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1-turn win. Any difficulty, any map, any leader.
By JusC
How to "Beat the game" under any conditions in 1 turn using "Max turns" setting.
This is basically a cheat for achievments like Flawless Strategy, Master of the Universe.
   
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Category: Achievements, Walkthroughs
Languages: English
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5 Sep, 2014 @ 2:36pm
15 Jul, 2016 @ 2:46am
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How to win 
1-turn winning in action 
The other ways 
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How to win
In custom single player game select anything you want and in Advanced Setup set:
GameEra : Information
Max Turns : 1

In game on turn 1:
• Found a city
• Spam Spacebar to skip turns on other troops
• Get Aesthetics and its first 4 Social policies
• Create great work with a Great Artist
• Buy 6 tiles
• Start building and Researching anything and end turn
• Win.


TIP: It is easier to win on higher difficulty levels. To win on lower ones you might need to set Max Turns to 2 and then found 2 cities, A.I doesn't manage to do that in 2 turns - you win.
1-turn winning in action
The other ways
Flukes in this guide's way:
Originally posted by Radioboi102:
btw, the way you showed on this video if you are going againt the shoeshone you will lose
Originally posted by librin.so.1:
>tried it once >lol it werks! >triend it again >lost, by two points >place mouse over the cup notification >Gandhi has won
FFS, GANDHI
10/10 - would lose to Gandhi again

So since I've posted this "guide" people have shared even easier ways to win, so I wanted to share them up here:
Originally posted by pyroflare77, XoceroX:

A much simpler method is to have max turns 1, but put an AI on your team. 2v1 or go 11v1, if you want to truly punish that Ghandi. Just end your turn to gain victory.
Originally posted by i.Da.BOBAC:
By disabling DLCs and getting Rationalism: http://cs2bus.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=343351433
41 Comments
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VirgoCompany 13 Oct, 2021 @ 2:50pm 
Civilization V is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits whatsoever.

Funny thing is I got the Deity achievement with it too, though I didn't get the artist step cause it was too far away from my city and had to cross hills, but I still got it thanks to the native american civ that has the "founding cities get one bonus culture tile" advantage, and following the rest of the steps as well.
JusC  [author] 13 Oct, 2021 @ 11:01am 
7 years later game mechanics are still working as "intended" :winter2019joyfultearsyul:
VirgoCompany 12 Oct, 2021 @ 5:46pm 
The fact that this still works is hilarious.
rogerjwatras76 8 Mar, 2021 @ 3:30pm 
I just wonder WHY I would want to beat it in one turn. What is the advantage? I play the game to have fun, why would I want it over in one turn. I mean it's cool that you CAN do it, don't get me wrong... but why?
Potap 15 Jul, 2020 @ 8:41pm 
Thank you, awesome guide. I was playing only on lowest difficulty untill today :D
Daddy 18 May, 2018 @ 12:15pm 
Or just use IGE to spawn in nukes. :steamsalty:
Gay Little Rat 15 Feb, 2015 @ 7:55am 
Ghandi keeps winning by 2 points or 10 points :booze::spellplague::ygold::spellplague:
Killdrax 6 Feb, 2015 @ 1:06pm 
@JusC Thanks mate! I'll work on it as soon as possible!
JusC  [author] 6 Feb, 2015 @ 12:29pm 
Sgt. Killdrax, sure. If you want to add the translation into this guide page send me a friend request. If you want to create a new guide page for it feel free to copy this guide as you like.
Killdrax 6 Feb, 2015 @ 3:12am 
@JusC Hello there! I just followed your guide now, 6th of february, and it worked! I'd like to translate it to brazilian portuguese in order to help people here. Can you please give permition to do it?

I'll credit your work and, of course, adapt to my language and make useful comments about that.

If you can, also, I'd like to post something translated about that comment from the method to beat Ghandi also.