Vote-hardest campaign-non moded

[Puke]

low tech, small quad, med AI, High diff, High bonus, high tech cost. of course, you have to turn on the 'all-humans vs all-ai' setting, use 0 points for yourself and 5000 points for the ai. I would suggest either a 1 or 3 planet start, with low starting resources, and no better than average planets.

odds are, you will lose. the high bonus really kicks your *** starting from a low tech start, esp with the high cost. since its a small quad, you wont be able to establish enough of a production base to outproduce the AI, so you have to play smart. also, the computer cant get big enough for their empires to start falling appart of their own accord

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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)

[Menschenfresser]

I'm not a big fan of AI bonuses, so I've played one game with every attribute set as low as it can go and without any advanced cultural traits.

Only went through 50 turns, and out of 7 or 8 empires I was second to Last...and that only because the Last placed AI had been mauled from the beginning.