Last time I posted I was trying to press home my technological advantage over the other civilizations by shooting them dead with lead while they came at me with swords and arrows. Well, it worked and I won a domination victory with ease.

Next up, I started as the Mongols and got into a very costly early war with the English. I ended up with the advantage, but the struggle over one of my border cities went on for so long – millennia, possibly – that I was left a fairly distant second to the Greeks in terms of technology. (Also possibly territory at that point – I kept away from them and gave in to all their demands, so never saw the extent of their empire. While I was fighting the English, German and Indians the Greeks kept to themselves and even managed to launch part of a space ship from Sparta. So, with a few turns left, I nuked Sparta – it didn’t make any difference, but felt good – and then sat back and waited for the game to time out. Turns out that all my fighting had given me huge amounts of points – I’d conquered all of England, most of India and about half of the German empire – and I won a handsome points victory. Never satisfying to win that way, though.

Right now I’m playing as the Aztecs, simply because I wanted to start with some money. (Building roads in the early game can make a huge difference, but they’re expensive.)

Civilization Revolution

Fight!

Where I go from here I don’t know, but I’d like to try for a cultural victory. It’s just so difficult to stay at peace in this game. Other civilizations often declare war on me and if they do, I’m going to fight them. (And not just because I can’t work out a way to offer peace. The diplomacy screen lets me see details on other civilizations, but I can’t work out how to actually, you know, talk to them.)