Epic 8
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Domination.

Beijing is my first target. I also call up Musa, Lizzy, and Saladin, and trade for military techs, as japan is stronger than I am. Research drops to a game low of 40% But the fight is on. Nara and Najing are about to fall, and here you can see that Tokyo is doomed as well. Actually, it was hard capturing Tokyo, and I just BARELY kept hold of Shanghai to the north.

Check out the war chariots still getting in there!! These guys should be retired by now, shouldn't they? Lol! I never said I was good at this game :) I order up some more trades with Saladin for military stuff, but chose peace instead of attacking further into Japan, because of this saucy bit of information.

Roosevelt also made peace with Caesar after taking a few cities. Poor, poor Caesar. I ruined him early. I wish I could have taken these cities, but I just didn't have the man- power. In 1718ad, I do what I almost *always* do on a map with an American Civ. Hello, there, mister tough guy. Want to be my friend?

while were at it though, anyone else want to be my friend? How about Lizzy?

Now *that* should prevent anyone from attacking me for the rest of the game! I finally found communism in 1750ad for a much needed financial break. I proceed to tech trade with my allies some more, and by 1772, I'm the financial leader again, at 70% research with a +5gpt gain. Physics comes in and nets me a scientist for free! But I really need to figure out how I'm going to win this game. I don't have the might for domination or conquest... I think maybe either Diplomatically or through space are my only options. But because I have A.D.H.D., I don't know how to focus on one goal for long, so why not go for both and see which one works out? I started a golden age with my scientist and a priest I had been saving up for just such an occasion in 1796ad. The following picture is why I always sign DPs with America late game.

In mid 1900s, Pisae, the puny Roman city revolts to me by virtue of culture, hooray! Also, I find out that Lizzy is the most advanced civ! The next few years aren't really that much more than pressing enter and working towards my two possible victory conditions. However, Musa keeps asking me for Aluminum! No, buddy, sorry. Roosevelt and Lizzy are both making spaceship parts, which is kind of worrisome... But I focus on getting labratories and the space elevator first, after the apollo program of course. Lizzy keeps trying to trade for techs, but I keep refusing, as she's already ahead of me in spaceship parts, I don't want to help her along further! Finally in 1921ad:

I also finish up the 3 gorges dam for some extra production power in my cities. In 1940ad:

Victory condition #2 enabled! Which will it be? I have some votes for secretary, yay. Not a lot of support for victory though.

Uh oh, it's getting down to the wire now. My report is getting thin, but it's because there isn't anything exciting happening other than the space race! I'm just hitting enter and holding my breath to see who completes what parts first! And trying to win my friends with UN votes of course.. But I have my doubts about getting a Diplo victory now. I grab the internet in 1967 and get all the techs I need to complete the spaceship parts. It's just a matter of time, right?

Now, you may be thinking it isn't all THAT stressful racing a civ for a space victory, right? And I'm pretty close to Lizzy in parts, right? You've been following the F8 screen- shots and Lizzy's progress? Well how about this?

Well hello there America! I see the pressure is really on! I decided it was time to rush my part that had the longest to complete. Even going so far as to jump into starvation to do it. America is still leading the way...

And here comes Lizzy again! Oh crap! I was dancing around in my chair at this point! She is only one part away from completion. And I would like to point out, that the part she hasn't finished was made available by the tech that I refused to trade her like 8 gagillion times. And look how close I am to the damned Diplo victory! Why does Roosevelt have to be so stubborn??!

No matter, VICTORY IS MINE IN 1985AD!!!!

This game took me 4 hrs and 9 min. One of my longest games ever! My score wasn't fantastic but it was a victory :) I actually never felt in danger of losing this game until the space race was on. I felt pretty solid the whole way through. I didn't exactly dominate, but then again, I wasn't trying to really. I wasn't working towards a real goal. I can't wait to read all of the other 118 reports or so! I especially want to see how others made better use of the Egyptian start than I did. I didn't grab land early enough, and had to take it through military, but I'm sure there are some builders out there who did it differently.

I want to finish up with a few pictures of my best cities, so you can see how un-masterful I truly am, lol. Feel free to tell what I should have done differently with these cities to improve my game! All opinions are appreciated! Thanks for reading!