Cultivating a dose of Anglophilia!

Research is immediately changed to Code of Law, we need courthouses badly.

I fire the two scientists in London to make sure we get Great Library (then we get scientists back for free).

Consider trading Mao Theology for Calendar but will wait until Sistine is done.

We have a GA lying about, which will be sent to London to be merged (for the culture and the cash).

I cancel a lot of workers who are doing non-essential tasks and redeploy for cottage building and a final chop for Sistine.

MMing I can get us back to 30% at -2gpt and next turn should be able to get flat at 30%.

Some axes are sent south in case Mao is up to anything.

Time to actually play this thing

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Here's a killer. What to do?



We've got 12 turns left on Great Library. Between gritted teeth I say yes and Mutineer's plan to clear the continent seems very sensible now Usually this precedes a declaration so I'm stuffed regardless but just in case...

Gee there's a surprise. NOT.



Here's a bigger surprise.



I whip a spear in the hope that the choko will kill the axe and the spear might hold off the HA.

They don't attack? I'll lose a worker next turn because as he already "moved" (ie continued his chopping task) before I clicked him (one of my pet hates of civ iv).

I kill the HA with a spear but the choko won't attack and we play shadow boxing with 3 axes following it.

Someone other than Mao builds the Great Library which is sad but I'm always a bit blase abouth this one in culture games as it pollutes and overpowers your GA production somewhat.

I think we may just leave Neapolis to build military and eventually flip to Washington.

I clear out the initial infestation for the loss of 2 axes but a wave of HAs and a guerilla II axe cause massive pillaging issues.

We get Sistine Chapel.



I build Heroic Epic in London.

Code of Law comes in and I pick Currency. I trade CoL immediately to Washington for Calendar (even beaker trade ).

Finally we can get peace.



I take it. Thankfully he didn't want a city.

I trade Mao Thelogy for Monarchy and 280 gold.

I research Currency and Drama seems a good pick next.

We pop another GA, just leave him in London.

Drama is in. Taoism is still out there so lets see if we can nab it.

I trade Mao corn for spices, just to hopefully get another + with him later. Dyes got to Washington for fur for same reason.

Also its time to grow our cities so lets get some happiness.

I built a settler for a 9th city and have him on the coast near the gold but we'll wait until the finances improve somewhat. Washington settles there, eventually that will flip so I see if I can find another spot for the settler.

Surprisingly I get Taosim and a double holy city. Civil Service seems good. I trade Philosophy to Mao for Feudalism and 100 gold. I also trade Washington Theology for Construction and 10 gold.



I feel its time to start spreading religion so start up a few missionaries and temples.

Settler is now here if we feel we need a 9th city.



London and York seem good legendary city choices, Antium and Rome maybe as the third?

Research is back to +7 at 60%, -10 at 70%

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All in all, things are still going well. It would be intersting to see how the other mob are doing across the waves (but I wouldn't bother with researching optics to find out unless we can trade for it). This save is very winnable from here.

Music should be the next tech after Civil Service (London is a great bureaucracy candidate) and then the race to Liberalism. Cumae has been running scientists (currently sacked) and could pop out a GS for Education if needed.

sueing for peace is clearly the best move in this situation. I'm a bit overconfident in my armies and I often don't sue for peace when I should. Well played

Turn 0.
Switch research to dramma, in attempt to get Music.
Open borders with Mao and Washington.
Move axes from north to south thinkingit help to take barbarian city.
That help me a bit in a future.
Next turn traded Theology for Calendar, decision that actually help me a lot.

Babbaaa.
175AD Mao declare on as! He move 2 HA from south and trireme/galey pair.
Landed HA and Chokony! darn.
Lucky I had overflow from previous turn whip, let me build archer in one turn.

After that was non stop whiping. I whipe a lot of trirem, protecting coast and hunting his navy. Whiped spears, swords, produce more archers. darn, city suffer. To add insult 275AD we lost GL. Money from that let me finish dramma fast and use artist to get Music and artist. That we relieve.

after dramma I went to currency, to improve out economy.
520 we build chapel and 580 discover currency.
620 AD monarchy.
Research set to divine rigth. I decided that I want to use artist to get safe tech to trade, get non stone religion and ability to build Versales with out building 6 courthouses.
Mao was ready to talk, but I waited couple turns untill he cyicided his stak on our city.

Then 660AD made peace, he still wanted city, but I offer him litherature and he accept.

Strigt away move army to Gepib, barbarian city. Beat Mao and took it 740 AD. I want this hourses, so I keep it.
Same year got GS and Philosofy and Taoism.
800 AD traded for construction

820 AD discover divine rigth and Islam.
Next Feodalism, for civic and couner to Chokony.

900AD Feodalism
920 Traded metallocasting
Revolted to Vassalage.
960 AD Washington asked me to convert to buddism and I agreed.
I want to have him on a good side, seems war with Mao is inevitable.
WE now can addopt some religious civic if we want.

Researched Col and now we are researchign civil service.

i need to pull out of this SG. i am sorry.