Turn 0, 550BC; You want a despotic golden age? You got it! Switch military builds to immortals!
IBT; 3 numis on mountain go south, 1 more appears from fog. 2 American swords appear in front of our catapult.
Turn 1, 530BC; Persepolis settler-->immortal!, Pasargadae worker-->immortal! Cat hits sword, archer kills sword, archer kills sword and promotes. Adjust defences to deal with new numidian focus.
IBT; numidian advances in south.
Turn 2, 510BC; Abort workers to avoid numidian. Shuffle more defences and heal some units.
IBT; Suddenly we have a numidian problem. Good time for an Immortal push!
Turn 3, 490BC; Arbela immortal-->immortal. Found Samaria in the south. Advance archer for a Boston push. Move immortals to mountains to force numi on to flatter land.
IBT; numidian steps on flat, makes antioch starve
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Turn 4, 470BC; Immortal kills numidian, promotes, Golden Age! Suddenly 10+ spt everywhere!
3 turns Immortals FTW! Carthage is in anarchy? Just in time for our Immortal push.
Archers move next to Boston. Fiddle with sliders.
IBT; Numis attack Tyre, 2 die to spear, spear promotes, third fortifies.
Turn 5, 450BC; Persepolis immortal-->immortal. Tyre barracks-->walls. Immortal dies to fortified numi, elite immortal kills numi. At Boston, cat misses, eArcher kills spear, auto burn city, 3 slaves.
IBT; US swords kills our eArcher at boston ruins.
Turn 6, 430BC; Pasargadae immortal-->immortal. Cat misses US sword, archer kills. Scout out on moutains. MM cities, fiddle with sliders, mapmaking in 1.
IBT; tons of numis advance over southern mountains. Map Making-->Ceremonial Burial in 4 @20%.
Turn 7, 410BC; Arbela immortals-->library. Gordium immortals-->catapult. Immortal kills numi, immortal dies to numi, eImmortal kills numi.
IBT; carthage sword attacks bactra, dies.
Turn 8, 390BC; Persepolis Immortal-->immortal. Bactra barracks-->immortal. Sidon catapult-->catapult. Shuffle immortals around.
IBT; carthage sword attacks bactra, dies.
Turn 9, 370BC; Pasargadae immortals-->library. Tyre walls-->immortals. Cat misses numi near Bactra. Lux to 30%
IBT; Numi hordes go south again.
Turn 10, 350BC; Move troops about, assembling army to push on Washington.