The crises appear randomly, and I think the most I've ever had was 3 in a single game, so you can't really rush to get them except by playing a lot.  There's still one I haven't gotten, since it's never appeared in my games.

As for the ideology achievements, play on a big map that has lots of planets with very few opponents so that you can get a whole lot of colonization events, build the ideology producing buildings on all your planets, and don't be in a hurry to win the game.

it takes a few turns.  Crisis part 1 appears, then wait for crisis part 2 (different choices).  Then wait a few turns for crisis conclusion.  Not all crisis conclusions provide a crisis manager upon success.

A good overview of the crisis stuff is here: http://wiki.galciv.com/index.php/Crises and seems to be up to date.

Hmmm that guide is cool, but none of this happened.   I got the crisis, and no notifications after that.

It has been quite a few turns.....

Also, my 20 Artifacts achievement has not triggered, even though I have clearly used more than 20 charges.   Maybe not 20 unique artifacts yet, though.

All this bug weirdness is what got me on hiatus from Galciv3 for a long time in the first place.  The $15 Steam sale for Retribution is what got me back into it for the moment.

Heeeeeeere kitty kitty kitty...

Looking for the space monster.....

I've not even tried to get that achievement yet. Has anyone else gotten it?

I have built over 25 hyperlanes in two separate games so far, and still have not triggered the achievement. It's broken.