All Leaders and our one Governor: please post instructions below for our Friday Turn Chat, to be held at 1630 hrs (4:30pm). With Daylight Savings Time, that means UTC/GMT -4 hours. I plan on it to be a Turn Chat, so please drop by.

We will use the following save: http://forums.civfanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=218551&d=1245636794

Domestic Recommendations: None, really. If the people are happy we are doing fne.

Fight a primarily defensive war with the Byzantines for now... We need to fortify ourselves a bit.

Every city Falcon's Haven and East should have a defensive unit fortified in it. And at least 2 in cities bordered with the Byzantines.

Build as many Cavalry as possible while we have saltpeter, and Riflemen once we get Nationalism.

Once we Have a decent stack of Cavalry (6+), you can send them at your discretion to take Nicomedia -> Septum -> Sardica -> Heraclea

Yeah, I plan on doing some leaderfishing until we get a decent stack going. As far as defensive units go, I can't defend everything that well and do any science, due to unit support. I'd rather play zone defense in a republic, using mobile offensive units to meet threats. I will try to defend them with what is available and build offensive units and upgrade a few Pikes. All we have to fear is landings, which can be met by Cavalry. I'll do what I can.

Turn-log, pictures and the save:

Next turnchat will be Sunday, June 28th, Time TBA(probably 7:00PM or 1900 EDT)

+++ Chieftess has given voice to TheOverseer714
<TheOverseer714>: Begin turnchat
<TheOverseer714>: Load the save, CivAssist 2 up and running
<TheOverseer714>: Look at the save, everything seems fine
<TheOverseer714>: End of turn 0, 900 AD, 678 gold, -68 gpt, Nationalism in 6.
<TheOverseer714>: Press enter
<TheOverseer714>: Byzantine Dromon toasts an elite Caravel
<TheOverseer714>: 1 Byzantine pike shows up
<TheOverseer714>: Molly University=>Cavalry
<TheOverseer714>: Coventry Settler=>Settler
<TheOverseer714>: Birmingham Temple=>Courthouse.
<TheOverseer714>: Mostly move units
<TheOverseer714>: End of turn 1, 910 AD, 612 gold, -71 gpt, Nationalism in 5.
<TheOverseer714>: oops, I was able to lower the tech slider, make that -37
<TheOverseer714>: Press enter
<TheOverseer714>: Byzantine vLongbow wins vs vPike
<TheOverseer714>: The Dromons head south
<TheOverseer714>: Aerona Cavalry=>Cavalry
<TheOverseer714>: Green #11 Harbor=>Frigate
<TheOverseer714>: Founded Gemma near last Fomorach city.
<TheOverseer714>: Switch most of our old Fomorach cities to Workers
<TheOverseer714>: Do some MM-ing to tune our cities
<TheOverseer714>: End of turn 2, 920 AD, 577 gold, -34 gpt, Nationalism in 4.
<TheOverseer714>: Press enter
<TheOverseer714>: Byzantine Cavalry show up near Aerona and Nemausus
<TheOverseer714>: Tara Cavalry=>Cavalry
<TheOverseer714>: Moira Bank=>Cavalry
<TheOverseer714>: Nottingham Worker=>Worker
<TheOverseer714>: Caitlyn Cavalry=>Cavalry
<TheOverseer714>: Fionna Barracks=>Cavalry
The server froze, I lost the log through the middle of turn 4, resume logging here:
<TheOverseer714B>: I'm back, the server froze up
<TheOverseer714B>: Lost part of my turnlog
<TheOverseer714B>: We resume at the end of turn 4
<TheOverseer714B>: We have Newton's
<TheOverseer714B>: End of turn 4, 940 AD, 420 gold, -37 gpt, Nationalism in 2.
<TheOverseer714B>: Press enter
<TheOverseer714B>: Bbyzantine Cavalry kills an exposed Knight
<TheOverseer714B>: Notie a Caravel Escorted by a Dromon, expect a landing next turn
<TheOverseer714B>: London Worker=>Caravel
<TheOverseer714B>: Worker...oops
<TheOverseer714B>: Breyr Cavalry=>Cavalry
<TheOverseer714B>: Siobhan Cavalry=>Cavalry
<TheOverseer714B>: Lower tech slider to 50%
<TheOverseer714B>: Founded Sharona near Naissus
<TheOverseer714B>: Try to get enough troops in range of potential landings.
<TheOverseer714B>: Maeve and Moira seem most likely
<TheOverseer714B>: Save game and take screen shots
<TheOverseer714B>: Turnchat over, see you sunday

Pictures:

We got Newtons's!
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x235/ThoOverseer714/DemoGame%20Pictures/DemogameNewtons930AD.jpg

This boat could be a pain:
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x235/ThoOverseer714/DemoGame%20Pictures/DemogameCoreThreat950AD.jpg

Things ae quiet for now.
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x235/ThoOverseer714/DemoGame%20Pictures/DemogameWarzone950AD.jpg

The save: