Berrie’s Realms Beyond Civilization Reports

Adventure 6: ...

Berrie’s incomplete game

 

Pre-game analysis

 

- difficulty: noble => this will be my third game on noble difficulty; mostly playing warlord, so I will probably learn something new in this game
- map type: shuffle => nothing to tell; obviously need to explore to see what map type has been chosen
- cold: lots of ice and tundra, less food?
- small world with 4 opponents: maybe space is limited so settle aggressively?
- Persia: UU is immortal => 50% vs archery units, ideal for early warfare and capturing cities; but need to find a ‘horse resource’
-Cyrus: expansive and creative => very good traits for a large empire and aggressive city placement

conclusion: I decided to try for domination or conquest; I’m a builder at heart and thus far never tried any of these victory types

 

Fist part:

 

I looked at the starting location and decided to pop the hut first which gave me a map. I saw that the initial starting location had cows, so I settled in place.

I ordered up a worker first so it could immediately start improving the land. With agriculture and hunting as starting techs, I could keep the worker busy for a while. I started research with animal husbandry the be able to put a pasture and the cows and to search for horses.

 

In 3840 BC I meet Montezuma, the Notorious N.U.T.C.A.S.E. This is not good. I foresee a war! And there is lots of jungle, ideal terrain for his Jaguars.

In meantime I explore further and pop two huts which gave me gold and one another scout. This second scout got eaten by a lion after it had fought a wolf. I decided not to heal the scout and continued exploring. First lesson learnt: let your wounded units heal. It’s a dangerous world out there!

 

3480 BC: Buddhism is FIDAL and it’s not Monty. Another spiritual civ on the map?

 

My next two techs are The Wheel and then Mining to see if there is copper nearby. Need to know where to put my second city. After the worker, I build a warrior for defense and to let Persepolis grow a bit.

 

3240 BC: I make my acquaintance with Tokugawa, the xenophobe. Two aggressive leaders on the same continent, coincidence, I think not.

Next tech on the menu is Bronze Working. I took many notes at the beginning of the game (production, techs and such) because I read many reports stating that the early choices make a big difference later on. So I wanted to compare these choices with those made by others.

 

A bit later my second scout became an appetiser to another lion. That was my last scout, but much of the continent was already explored, so no big deal.