{"id":1800,"date":"2015-01-22T20:59:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T20:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/?p=1800"},"modified":"2015-02-15T15:01:38","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T15:01:38","slug":"viking-destiny-finest-hour-steam-achievement-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/viking-destiny-finest-hour-steam-achievement-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Viking Destiny \u2013 This was their Finest Hour Steam Achievement Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

1066: Year of Viking Destiny – Playing Anglo-Saxon England (Deity)<\/h1>\n

Playing Anglo-Saxon England in the “1066: Year of Viking Destiny” Scenario for Civilization 5 is challenging, but good fun! Also: It’s entirely different from playing the other 3 civilizations: Whereas the others come to conquer – you are here to stand your ground!<\/p>\n

If played right you can win this scenario as England within a few hours. Generations of Anglo-Saxons will remember your name and will – even a thousand years later – refer to your successful struggle saying “This was their finest hour”. The title of this Steam Achievement by the way is a reference to the 3rd speech Winston Churchill held during the Battle of France<\/a>, when it became clear to anybody that Nazi-Germany would sooner or later have to attack and attempt to invade Britain:<\/p>\n

What General Weygand has called the Battle of France is over … the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilisation. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be freed and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands.<\/p>\n

But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour.<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Again a very well chosen title for this achievement: Anglo-Saxon England throwing back the Norman conquest<\/a>, defeating William the (not yet) Conqueror, would have been a remarkable outcome and who knows: With this change in the course of history this may very well have been the Anglo-Saxons finest hour.<\/p>\n

This was their Finest Hour – Strategy<\/h2>\n

You’ll play defensive all the time, but have to bear in mind that time is essential. The earlier you finish the better, because at least on higher levels of difficulty your enemies’ economies grow stronger every turn, plus they regularly get reinforcements for free. Before you start, have a quick look at the Viking Destiny scenario map<\/a> to get a rough idea of geography of early medieval England.<\/p>\n

German and French names of this Steam Achievement:
\nDE: Das war ihre beste Stunde
\nFR: Jour de gloire<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Initial production<\/h3>\n

Here’s what I built in my 2nd playthrough as Anglo-Saxon England (the first on Deity with this faction):<\/p>\n