I've played 8 turns, pausing for advice. So far, everything has gone pretty much to plan. Only events of note so far:
- I slightly changed the worker plan. When the worker in Washington finished his cottage, I sent him to pig city to chop and mine a hill. Washington has enough improved tiles for a while, Pig City needed one more.
- Joao demanded Aesthetics, I gave it to him.
- Mansa demanded Lit, I refused. Unlikely he would beat us to Gr Lib, but I was unsure which wonders he had and if there was any chance he had a GE. He is plenty happy with us, so I decided to refuse.
- Mansa founded Confusianism
- I came across a Joao stack heading for Goldmember.
- Then...
The reason for the pause... I just found a Genghis stack north of New York. (See screen cap - 2 axes, 1 chariot, 1 archer). Khan is not in WHEOOHN mode. He currently is cautious with us and unhappy with Gandhi. He is at war with Goldmember.
I am inclined to ignore his stack, assume it is on a long treck towards Goldmember, and continue our granary builds. However, I wanted to check in with the team. If we think he is going to DOW on us, we might be able to whip a spears in New York and Pig City and try to build our defenses.
Screen cap:
Interim save: Note, this has not been uploaded to central and I am still playing the turn set.
View attachment Austin Powers BC-1000 in progress.CivBeyondSwordSave
I will pick up again tomorrow. Unless the team feels differently, I will ignore Kahn stack and proceed with our current builds. If he demands a tech, I will give it to him. I don't think we have any Christian cities (do not have the game open), but if he does demand a religious change, I will refuse and start whipping units.