ah...nothing like a little insomniac game of civ
War went swimmingly. Dutch only had 2 archers in Amsterdam and the copper there did not have a road. No losses taking the city.
I probably should have stopped Vulture production in Eridu. Really overkill at this point. Eridu built another worker.
I kept the war going with Dutch for a few turns so that I could scout the area a bit with a couple of Vultures to unfog the north there. Not much to see, but it gives us a better idea of the overall continent.
Meanwhile, Uruk builds a workboat (came to mind when I started that we really should scout more) and a granary, which I whip for 40h into a settler at size 6. Settler comes in 3 turns with the chop I started and is on it's way to settle ivory/pigs.
Not sure where to settle next (edit: forgot about city just north, but we do need to leave room somewhere for Dutch to settle). There are a couple of decent spots. Horse/gold (bad food but worth it) and the corn fish that could be a gp farm. I'm pondering what to do about the stone. Anyway, we don't want to oversettle at this point to keep gold flowing in.
Asoka has Writing, but I did not OB since, as usual, Rag hates him. Asoka may get Alpha first, so we may have to transact with him. Hopefully the WB finds that some AIs are accessible by land or at least reasonably by galley. Asoka would be a nice target. I expect the other AIs are far from Alpha, so we will need to get it from Asoka. Maybe buy Writing and then Alpha at some point, but I'm not sure what all that costs. If Asoka is reachable in some way then we might launch against him. Maybe buying Sailing would be useful too.
I loaded up GW in Uruk with a little OF from the Settler finish and it can get a chop. We might consider building Mids in Amsterdam since it has decent production and lots of Forests. Amsterdam is not a bureau cap for sure. Even if we fail GW, the gold will be useful
Note barb city south of where we settle on ivory. It will share gems and get banana, but not be functional until IW. We should use the Vulture to scout around it and find Rag.
Are SB warrior did amazingly well against one C1 barb archer who did against it. Warrior till had 1.9 HP and is now upgraded to Woody.
We have a nice chunk of gold now. Laid down a quick cottage in Eridu. Key is staying GPT positive.
As for Willie, we will have to wait him out until he settles a new city - likely north of Uruk and then take his Holy City, although I don't know when we will ever get a GP.
I expect Amsterdam may create a culture bridge to a landmass just west there. Not sure if that is where India or England came from or not. Willie may have met someone we have not.
It'll be interesting if we find that all AIs are accessible. May just go for Mass Vulture beatdown.
North view:
South View:
edit: Here's another overhead view of the south showing a bit of Viking culture: