result, they declared war on me, while I built the Temple of Artemis in my capital. I decided to deal with the Hittites by establishing embassies in the capitals of all other states and convincing everyone who was less developed than me to fight on my side (using those same technologies and money). The only one I couldn't convince was Egypt; they were probably already stronger than me at that point. While enemy troops were occupied by allied soldiers, I attacked poorly defended towns and destroyed them. At the same time, Egypt demanded tribute from me, and I paid it. The amount was very symbolic, and I didn't want to get involved with them at that moment.
Towards the end, they still attacked me, which led to a major conflict between the two strongest states in Mesopotamia, but by that time the game had already ended based on points.
Result: ✓
Enjoyment: ★★★★★
Difficulty: ★★★★★
Summary: time spent, culture (the huge difference is due to building the Temple of Artemis, which spawned free cultural buildings in each city), top 5 cities and demographics, power, score
P.S. I play on Monarch – as in many other games, I prefer a middle ground. Playing on too easy difficulties becomes excessively boring due to the complete lack of challenge, and sweating on extremely high difficulties isn't appealing if increasing the difficulty level only involves giving the AI some advantages (free units, resources, etc.).
Also, I never load saves except to resume the game (this applies to almost all games where there is a possibility of negative consequences from actions).