Epic 2

Epic 2 is the first of the Realms Beyond Epics that I've participated in - these are longer games than the adventures, run at epic speed which has more turns than a normal speed game of Civ4. Even though the difficulty level is a bit beyond my comfort zone (Monarch, again) the scenario and scoring system looked interesting, so I thought I'd give it a try :)

Scenario

Sponsor: Sirian
Opening Date: Monday, April 17, 2006 -- Let's hope it's a Good Monday
Duration: Four Weeks
Difficulty: Monarch
Civilization: India
Leader: Asoka
World Size: Standard
Opponents: Six
Map Script: Archipelago
Landmass Type: Tiny Islands
Climate: Temperate
Rules: Standard
Victory: All enabled

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Variant Rules:

Scoring:

25 pts - Victory (any sort)
 

5 pts - EACH source of Gems you control at game's end. (If you "pop another one" it counts too!)

5 pts - EACH "Customer" for your Gems at game's end.

5 pts - EACH source of Gems you control in 1500AD. (Must be within your borders, mined, and connected.)

3 pts - EACH source of Gold you control at game's end

2 pts - EACH source of Silver you control at game's end
 

10 pts - Build the Oracle (remember, you must not found any religions!) AND use it to discover Mathematics or Currency!
 

10 pts - If you complete the game without ever capturing or razing any (non-Barbarian) cities.

5 pts - If you capture or raze cities solely for the purpose of gaining control over Gems, Gold or Silver supplies.
 

8 pts - Build Globe Theater in your capital

4 pts - Build Globe Theater at any other city with Gems in its radius

5 pts - Build the Taj Mahal
 

4 pts - Build Magellan's Expedition (circumnavigate the globe first)

3 pts - Build the Great Lighthouse

2 pts - Build the Hanging Gardens

5 pts - For every Gems resource, build a Laboratory in the closest city on the same island. (Must have a Lab at every applicable site to score the five points).
 

7 pts - Fastest Cultural Victory

5 pts - Fastest Diplomatic Victory - only counts if your population is below 40% at time of winning vote.

3 pts - Fastest Space Launch

0 pts - Conquest or Domination Victory
 

1 pts - Each island (of ANY size) under your complete cultural control at game's end.
 

8 pts - For EACH city of size 25+ at game's end. (Must be a city you founded by 1500AD).
 

4 pts - Build the Strategic Missile Defense

2 pts - For EACH unit of Future Tech you research (maximum of 5).

1 pts - For EACH ICBM unit you possess at game's end (maximum of 10).

1 pts - For EACH sea-based resources that is controlled and connected by 1500AD
 

3 pts - First player to have two Gems sources connected.

3 pts - First player to have three Gems sources connected.

3 pts - First player to have four Gems sources connected.

3 pts - First player to have five Gems sources connected.
 

5 pts - First player to control all Gems sources in the world AND also have all six rival civs as Customers.

3 pts - First player to control all Gold sources in the world.

2 pts - First player to control all Silver sources in the world.