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Rym vs Scott: Civilization V
Game 1 went to Rym.
Game 2 is in progress. With commentary.
Scott: China
Rym: Egypt
Pangea Map
2 Civilizations
4 City States
Game 2 is in progress. With commentary.
Scott: China
Rym: Egypt
Pangea Map
2 Civilizations
4 City States
Post edited by Rym on
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I'm surprised at how few of my units you could see. I wasn't trying to position them to hide them, it just worked out that way.
I'm also surprised you didn't even know how to make a Parthenon. I could have made it any time. I guess it was better that I didn't, since I didn't need it. I used those turns to build two awesome military units instead.
Just do everything it asks you to do on your turn, and then push next turn as quickly as possible. Always build all the buildings you can in every city. Don't do any military or anything because it's annoying to micromanage bullshit. YOu don't have to manage buildings. They just do their thing. Only think about what to do this turn.
How to win at Civ 5:
Read all the nonsense. Pay attention to everything. Look at every menu. Learn all the rules. Only build things that will actually do something for you. Plan far in advance.
Example: Did you know that marble gives a huge boost to production of classical wonders? If you start near even a single marble resource on the map, you have to change your entire game plan to take advantage of that and build some wonders. There are a whole bunch of other rules just like this rule that you have to pay attention to.
Civ V is just a really complex board game. If you play one turn at a time so you can really think about each and every turn and spend the time to pay attention to all the details, then you can mange it.
If you haven't, you should try playing with the turn timer on—outside of GMR. The timer scales as you play the game (less time in early game and more as you advance in eras and have more stuff to manage). That will really test your knowledge and your ability to adapt.
Happiness is at +2. Conquering obviously brought it down, but I built a Chichen Itza, no problem. Also, my production level is insane. Workshops in both my cities, plus ironworks in the capital. Egypt doesn't know what a workshop is.
Losing science? I have the great library, national college, and you can see my Academy on the map. Egypt doesn't even know how to make pikes.
Long live Wu Zetian.
I kid, I kid.
Seriously though, I think I've repeated the same mistake with a friend over GMR right now. I thought he'd be chump change so I was experimenting with a Petra rush and he's not having any of it. My only hope is to defend myself long enough to start seeing some semblance of payoff from the sunk costs in production.
I'm trying to convince Scott to record his own, and give them to me later. Then the series can show both sides.
Really, you can't see my shit because of the fog of war. For example, that catapult that died in the citadel was meant just to draw Rym's attention. I knew from the previous war that he seemed to always attack the catapults first. I had another one immediately go into the citadel on the next turn. Meanwhile, my goal here is to destroy all his military units before concentrating on the city itself. Also both my cities are spitting out even more units. My capital has had an Ironworks for quite awhile by this point.