Boston finishes its town clock, Choibalsan AF, and Halifax an aqueduct.
Copernicus is built, so the unknown continent has reached Physics on the lower half of the Age of Discovery tech tree.
1400 (9): Weve split up our forces to advance simultaneously on all five remaining Mongol cities. We should be able to eliminate them in this round if we get one more IT without flips, and if attacking Daidu next turn doesnt leave us too weak for a follow-up attack on Erdenet.
We trample two wandering longbowmen (69-10).
We storm Choir, deep in the northern hills, at the cost of a maceman. Were fortunate that the force sent off when we assumed the town was held by spearmen prevails against three late pikemen (72-11).
We get set up to take the last four Mongol cities next turn, if the attacks work out.
Well, Ive never seen this before.
We lose a properly covered worker stacktwo defenders, pikeman on topwhen the Greeks attack with a missionary and a slaver in tandem (72-13). Fortunately only three foreign workers are in the stack.
Kazan and Dalanzadgad build CC.
The British, whom we know, build Westminster Palace, so our continents AI civs have got as far as Jurisprudence.
1410(10): Well attack Erenhot last, since that will be the best city to leave the Mongols if we have to work around the houseboat-civ bug.
We seize the new Mongol capital of Daidu with great ease, given that its a size-fourteen city held by four late pikemen (76-13). We capture a worker.
Pushing on from Daidu we capture Erdenet, defended by two late pikemen and a LB (79-13).
We take Ulaanbaatar, held by two late pikemen and a LB (82-13), and capture a worker.
Thus the Mongols are reduced to one city, and this is the worth of pointy-stick research after the ancient era: