Modern Times
Select "Load Scenario" and select "modern times bic".
Start with 100k Gold and PW
Start a new game and enter 'Leemur' as your leader name.
Unlimited Gold
First make a backup copy of the file script.slc, which is located in ..ctp_datadefaultgamedata. Then open up the original with any text editor and add the following lines: trigger 'DOR_T_Give_Gold' when (IsHumanPlayer(g.player) && (player.1.gold$999999999 Gold
Start a city. Build walls and fortify with force large enough to withstand attack. Declare war on another country. After they have attacked and failed several times seek Peace treaty, but demand $999999999 "per turn". They will give it to you (and anything else you want...cities (except their capital), technologies, maps, contacts etc.). After the $$$ is in your treasury (will take at least one turn). Declare war on them again and the $$$ will be yours permanently. Set your Happiness level to 100% and use the $$$ buy technologies from the other countries. Get to Republic or another government that pays it's citizens for hurry up work as quickly as possible (check with other countries often as you can buy "Republic" from them if need be). Use your $$$ to build new improvements/weapons on every turn!
Note: You must vigorously defend all cities from this point forward or when they are routed, your enemies will get mucho dinero depending on how many cities you have and how much is stored in that treasury.
I hope this works for you as well as it does for me...Tom
Build Wonders Faster
Normally the game would not allow the player to speed up the building of Wonders through hurry methods such as pay citizens and force labour. But it is possible to get around this by first selecting a building option (preferably one with a high production cost), speed up that project using a hurry method, then switch to the Wonder of your choice. Notice that the production shields brought from before the switching is still in place.
Efficient Trading
When another tribe ask you to trade something with them, they will often try and cheat you. Instead of accepting straigh away, propose a counter offer. Once the counter offer screen comes up, click the items they are offering so that the 'What will you give me for this' option comes up, then click that. Now they will offer a list of things that (very often) weren't there in the initial trade.
Reveal Map
When you go to save, name the save ''multi'' without the quotes.
This allows you to see the map and you can change what other civs are producing, among other things. (Does not work with patch 1.21 or later)
Win in One Turn
To win in one turn, simply turn all enemy tribes to NONE. After taking one turn you win. Then you can do whatever (get resources, etc.) and all you'll fight are Barbarians.