This is to see if we want to trade with France, and what...

Options:

Lit for 107 Gold
Republic for 107 Gold
Engineering for 107 Gold
Other
Abstain

You can discuss in here..

Poll open for 3 days.

- Tn'T Minister truckingpete

Literacy, that is the cheapest tech.

Before I vote, there is a question to be asked. Will they give anything more, like maybe 1gpt?

I take it that to say "none of the above", I would mean to pick "other"? I think I'll just hold off for now...

I normally like to play it pretty conservative. But, I'm willing to offer a "stock market" scenaria to be played with the world technology market, and France's economy.

Edit: redundent information deleted here.No other known nation holds Literature. If we do wish to trade Literature with France, why not hold off a bit? They are already offering all of their gold. The following scenarios might occur:

1.) We witness a steady rise in Frances economy, and capitalize on selling Lit (or any other technology, but I'm going with Lit) at a higher price later on (assuming that French offers more each turn as their reserves increase).
2.) We wait too long, and the French research Lit.
3.) We wait too long, and another civ researches Lit (resulting in their trade with France, or our trade with France at a lesser price).
4.) France suddenly splurges and loses a ton of gold from other means.

The risks are high. We might be talking about gaining a few gold here with a loss to it all. However, in the last few years [four turns] we've seen France's economy increase, with their National Wealth Accumulated Reserves increasing 21 Gold units [By any chance, did Ravensfire save the middle saves? We might get a better idea of their economy].

Ideas?

Right now, just about every nation is offering everything they have for our technologies. I would like to see us hold off for a bit, and see if their treasury goes up for us to plunder.

-- Ravensfire, candidate for President

Lit. will not give the French anything of value besides libraries. no wonders. no units. 107 gold for Lit. seems reasonable to me. take that deal.

If we sell to France, we might as well clear the other Civs out at the same time before France does. Do any of the others have anything to offer as secondary deals?

trade lit for the gold. but i agree with Furiey on secondary deals, no sense if giving france lit just to see them trade it around. i suggest, make another poll on secondary trades if any.

Before I vote, there is a question to be asked. Will they give anything more, like maybe 1gpt?

I don't think so.. I am pretty sure we can't get 1 gpt...

trade lit for the gold. but i agree with Furiey on secondary deals, no sense if giving france lit just to see them trade it around. i suggest, make another poll on secondary trades if any.

I agree with Furiey, but I don't think we don't need another poll...it makes more sense to trade w/ the others before France hogs all the gold..:D