Got it!
Don't like the idea of attacking Pericles for many of the same reasons as shyuhe. Even if we do stop him from hooking up copper
all of his cities are going to have cultural defense and we know that at least one of them are on a hill. Axemen aren't the only thing to fear -- those archers will be a pain as well. If we are to jag rush anyone I think Izzy is the better choice, but if her capital is on a hill..... strikes me as very risky -- it could cost us the game.
Another option is early alphabet via oracle. We're pretty much guaranteed to get it with all these forests and the gold (we don't need any other techs right now).
We could tech meditation -> priesthood -> writing -> oracle alphabet and then trade for the techs we need (including IW eventually).
Then we can settle 1 or 2 cities while teching towards construction and kill 1 or 2 civs with jaguars and siege. The prophet can be used to get a shrine in Madrid.
At the very least I think we can disregard any peaceful plans cuz there are almost no resources to claim--we definitely want capital(s). The two main options as I see it is to:
1) Jag rush Izzy
IW -> wheel
2 workers and chop--no cities.
It's a little risky, but we won't lose many (if any) city spots in the process. Our resources are safely tucked away to the west of Tenochtitlan. The downside is that it could cost us the game if we're unlucky.
2) Construction beeline (preferrably using the Oracle).
Almost guaranteed to succeed, but probably not as good as a successful jag rush.
I am tempted to go for option 1 simply because it's more fun, but if this was the BOTM I wouldn't risk it.
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