Okay, I only used the one settler to put down on the gray dot. Things are still really dicey.
Turn 60 [1500BC]
MM Madrid back to wheat for additional growth, shields not needed here.
MM Barcelona to grass to gain growth this turn.
Trades
I decide I want to lift writing. I think we can leverage the rest and I don’t fancy leaving it behind.
China – Math gets us Writing & 9gp.
Babys – Math gets us IW, Pottery & 22gp.
Mayans – Math gets us TW & 30gp.
Netherlands is still up Myst, MM & HBR.
No one has phil, head there at 100% science, 11t @ -2gpt, 102gp in the bank.
IBT – Archer joins other archer by Seville.
Hoplite moves on road towards road with ivory.
Barb runs away somewhere off the screen. Breath a sigh of relief.
Turn 61 [1475BC]
Madrid: Cat=>Cat
Cat rolls out. -1hp to hoplite. Cover with spear from Madrid.
Now that there are two archers by Seville I doubt I have time to cut the forest. Retreat the worker back to the city.
Settler SE.
Need 10% lux in Madrid because I moved the spear.
IBT – Babylon demands 24gp and we are in no position to refuse. Cough up the money.
Apologize to Mayans for invading their coastal waters.
Every Greek unit moves towards Seville. We’re in trouble. Hoplite treats from Cat.
Turn 62 [1450BC]
Move settler SE.
Move cat & spear back to Madrid.
Science to 100%, phil due in 7t.
Worker stays in Seville. With 3 archers advancing, change cat to spear and rush. It hurts but it has to happen. MM to Wheat for growth in 7t. I may join worker and rush again, but then again, may not have time.
IBT – 4 Greek archers advance on Seville, only 3 in range this turn.
Turn 63 [1425BC]
Seville: Spear=>Spear. Keep worker in garrison. Greek need to win every battle to take Seville.
Found Toledo but if Seville falls, Toledo is toast.
IBT – Our spears earn their pay. 4/4 spear fends off an attack and goes elite but 2/5hp. Our 3/3 spear fends off two attacks and is promote vet, 2/4hp.
The hoplite moves towards Toledo.
Turn 64 [1400BC]
Madrid: Cat=>Spear
I move Seconds Please to garrison the city and pray that Seville can garrison another unit before more archers arrive.
Swap Barcelona’s cat to a spear. I’m going to chop some forests here and then start Zues.
IBT – Greek hoplite moves onto road/irrigated sugar. Nothing I can do to stop him. We now have 2 archers outside Seville again.
Turn 65 [1375BC]
We meet Arabia and they are down writing, up myst. Give them writing for Myst & 68gp.
Madrid is size 5 and can go 10spt now. Don’t swap yet because spear will still take 2t. Maintain growth.
IBT – China demands 25gp. We can’t afford a war, so I give it up.
Hoplite pillages, as expected.
Hittites finish the Oracle.
Two archers are next to Seville again.
Turn 66 [1350BC]
Barcelona: Spear=>Cat
Pray.
IBT – no attack – one of the Greek archers decides to attack a barb instead.
Turn 67 [1325BC]
Madrid: Spear=>Spear
Cats advance and bomb an incoming archer to 2/4. 3/3 archer finishes him off and promotes to vet.
IBT – Hoplite advances on Madrid workers. Another archer peels off to join invasion of Madrid.
Turn 68 [1300BC]
Move archers and cats back towards Madrid.
Meet Hittites. They are down Math. Math gets us HBR & 25gp.
Science to 80%, phil in 2t.
Seville is in trouble again. 3 archers and 1 hoplite on the move. Join the worker and rush a Cat. Next turn I will rush a spear.
China has a monopoly on poly and won’t give it up.
IBT – Archer consolidate on Seville but Hoplite leaves? 2nd Hoplite moves towards Barcelona while a new archer advances on Madrid. No rest for the wicked.
Turn 69 [1250BC]
Madrid: Spear=>Cat
Barcelona: Cat=>Cat
Seville: Cat=>Spear
Cat at Seville bombs archer stack & takes a point off lead archer.
Cats from Madrid take 1 point off a hoplite.
IBT – Two archers suicide on our 5/5 spear and we get a GL! Name him the Grand Spear.
Pull in Phil first. Go to trade screen. Offer China Phil for 10gp & Poly. Set our research to Monarchy.
Go to Babs and give them HBR & Phil for MM & 15gp.
We learn Monarchy from Phil. Set to Literature but not sure what we want to do now. Lit will make good trade bait, but we’ve got Monarchy now.
Turn 70 [1240BC]
Not revolt. Up to next player. Seville riots for some dumb reason – I was rushing here but apparently the growth took place on the IBT and I couldn’t catch it in time.
Stop here for next player. All units are unmoved.
Civilian units:
Settler 0
Workers 3
Slaves 0
Military units:
Archer 1
Warriors 3
Spear 7
Cats: 4
Curragh 1
Unit Support:
Total Units: 20
Allowed Units: 16
Support Cost: 4 gpt
Enemies/Hit list:
Greece=>Despotism=> Weak compared to=>8 cities
Mayan=>Despotism=> Average compared to=>7 cities
Babylon=>Despotism=> Strong compared to=>5 cities
China=>Despotism=> Strong compared to=>3 cities
Netherlands=>Despotism=> Strong compared to=>4 cities
Hittites=>Despotism=> Weak compared to=>7 cities
Arabia=>Despotism=>Average compared to=>6 cities
We have 4 cities.
Victory
Spain % of World Area: 5
Spain % of World Population: 12
Research: Sciene: 90%, Literature (0 turns invested), 14 turns @ -5gpt, 158gp in the bank.
Our GL is in Seville where he spawned. Not sure what we want to use him on since we can’t rush wonders.
We have Monarchy. I decided that was the best path to take given the course of the game. We can always revolt again later since we are religious. Maybe we can start kicking Greek butt now. I know the tech choice wasn't discussed but it seems like too great an opportunity to pass up. The chance to leave despotism behind 50+ turns before Greece can make the switch was just too strong a factor. CoL was not available for trade. Hope everyone is okay with this. As we are religious, we can swap later if we want and Monarchy will be great trade bait.
I haven’t been able to start the SoZ and there is Ivory over by the Mayans.
I think Madrid is big enough for us to peel off a settler now if we want and growth will see an improvement with Monarchy.
Good luck to the next player!
**Edit**
Completed the hit list on the OP now that we know everyone.
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