Get Masonry unless someone suggests something better.
that is "sick and old" Later maybe switch status to "terminal" (I wish).
J.J. fading away towards demi-lichdom (Kangaxx from BG2, anyone?)
That was due to some confusion on my part about how things were built in the real game--the best thing to do is complete that settler and then delete it (wasting 6 hammers and 1 turn with no growth).
Other observations are that we need to build some cottages before long or our tech rate will stagnate, even with 2 golds and a gems. A city up by the wheat will grow very quickly and block Hammy--I'd settle there before near the gold and deer. Henge and Oracle went almost immediately in the test (and probably will for all games using that save) so I wasn't able to try out building either one. Gems city will have very little production once the forests are chopped, so we'll probably just pump out settlers and workers once we have a granary. Delhi grows very nicely with Japan's corn. I hope we can keep it for awhile. In my game I have it building barracks and then axes, but once it gets big it can crank out settlers and FWs quickly.
Lich
Baldur's Gate?
Yeah, depending on the city MM, getting Pottery first indeed might be best, and Gem city could put a few hammers into a granary while waiting for Fishing. Note that we'll also need Priesthood in there somewhere to build the Oracle.
I wouldn't trust the test game at all for giving us any clues on what the AIs are likely to do---just use it for optimizing our actions.
(w/o marble) which is a about the same as a settler and a worker. With the copper mine completed we will be at 13 hpt. Assuming a 2-pop whip at the end for 60 it should take approx 7 turns to build in the capital. 
before we can start. Which looks to be 3 turns with current tech rate. . At approx 26 bpt assuming gems hooked up and trade routes, this is about 30 turns or so. Will Oracle be around then? Then if not Mach - what? Currency - this fits with REX. This requires Writing (187) + Math(390) for 587. Or even Constr if we are ready for war. We could even go MC though it doesn't really help with REX or war immediately.
You missed it because I forgot to note it the first time through.
But I think I've got a pretty good save now for T50 now. Current hammers, beakers, gold, and beakers/turn are correct but I can't get the gpt correct (should be -4gpt @ 100% research but the tst game has -3 gpt) and I suspect we're teching a bit faster than we should because of extra known AIs. As for trying to keep the AIs from building Wonders before we do, I've checked that nobody is building any Wonder at T50--does that do any good or does the game just randomly give away Wonders like in the original Civ? I've taken away their stone and marble. I guess if somebody beats you to a Wonder and it messes up your plan, go back a turn, open up World Builder, and delete one or two of the offender's cities. Or the whole civ. Heh, that would solve the 'shouldn't have met them yet' problem too.
Well - It seems there is a very strong bias for going for the Oracle. Just to be clear on the trade off from REXing. Oracle costs 150
In addition, we need to get PH which is 93
So assume we can get in about 10 turns. What do we want to take?
kcd suggest machinery. this requires pottery (124) and MC (702) for 826
EDIT: And of course we can take a run at the AP with Mono, Writing, Masonry then Oracle into Theo
With regard Fishing, I will be a contrarion and suggest it can wait. What will Bombay build if not a WB - warriors, workers, settlers, granery, barracks, axes. While the land to the west looks intriguing, would we settle it before the north? Probably not. Would it be nice to meet other unhappy AI that will not open borders or trade with us - hmm. Could we stumble across the GL and take it - probably not before dealing with the unhappy AI on out land.
So what next - pick a nice tech that we want from Oracle and beeline the prereq from PH.
And YES to the test maps. I find it invaluable when looking at options - thanks
(And the note on the 94/100 settler - missed that first time through).
There is a very dangerous assumption in there, that trade opportunities will be non-existant. Its a self-fulfilling prophecy... if we don't meet them, they won't trade with us. This is exactly the kind of assumption that could really bite us hard if it turns out wrong. The reason I would like a wb out exploring soon is just to avoid this kind of asumption. We don't know if REX makes the most sense, actually... sure the land is good, but if the grass is greener on the other side of the water and someone else gets there first, its a long time before we can do anything about it. Also, we have no chance of affecting the diplo situation or seeing our rivals' progress without it.
I have an idea, not about tech income really, but unreally, maybe. What if the civ in question had a Great prophet for free and happened to have the correct techs for it to bulb most of Divine Right? This could have been done before the game started, to ensure that the AI does not settle the prophet or start a GA on the first turn. Someone who's got the time and brainpower to spend could check if this is even possible and what techs would that require for the GPro to bulb DR, and how much (if any) research would that leave for the AI civ to complete?
J.J. dying in slow agony
is it?
