Finished my first game of God and Kings as Dido on large/emperor/continent(random)/epic with a diplomatic victory. I was poised to win a domination victory (three easily accessible capitals remaining) or a cultural victory (was in the process of building the Utopia Project when the vote came up) but god damn Siam built the UN. Turns out I never won a diplo victory in Civ V before so I got the achievement for that which is nice I guess. It was kind of sloppy game in the planning department. Didn't have a clear goal from the onset and was more interested in playing with the new toys than charging forward to victory. I started attacking civs with the next highest score just to take them down a notch and before I realized it I owned almost ever wonder and had gold/faith/culture coming out of my ears so I just took it easy until the end.
I like all of the new stuff.
One odd thing I noticed was that the AI don't seem to be expand as quickly as I'm used to. Usually they take advantage of their infinite bonus happiness and paint the map as fast as possible, but they moved at a slower, more measured pace in this game. Not sure if it's a new thing or if circumstances just forced them to slow down in this particular game.
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