Hungary is allied with Russia so DOWs me when I DOW Russia, but I ignore them. They give me 2 crossbows and I start buying longswordsman - as soon as Byzantine is done (only 2 cities, I have several 3 range double-tap keshiks) I have the tech for rifles, and I upgrade longswordsmen/crossbow units to 7 rifles to take on Japan with 3 keshiks and 5 triremes, all of which I am buying. First I take out Korea, because last failed attempt I allied them, and they stuck their units in places that prevented me from bombarding the 2 tile Japanese island. I annex my city closest to Japan so I can ships and buy units there. The entire game I only had 2 armies, army #2 has the sole task of Japan and is bought not built. Japan costs me a lot of units, I don't lose any units in my main army. Once Arabia falls I have enough gold to buy an army to take on Japan. By now several of my keshiks have the double-tap promotion, the cities are falling faster. I got over 600 gold from Arabia before DOW, so I only lost about 400 gold to save time and get 5 happiness. Instead of attacking Abbaddiss (sp?) I give them 1000 gold from Persian victory to become allies, this helps my happiness with their luxury, saves me a few turns, and they have enough units to help blunt Arabia's army. I only razed 1 Indian city and built a road - the trade routes are getting me a lot of gold, important to have trade routes. Then I take my army east to get India, 12 turns later I am back at war with Persia to take their last city. After taking 2 Persian cities, he gives me 2 more cities to make peace. I take the silk road next and Persia doesn't have as many units as the previous time I played - he must have gone to war in the south. I razed 3 of Wu's cities to avoid unhappiness but I didn't raze any of Jin's cities. I make peace with Wu's allied CS as soon as Wu is done. 39 moves into the game I have taken Jin & Wu and have one army, 8 keshiks/ 2 horseman / 2 khan with keshiks getting sweet promotions. For production I am producing keshiks and buying circus and coliseum. Those I upgrade to keshiks.Īfter finishing off Jin, I made a deal for Wu's gold then DOW her as she is right there. After taking Jin's city to the right of his capital, Wu is attacking Jin - I leave a keshik and horseman to take Jin's next city when Wu weakens it enough while rest of army takes Western Xia to get 2 more horsemen. While taking Jin's capital, Western Xia DOWs me. 3 keshiks and 1 horse attack Jin's capital to get Great Wall.

Next step: horseman that met Jin meets Uighur and Almaty for 45 more gold. Tech - beeline Construction to get coliseum. Set capital to production focus, a worker starts a mine, other starts a road to Jin's capital. Another horseman meets Western Xia to collect 15 gold. Turn 1: a horseman meets Jin, trade horses/open borders for gold then DOW. I found the Mongol Scenario very enjoyable, after several attempts here is what I did:

Civ 5 mongols